Packing recommendations?

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ringrose and I will be attending our first Baitcon this year (with our seven month old daughter.)

We'll be staying in a cabin. What should we expect to find in the cabin?

Those of you who have been to baitcon with babies, what do you recommend we make sure to bring with us?

Looking forward to it!

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We've been going to Baitcon since before our son, now 2, came along. His first Baitcon, our kiddo was, um, 2 months old? We used a cabin that year. We brought an air mattress that we all shared on the floor. It was a tight fit but it was warmer for the baby than being by himself. (Besides, we co-slept off and on at home anyways so we were comfortable with it at that point.) We brought a couple layers of clothing for our son for each day as well as more layers of blankets than we expected to need. If you need to pump milk to handle over-supply, bring your pumping equipment. They're usually a small special fridge reserved for families with very young children who still have milk needs. Other than that, make sure you have an electric lantern so you can do middle of the night diaper changes on one of the bunks. We also had a bear box for keeping sealed packaged foods for our kid last year when he was a little over a year old and still very picky.

For both adults, bring sunscreen and bug repellent. You don't need to use bug repellent on your kid because the repellent you're wearing along with good clothing coverage will keep most of the mosquitos off your kid assuming you're holding him.

There are ticks on site so make sure you pack carefully when it comes to socks and long pants/long sleeved shirts.

The other trick we learned long before our son came along: have an entire change of clothing for each of you - all the way down to the shoes - in the car. Don't break into this emergency change of clothing until you're ready to drive home. The one year where it rained off and on all weekend and we had the only tent failure I've experienced in a lifetime of camping; that package of dry clothing for the drive home was priceless. EVERYTHING else we owned was at least damp and cold to wear that year.