This is the heart of Mom Goes Camping. Everything in this category is about the specific joys and challenges of camping with children of all ages, from infants on their first camping trip to teenagers who are ready to tackle bigger adventures.
You’ll find age-specific guides covering what to expect when camping with babies, toddlers, preschoolers, and older kids. There are articles on keeping kids entertained at camp, handling the inevitable meltdowns and rainy days, building nature skills in children from a young age, and making camping a tradition your family looks forward to every year.
Camping with kids looks different at every stage. A trip with a six-month-old requires completely different planning than a trip with a ten-year-old. This category covers all of it with practical, experience-based advice from a mom who has been doing it for over a decade across multiple continents.
Getting a squirmy toddler to sleep in a tent can be a challenge. Having their own little camping bed can make the ordeal a lot easier. Not all portable beds work well for camping though. You’ll need one which actually fits in the tent, doens’t make a lot of noise, and won’t tear holes in
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I recently found out about a new hiking carrier called Trail Magik. Even though the design is really simple, it’s very different than other hiking carriers for kids – and solves the problem of backpacking with toddlers and little walkers.
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I remember when Morrison Outdoors was still just a concept on Kickstarter. Back then, there weren’t any baby sleeping bags for camping. So, when an outdoorsy couple wanted to take their baby Morrison camping, they had to make a sleeping bag for him. They thought other parents might be interested in their sleeping bag. They
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In today’s helicopter-parenting world where we go to extreme lengths to keep kids from getting hurt, it might seem a bit crazy to get a real knife for a child. But you could also argue that knowing how to use a knife is a skill every child should know, and having their own knife helps
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You want to make sure your crawling baby spends as much time outdoors as possible. But you also don’t want to watch her EVERY SINGLE SECOND. A portable playpen makes this possible. Compared to the playpens of the past, there are now a lot of good ones which fold down quickly with one hand, don’t
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Buying mittens for my daughter each season used to be painful. It’s not just because good mittens are expensive and she will probably just get one season out of them. It was also because she’d lose at least one pair of those expensive mittens each season!
Solved: 6 Ways to Keep Kids from Losing their Mittens this Winter Read More »