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HOLIDAYS
The Best Reasons to Take Kids Camping
Whilst getting out of your comfort zone doing it.
I took my toddler on her first camping trip, last weekend.
It also happened to be a family festival event, over four days.
To say it’s taken me a few days to recover is being completely honest!
It’s not that my daughter was too demanding during our little camping break, but rather that for the first time this year and many months since last year, have I had to plan and pack and get organized for something we’ve never experienced together. So the nerves were already there beforehand.
Not knowing what to expect from a festival was the least of my worries since I’d been to plenty before with friends but this was all new territory — as a single mother going to a campsite during a family festival, not knowing anyone besides an almost-four-year-old — was a little daunting.
It sure did put me out of my comfort zone and while I often enjoy challenges like this, it simply helps to view them as new adventures in life.
The recovery this week has mostly been physical and from fatigue due to not enough sleep in total. (I’ve never been one to sleep deeply next to any child.)
