Camping while pregnant

We love to camp. And we’re not going to let a little thing like being nearly eight months pregnant from doing something we love. So, this weekend, we I packed up and headed to the woods for three nights of fishing, relaxing and camp fire.

While camp fire smoke doesn’t cure morning sickness (yes, she still is going through it), it sure does make for a relaxing time. But after only getting the tent wet twice this year, I put it away for the final time in quite a while tonight. I don’t know when the next time that I get to set it up in the rain, sleep in the rain, take it down in the rain and come home to put it away in the sweltering sun will be. Blue tarp camper, I’m one of you.

Having a baby doesn’t mean the end of camping or time in the outdoors, but it does make it really difficult to plan these outings. And we’ll have to pack a few more things. But the thing that I keep thinking about is that the next time we go, we’ll have a baby. We’ll have Kylah with us. And the damn raccoons had better keep their distance.

Tell me, what advice do you have for us to take into the woods next summer when Kylah gets to join us?

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  • Aunt Lori

    Why wait until next summer I do not think you were even 6 weeks old before you camped for the first time. The younger she is the less things she can get into when you are camping. Just remember sunscreen and bug spray when in the great outdoors

    Love ya
    Aunt Lori

  • Aunt Pami

    Why not ship her off to Grandma or Aunt Pami and then you won't have to worry about those nasty raccoons. You know if you lived closer I could retire and be the babysitter. I could become a Seahawks fan as long as my Bronco loving son doesn't find out!

  • http://thegeekgiant.com geekgiant

    Problem is that summer is effectively over in Seattle by end of August, so there's not many places to go.

    And, didn't mom take me to a park and forget the sunscreen when I was little?

  • http://thegeekgiant.com geekgiant

    LOL, when you said “ship her off” it made me think of the movie Willow, when the baby is on a raft… Not sure why.

    We're still trying to figure out child care for when Kelci goes back to work. Just sayin… :)

  • grandma berto

    alright heres the real story! eric you were 4 weeks old on your first camping trip. We left these little socks (yes little) on you for three days and they left a ring around your ankles and grandma was mad. And as far as the sun block goes it was the 4th of july street fair in ventura it was overcast so no sun block, wrong and grandma was mad again. goes to show you can plan, learn, read, and watch you will still do what YOU think is right!