If You Have Vacationed With Your Toddler...

amykins1283

How did you handle nights?  Did you just turn in early when you put LO to bed?  Hang out in the hotel room?  What did you do if LO was in the same room with you?

I won't mind this since I've kind of lost my taste for staying up late (and we will be getting up early with Liam) but I was just wondering.

shootingstars00

We had this problem when we went to the beach for a weekend. I suggest pushing back nap and bedtime by an hour if you can. DD just happened to do that on her own so at least she wasn't in bed by 7! But ya it kinda sucked after she went to bed although she probably would have stayed awake if we waited a bit and then watched a movie with the volume low. Maybe drape a blanket over the crib to keep the light out? We ended up going to bed early but we did use our smart phones for awhile, and talked and cuddled in bed.

Chrissy1019

We went down the shore for a week when he was 10 months old. We had a room with a patio and just sat out there talking, playing board games (we were with other family) and hung out. We left his nap times alone but did push his bedtime back a bit for the time we were there. He did fine going back home and to his routine again. 

tangerinesky6

We went to bed the same time she did. Lol.

JoannaJes

We watched movies on a laptop with headphones. And went to bed early, which was actually nice. We felt really rested, ha ha.

nosoup4u

When it was just DS1, we would try to get suites with a separate bedroom. Now we just get one room, and DH and I either watch movies on a laptop w headphones, or read our phones in the dark. And yeah, go to bed earlier than if we were at home.

MrsMommyQ

We are going to Jamaica at the end of the week and we have only 1 room. We have a portable DVD player and DH and I are going to be on the balcony watching movies. We do plan to do what PP said and put her in for a later nap, so that she can go to bed around 8 instead of 7.

We are going to Disney in March and we have a suite so that won't be such an issue. She can go to bed and we'll have the whole living room to hang out and maybe have a little private time LOL

amykins1283

Honestly, this whole going to bed early thing sounds awesome to me.  I am usually up doing housework for a few hours after Liam goes to bed since DH is OOT during the week.  It'll be nice not to have anything to do and just go to sleep!

 

MrsWindyCity

We got a suite, so DH and I hung out in the living room area after DS went to bed. We did sleep in the same bedroom as DS but were able to stay up later.

BelleIsa

We only book condos when we go on vacation now for this exact reason. Who wants to sit in a hotel room doing nothing from 7:30pm onwards and for naps?

We're going to Mexico in March and we booked a townhouse - yeah it was more expensive (but not really THAT much more) but while she's napping I can swim in the pool, or putter around tke kitchen or sunbathe outside (we'll bring her monitor).  At night she has her own room so we dno't have to tiptoe around afraid of waking her...

Totally worth it if you can spare the extra $$. 

wife1014

We only book condos or suite style hotels. Our girls are in bed by 7:30 the latest. There is no way we could sit there in silqence for that long and starting that early. It is generallly just a bit more expensive.

BelhurstBride

Probably not the most useful advice, but we use our timeshare so we have more of a suite or condo like space. DD goes to bed and we hang out in the living area watching TV or on the outside space. Extra bonus is that we have a full kitchen and can cook in for most meals. 

kes3237

We always rent a condo just for this reason.  If it were just one or two nights, I would just suck it up and go to bed soon after, or use headphones and watch a movie on the laptop.

chary412

Sorry, not a toddler, but I just wanted to say we travel often with our LO, and bring her sound machine with us.  As long as we angle the hotel PnP so she can't see us through the mesh sides, and we keep our voices down, she doesn't notice us.  Good luck!

kwitt22

When we went in vaca for a week we had 2 houses, a main house and an adjacent bunk house thing. it was literally 2 steps away from the main house. we would put dd down and go downstairs and read or go next door (left monitor).When we share a hotel room usually dd can sleep through the tv on low. sometimes we drape a blanket over the pnp. last time we rigged a makeshift wall with a comforter and two chairs. it works for us.

 

*oht from phone.