More Freedom for Parents. More Toddler Time With Grandparents

The PeaPod

I love having the babies "sleep over" at our apartment; but we don't have extra bedrooms and, within a certain age range, the babies need to sleep in a very familiar environment. A couple of weeks ago our 14 month old Montreal grandbaby, came to stay with the grandparents in Troy, NY for the first time.

She arrived  with her own mini-bedroom for the road, the PeaPod™ baby travel tent made by Kidco. 

Before her parents brought her, they wisely had their daughter spend nights in it at home until it was a familiar, comfortable sleep environment. Our house was strange to her but the PeaPod™ and Mr. Rabbit were familiar and provided  a comforting and safe retreat when our unfamiliar house and relatively strange faces overwhelmed her.  By the end of her stay, the need for daytime retreats to the PeaPod and for Mr. Rabbit were much reduced.  Having a place to go, that she knew well, definitely made the transition much easier and shorter.

KidCo's PeaPod™ includes an inflatable air mattress that provides protection from cold, damp floors while providing a comforting place to sleep. The airmattress support goes under the floor of the tent so a baby doesn't sleep directly on the plastic.  Zippered panel allows quick and easy access to a baby from literally any angle. The easy to fold design makes it convenient to store and use anytime.   There is enough space inside the tent for baby sit up and crawl around. If you need, for some reason, to contain your baby, the tent flap can be shut down though we kept it open the whole time. 


$57.00 dollars seems to be about the right price at either Amazon or on Ebay.  Used, it can be had for as low as $21.00.  I've seen a plethora of products that attempt to accomplish what the PeaPod™ actually accomplishes and this is the only one that impressed me so far.
There was a good question about the PeaPod's stability.  Montreal Baby is no delicate child.  She is very forceful and very active.  The PeaPod never flipped over or malfunctioned in any way.  I ovserved that to be true, not only in my own house, but also at our week-long family camp.