Kids in hotels?

ohyeahdollface · April 2013

DD has not been overnight in a hotel before.

My grandparents said they may want to come get us this afternoon, to spend the night with them in the hotel. Sure, sounds fun.

But I got to thinking...

How do you get a kid to sleep, and to stay asleep, in a hotel? P puts herself to sleep at night in her crib. She has fallen asleep on her own since about 13 months.

Thoughts?

NotSharknado · April 2013

Both times did not go well for us. Every kid is different, I'd try it if I were you. You never know.

melissa0726 · April 2013

We usually just end up co-sleeping when we are out of town, which isn't all that often. We try the PnP every time we travel, and while I could get her to go down in it when she was younger, she never stayed in it all night. And now...there'

ladybugpjb · April 2013

Crash Into Me:
You turn the lights off at bed time and then sit there in the dark, very quietly, barely breathing, so that you

Monsieur_et_Madame_Ha · April 2013

Haven't had to do it in a while, but I ditto most of what Mrs Skull said. Put the PnP in a secluded part of the room (closet, kitchen area if there is one) and stick to your regular bedtime routine as much as you can.

Let us know what you decide