Last updated: March 2026 Written by Mike, dad of three (14, 12, and 9). I took all three of my kids camping as babies. My oldest was camping at 2, and the younger two came along even earlier because they grew up watching their big brother do it. Everything here comes from real trips with real infants in real tents. People told me I was crazy for taking a baby camping. I heard it from family, from coworkers, from random people at the campground who looked at us like we were hauling a newborn into