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When my wife and I were young and childless, camping was simple, our packs were light and our gear lists were short.  Then our first daughter was born. We wanted to introduce her as soon as possible to the grandeur of the Canadian wilderness and the calming rhythms of outdoor life, and we wanted to continue to enjoy those things ourselves, too. So we tapped into our most precious parenting resource: adaptability. Here?s what we learned, from friends and from hard-earned experience, about camping with a baby:
1. Prioritize

From high-end glamping in bespoke yurts to car camping to tent sites accessible only by canoe, camping means different things to different people. Taking a baby will require compromises?and adjusting your expectations?so it?s important to figure out which aspects of camping matter most to you. My wife and I decided that solitude and relatively unsullied wilderness were higher priorities than needing to sleep in a soft-sided triangular structure. So one of our first trips with our eldest daughter, Ella, was to a ranger cabin in Algonquin Park, one of 14 scattered through the park?s interior. With a roof and walls to simplify napping and early baby bedtimes, we were able to spend more time hiking, canoeing, fishing, and picking berries in the forests around the cabin. 2. Time it right

Though the prospect may seem overwhelming at first, camping with a baby who is less than a year old has a lot of advantages. She probably can?t walk, or ...