Our idea of camping is a little different then what everyones talking about here. We are the ruffing it type people, tent, canoe, sleeping bags, charcoal, cooler and flashlights. Throw the chicken in the fire and go enjoy nature till it's done.

But we have camped with babies many of times. It all going to depend on the age of the child and the child's personalty, on how it's going to go.

As to the sleeping in a tent, here's what we did. We got one of those portable cribs in the bag. Worked great and didn't take up that much room. Also sense we went canoing a lot, we learned how to make a baby swing out of the life jackets. With some good rope and 4 jackets, a good tree branch, the baby was ready to swing away.