Lavvu Room Divider?

[shortyman]

Hi

I'd love a lavvu/Nordic tipi but am not quite sure how much of a family tent one would be. My daughter is 3 and I'm worried that if we're all in one living/sleeping area once she goes to bed we'll all have to go to bed or creep about like mice.

Does anyone have any experience of lavvu's with younger families or has anyone ever heard of a sub-divider so we could sit up in one half and she could sleep in a separate compartment?

She's been camping since 6months if you were wondering.

Thanks!

 

[Karl82]

if you have a real big lavvu maybe you could use a ponch peged and tied up inside to form a smaller lavvu inside your lavvu for her useing the main lavvu as the back wall of the smaller one if you can understand what i mean.

 

[Ogri the trog]

My youngest was 5 months old when we started taking her camping in our Lavvu.
No thoughts of dividers or much of creeping about so she stayed asleep. A few carefully placed items to keep her face in shadow and a little quiet while she actually fell asleep was all that was called for - after a few days she'd be tired enough to sleep through anything anyway.

It makes lots of sense to plan the evening to avoid multiple visits with the potential to disturb the infant - it might also be prudent for each parent to be ready to offer comfort if it is required - but thats hardly enough reason not to take them along!

The native Americans used a divider called an "ozan" if I remember it correctly, but with a number of families to each tipi.

ATB

Ogri the trog

 

[durulz]

Even if you could put a divider in it (and I'm sure you could with the bigger ones), I'm not sure how effective a thin sheet of polyester/cotton/canvass is going to be at silencing any noise...

 

[Tor helge]

You could make a "rakkas" (or buy it). Picture below.

A rakkas is a "A framed tent without a bottom" made from thin cloth used as a separate sleeping room in a lavvu (or tipi).
This is the saami way of getting a little privacy and extra warmth in winter.

Tor

 

[nunzionuk]

If going by my girls, 3 and 6, once they are asleep, nothing short of a bucket of water can wake them.

The Rakkas looks like a good idea, shouldnt be to hard to convert a bed sheet to do that.

 

[shortyman]

Thanks for the advice everyone! Food for thought....

 

[Squidders]

We have an Arc2 travel cot: http://www.littletrekkers.co.uk/shop/index.php/browse/6e7760352167f24eaeafdf12ad3d5f1a

It's brilliant, comes with a closed cell mat and a fitted sheet, it packs down very small and weighs very little... maybe one of the larger sizes would be good for your needs?

 

[Squidders]

now I think about it though, you could probably just buya spare aluminium tent pole and spend a little while sewing an old white sheet up to get something more specific to your tipi.

 

[shortyman]

Thanks squidders. Will put my thinking hat on...

 

[789987]

get one of these

dual purpose, you can cook with it and when youve finished it serves as a sound proofing device when you gently place it over the sleeping child.

 

[mountainm]

How big is the tipi? Get hold of a cheap pop up tent and set it up inside?

 

[rik_uk3]

To be honest I don't think I'd use a Tipi tent with a young child, sometimes mom and dad need privacy offered more by a bigger tent with separate rooms.

 

[bojit]

We have a tentipi , part of the fun of camping in it with the kids (girls 15 and 12) is that we all share the whole trip together.
It is very different to sleeping in the house so why make it the same with seperate rooms .

Craig.............