When your tot is too big for a pack ‘n play, and an air mattress takes up too much damn room (and let’s face it, weighs too damn much), why not go camping?  OK, my version of camping, which involves access to cable TV, a refrigerator and heat.  For those of us who are not so interested in “roughing it,” but need a portable place to put our sleepy kid, I give you:  The Travel Lounger by Playhut.

Playhut is well known for pop-up, twist and fold style tents and tunnels that come in all sorts of shapes and styles (and yes, they have the Disney Princesses, if you are so inclined).  Their products are well made and colorful, and well, they store flat – and I can’t say that for much in my home, so they get big points there.

We bought our Travel Lounger just before the winter holidays so Spicy Girl would have some place to stay when we went to Grandma and Grandpa’s house.  They don’t have an extra bedroom or bed for her and time was running out.  But somehow (as has happened before) QVC knew I was having this challenge in my life—and like a message from a fairy godmother, there it was on my TV screen:  an answer to my prayers for under $35.00. (Read more…)