Our Nonsuch had a "Pullman" style bunk forward, so we installed a swinging
"kiddy" door across it. Filled with teddy bears, it was a great crib/playpen.
Mommy and Daddy, however, had to sleep on the drop down saloon table. This
could explain why our next boat had *lots* of elbow room.



"Seahag" wrote in message
...
We knew some cruisers from France who netted off the v-berth, made a great
play pen.

Seahag

"katysails" wrote :
I wouldn't bother with a baby seat. If something happened, you wouldn't
have time to get the baby out of the thing. Most people I know put crib
bumers up in their v-berths and use one of those expandable child gates
across the front. You will want to make sure there is enough padding
around
the baby so it doesn't get rolled around...if you didn't want to do that,
you could do the same thing inly in the quarter berth or aft cabin
area...the idea of a child in a carseat going overboard and sinking to the
bottom is just way too vivid for me....

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"katysails" wrote in message

I wouldn't bother with a baby seat. If something happened, you wouldn't
have time to get the baby out of the thing. Most people I know put crib
bumers up in their v-berths and use one of those expandable child gates
across the front. You will want to make sure there is enough padding
around
the baby so it doesn't get rolled around...if you didn't want to do that,
you could do the same thing inly in the quarter berth or aft cabin
area...the idea of a child in a carseat going overboard and sinking to the
bottom is just way too vivid for me....

Amen. We used a lee cloth plus pillows stuffed into the ends and sides to
form a safe haven for my grandson as a newborn. As a one-year-old we simply
held him, wearing his life jacket. As a two-year old he is restrained by a
quick-releasing Wichard hook on a short lanyard attached to a point in the
cockpit and his Type 1 PFD.

Max

Thanks for the tips.


RB

Here's another tip. Give the baby up for adaption. PLEASE!




"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
Thanks for the tips.


RB

"Bobsprit" wrote in message
...
Well...not sure if anyone has any tips on this one. I'll be a father
shortly
and I'm looking to buy a good baby seat that will also function on the
boat.
Anyone have any tips or are they all essentially workable on board?

You don't need any tips.

Believe it, or not, - you *will* know what to do. Nature seems to work
that way.

My two kids have been on boats since they were six months old. We didn't
need any advice, and you won't either.

Once the baby arrives, you will know how to look after it.



Regards


Donal
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OzOne wrote in message ...
On 24 Jun 2004 10:54:18 GMT, "Scott Vernon"
scribbled thusly:

Here's another tip. Give the baby up for adaption. PLEASE!

What are they gonna adapt it to....

Human.

Max

OZ asked:
What are they gonna adapt it to....

Medical experimentation?
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and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

Dinal claimed:
Once the baby arrives, you will know how to look after it.

Not necessarily...one must have been parented to be able to parent....it's a
learned response and not innate....
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katysails
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Kirie Elite 32
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"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein

Not necessarily...one must have been parented to be able to parent....it's a
learned response and not innate....


Wow, in one ignorant statement, Katy undoes the social studies of Margaret
Mead!!!

"By example, the orphan grows to become an ideal parent; this through idealic
desire alone."

Katy, once again you show yourself to be stunningly ignorant. I pity your
children.

RB

I was referring to "protecting" - which
is quite different.

Nah...I've seen plenty of folks sacrifice their children to various
different dangers....I don't think protectivism is innate either....

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"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax
and get used to the idea." - Robert A. Heinlein



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