Hotel cribs - gross or convenient?

DCMerged

I have a work trip coming up and hubby and baby are coming with me. The hotel we are staying at has option to request a crib. It would be great not to have to haul the PnP - one less thing - but part of me wonders if it is not a good idea to have baby sleep in a hotel crib even if I did bring my own sheets and clean it. Anyone have any experience with this?

thedash

In my experience the hotel "cribs" are actually pack and plays. I find it a bit gross, honestly, but I don't think LO would get sick from it or anything.  

FemShep

Both DDs have slept in hotel PnPs without issue.  I would never bring my own-way too much of a PITA.

christinak22

I would just use it. You sleep in a hotel bed with more "fluff" for gross things to get into than a pack n play mattress. Maybe bring one of those waterproof pads people put on their changing tables to go between the sheet and the mattress--that's as far as I would go.

mexicolombiana

It's usually just a pack n play.  Not gross at all IMO.  A few times I've even been given a brand new one with the tags still on. 

Once in the Pfister hotel (old school fancy hotel) in Milwaukee I was given a white crib on wheels with metal rails that looked like it came from the 1940s.  It was still fine. 

What I always do is pad up the pack n play with lots of extra blankets and sheets and secure them tightly around the pad.   

bumpuser511563

I have used PNP's and cribs provided from the hotels.

I remembered to take an extra fitted sheet from DS's bed to cover the padding/mattress from the hotel when he was a baby.

He is fine.

jennyelf

Both times I've stayed in a hotel with a crib, I was given a metal mini crib (like what daycare uses) on wheels and the mattress was wrapped in plastic. Brand new I think since it off-gassed a bit.

Ultimately, LO decided he hated the crib and ended up in the middle of the King-size bed with us.  I think he wasn't use to sleeping in the same room as us as he would wake, look around, and then start crying because he could see us. Once we were home, he slept in his own crib in his own room just fine.

seahorse102410

For us it's always been a PNP.  So I guess it was nice just not to have to pack our own.  But he didn't sleep in it anyway.

rockychryslerb2010

I wouldn't, just because the pack n play is so easy and convenient to take, the airlines I've used always check it for free as 'baby gear'. 

Here is why - we requested the crib (it was a pack n play) at our hotel on Oahu last fall (this was a very nice resort).  We had our pack n play because we were staying at a house on Maui later in the vacation and needed it there.  The pack n play this hotel brought up was disgusting!!!!!  It wasn't the bottom portion, it was the netting on the side.  You could tell it was suppose to be white, but it was extremely dirty.  We just unpacked ours and used that one. I know E puts his mouth all of the netting on his PnP, so I just had visions of kids doing that and knowing there is no good way to really clean that portion.

If we didn't have ours, I would have made a big deal and probably let E sleep in our bed.  I was really shocked, considering we stay at this hotel chain all the time, not something I expected from them.

KathrynMD

I've used them - I normally bring my own PnP sheet though. 

I did get one in a hotel that was in awful shape, but it was the only one they had, the upgraded us to a room w/ a pull out ("suite") and DD slept there w/ a bunch of pillows around her.  It was NBD b/c she was almost 2 and it was one night.  It was a non-chain hotel though. If I was staying at a non-chain again w/ a small baby, I'd bring a PnP.

Brit's Luna154

We use them. Some have been nicer than others, but I don't really get stressed out about it. I catch DD with shoes in her mouth, hotel cribs can't possibly be that nasty.

shannm

I've used many PnPs from hotels.  Some have been eh, the last one was really nice!  As long as I have clean sheets, I don't really care.  LO just sleeps in it, doesn't gnaw on sides or anything like that.

One of the more expensive hotels actually did have a real mini crib but they didn't have appropriate bedding so they rolled up a bunch of blankets and sheets and put them in the bottom and created this soft mushy nest.   Needless to say, the baby slept with us that night.  I was really pissed about that but it was not what I typically experience.

preggersin2011

The porta crib in the hotel I stayed at was metal. I brought my own sheets & blanket so LO would be used to them..... There was a sheet & blanket provided but I just folded it and put it in the drawer in case LO took of her diaper and had a party overnight. I dont see it any less or more gross than sleeping in a hotel bed, touching the doors in a hotel, walking on the carpet in a hotel, or LO putting her shoes in her mouth & eating dirt at the park. 

cchill01

Brit's Luna154:

We use them. Some have been nicer than others, but I don't really get stressed out about it. I catch DD with shoes in her mouth, hotel cribs can't possibly be that nasty.

Agreed.  Also, the carpets in your hotel room are far more disgusting and I'm sure your LO will be crawling around.

There's no way I could bring a PNP to an airport in addition to 2 carseats, a stroller and all the luggage.  We just barely have enough hands as it is. 

littlestjerry

CTGirl30:

We've done both but DD is 2 now and sleeping in a bed at home. This last trip she wanted nothing to do with the white metal rolling crib and ended up in bed with us. I always brought my own fitted sheet for the hotel cribs.

Same. We brought our own sheet, but then he freeeeeaked out and wouldn't sleep in it. He ended up in bed with us.

DCMerged

Thanks, ladies! I was leaning towards using the hotels because I also don't want to lug one more thing around. I'll bring sheets and pad for it and wipe it down as well. I'm sure it will be fine. And it wouldn't be worst thing if he ends up sleeping in bed with me.

Mustardseed2007

We've both brought our own PNP and used the hotel provided one. The hotel PNP was SO convenient. I agree that bringing an additional cover and maybe your own sheets (with your name in them so they don't take them and loose them) would probably be a good idea. 

But  FWIW our little one also would start out in the PNP and end up sleeping in our bed, even though he does not co sleep at home and at home does very poorly on the occasions when we've tried to put him in bed with us. Also when we got back home, he slept in his crib as normal.