Newbie With A 2 Yr Old (1 Viewer)

[Bagram11]

Hi everyone!

I am about to pick up my first ever 20ft 2 berth motorhome this week and am excited but terrified……
I want to create lasting memories for my daughter and do lots of weekend trips, rallies etc.
Met lots of helpful folks who have given me such valuable tips and am eager to take advice as there is so much to learn and take in.

Lisa xx

 

[Brian and Jo]

hi there Lisa and welcome to MHF theres no doubt that you will create lots of great times and memories.we started camping when our (now 19) son was 3months old and we have some great memories enjoy your time out and about.
Brian & Jo

 

[tonka]

Welcome.... I have 2 grandkids who live at home with us full time.. Now aged 9 and 8 they have both grown up with motorhomes and travelled in Europe and UK since a few months old...

Hope to see you around at one of our meets (ps.. you do need to subscribe for that to happen)

DOH.... Just realised, there they are on my Avatar on the left,,, All ready for Spain trip.

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[Bagram11]

Thanks guys, I was wondering if she was too young and I was crazy to endevour in this but obviously not thanks!!

 

[Mel]

Hello & welcome

Mel & Lieve

 

[Dawn B]

Hi &

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[Baycott]

Hi from East Sussex and

 

[f6c]

Welcome aboard

 

[hilldweller]

I want to create lasting memories for my daughter
Lisa xx

Well as long as it's not "mummy what does &^%$ mean ?" when you clip a wing mirror.

We all do it - the clipping that is.

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[GAVLAD]

Hi Lisa
We introduced our daughter to camping in a 1974 VW campervan when she was 10months old and now 9 months later we are in a motorhome and love it.
I would suggest taking favourite toys and comforts and pre plan meals and everything else will fall into place.
I'm sure you'll get on just fine and if your stuck, there's always someone to ask on a site or on this forum.
Good luck with your new purchase - I hope it all goes smoothly fit you all.

 

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[Wildbill]

hi we have been motor homing for many years with children from 2 mths to 33 years the 33year old is usually the problem hi and welcome from a very wet Hampshire where we are at the moment
bill

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[Ali n Tim]

Hello from Kent Enjoy!

 

[955matt]

Couldn't be easier , our little boy was 2 when we got our first motorhome , now 5 and on our second motorhome thinking about our third .

Great times always away in the UK and Europe , as said plenty of toys and films and take food with you.

Have a great time

 

[Carol]

Don't worry just enjoy making memories for you and your little one, for her it will become second nature and perfectly normal.

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[davidbaldam]

Hi Lisa and welcome to FUN, now the memories and adventure can begin.

 

[cruiser]

hello and welcome to the house of fun. we take kids of all ages , we have not found one that did not enjoy the life. good luck . and we hope to see at a meet.

 

[scotzsue]

Welcome enjoy your trips with your child, will make lasting memories a day friends. We take grandchildren, last year elder granddaughters friends had a sleepover. 4 little girls in the over cab! Grandson on dinette bed and us on the other double. Have now changed to a 4 berth lol

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[Shazrick]

 

[Hollyberry]

Hi and Welcome. I'm sure your daughter will love her motorhome travels.

 

[Cat53]

Thanks guys, I was wondering if she was too young and I was crazy to endevour in this but obviously not thanks!!

No way is she too young.....we caravaned for several years with our two children. Started when the youngest was 9 months old. It was wonderful. They wake, you throw open the door and they play happily. There is no timetable laid down by anyone but yourself. The freedom is wonderful. The ability to allow your child a nap in her own bed if required. It's just blissful. Enjoy.

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[travelbunyip]

Hi. Took our first son camping when he was only 6 weeks old. You are never too young or too old. Met a couple in a caravan in Greece last year in their late 80's. Children don't remember the things you give them but the experiences you have with them. Have some great experiences with your daughter.

 

[Ralph-n-Bev]

I'm sure you'll find it a doddle in a Motorhome with a two year old. It's just like being at home. Beds hot cold water, toilet, kitchen etc.
Just try and tire your child out as much as possible through the day. Plenty fresh air , running about etc.
We have camped in tents with 3 children under the age of two.
Then moved on to a caravan, once we could afford to, once the eldest was around 5 and twins 3.
We didn't get the Motorhome till 7 years ago.
Our eldest by then was 13 and the twins were 11. They are all working and doing their own thing now. But still come now and again.
Our kids have loved their camping, caravaning, motorhoming holidays. They always slept so much better as toddlers when away at the weekends or holidays.
We all have lovely memories to treasure.
It's funny but they still hanker back to being wrapped up on a morning , cooking bacon eggs and beans on a camping stove . In a damp field , outside the tent, next to a stream with cold noses !
I remember them trying to crawl out of the tent flaps into the mud in their babygrows!
So much easier in the caravans than tents, so much easier in the Motorhome than caravans.
Welcome to MHF Lisa .
If I was you I'd make sure I joined the camping and caravaning club. We got away at least 2 weekends a month with them , on rallies. When the kids were little. Very cheap. Very basic , fields to play in , trees to climb , bushes to make dens in, streams to play in till your blue with cold. Other kids to mingle with.
And that was just me and Ralph !
You and your child will love your little home on wheels.

 

[Jim]

Hi Lisa, welcome to the fun

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[Bagram11]

I'm sure you'll find it a doddle in a Motorhome with a two year old. It's just like being at home. Beds hot cold water, toilet, kitchen etc.
Just try and tire your child out as much as possible through the day. Plenty fresh air , running about etc.
We have camped in tents with 3 children under the age of two.
Then moved on to a caravan, once we could afford to, once the eldest was around 5 and twins 3.
We didn't get the Motorhome till 7 years ago.
Our eldest by then was 13 and the twins were 11. They are all working and doing their own thing now. But still come now and again.
Our kids have loved their camping, caravaning, motorhoming holidays. They always slept so much better as toddlers when away at the weekends or holidays.
We all have lovely memories to treasure.
It's funny but they still hanker back to being wrapped up on a morning , cooking bacon eggs and beans on a camping stove . In a damp field , outside the tent, next to a stream with cold noses !
I remember them trying to crawl out of the tent flaps into the mud in their babygrows!
So much easier in the caravans than tents, so much easier in the Motorhome than caravans.
Welcome to MHF Lisa .
If I was you I'd make sure I joined the camping and caravaning club. We got away at least 2 weekends a month with them , on rallies. When the kids were little. Very cheap. Very basic , fields to play in , trees to climb , bushes to make dens in, streams to play in till your blue with cold. Other kids to mingle with.
And that was just me and Ralph !
You and your child will love your little home on wheels.

 

[Bagram11]

Yes I have joined the Caravan Club and also a local county club. We are going on two rallies this month!!! I'm jumping right in

 

[Ralph-n-Bev]

We preferred the caravan and camping club. But used to be members of both. We use the CL certified locations and used to go to plenty DA district association rallies.
Were in the motorcaravaning club as well now. That way we can make sure we can get out and about when ever , as the MCC usually have lots of rallies with hard standing too.
I'm sure you'll both enjoy your first rallies. Exciting times.
Best thing about rallies is you can do as much or as little as you want.
You can mingle and get involved in the activities , no doubt planned. Or do your own thing. No pressure.

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[Bagram11]

I'm nervous Ralph-n-Bev as all this socialising by myself with just a toddler is out of my comfort zone!!

 

[Ralph-n-Bev]

Walking about a rally field , with a lovely little cherub such as yours, will bound to draw you into conversations. Don't worry.
It's a shame you don't live more northern. We're a lot friendlier up here
You must try and get up here.
Bev.

 

[Bagram11]

You're only a 3.5 hour drive away! I've been in the States for last 19yrs and so am used to driving We must meet up xx

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