staying in hotel with LO

kat1221 · July 2013

We are trying to plan a quick overnight trip next month. DD will be 6 months and we also have a 5 year old. DH seems to think we have to have a 2 room suite so the baby can sleep I.,another room otherwise we will all be miserable. I agree it would be nice but it's also way more expensive.
I would think we can reserve a crib and just be crowded on one room.
Anyone done an overnight in a hotel with LO? What's your experience?

MrsWindyCity · July 2013

I don't really like going to bed at 7, so whenever we stay in a hotel we always do at least a suite that has 1 br and a living area or a 2 room type thing.

alake · July 2013

We are staying with enough people right now. We are currently in Italy with 21 people.

I have a room with attached room. I am sharing a room with my five, but my fifteen year old niece and her best friend are in an a adjoined room. We are all on one floor. I take the baby monitor with me, and can visit them, but usually, like right now am in the adjoining room visiting with the two fifteen year old girls and bumping!!

flummadiddle85 · July 2013

We took a 5 day trip when DS was just less than 3mo. We have the Lotus travel crib, and love it. And when we were in a hotel, he slept fine in the same room, even when we were still awake.

PipSqueak0313 · July 2013

We just returned from an out of town trip. For the two nights we were gone LO slept on a pnp in the same room as us. We just turned off the overhead light and used the lamps for what we wanted to do. LO slept fine with his normal wake up a 4ish. We recently transitioned LO to a crib in his own room so to us it was no different than it was before we transitioned him.

I think if you had LO in the room with you from birth, LO's presence would not bother any of you. If on the other hand LO has always been in a different room, to share a room with LO might disturb one or more of you.

dianarev · July 2013

We went to Austin overnight and DD woke up only once. I tried keeping her naps as usual, bathed with her in the tub after the swimming pool and she slept fine. I did request a crib and brought a sheet with me, I found the mattress pad cushion-less so I used a big blanket to wrap around the mattress pad and covered it with the sheet to give it more mattress feel.

momofmanyinthemitten · July 2013

I'd go for a bedroom/living room type arrangement.

happy_un-bride · July 2013

It'll be along time before we splurge and get DS his own room at a hotel. We went to Bermuda with him a couple months ago and he stayed with us. Slept in pnp mostly, but did some snuggling in bed with us watching movies.

Minipenguin · July 2013

We spent 1 night in a hotel a few weeks ago. LO slept in the co-sleeper (arms reach) and it was fine because we went to bed at like 7:30 with her because we were so exhausted from traveling. If we hadn't, I would have wanted another room.

downtown80 · July 2013

I think it's easy to share one room with ONE child, but you mention that you have two. That's a whole different ball game!!

We are traveling next weekend with our two kids, 2yrs and 5mos, and we opted for a 1 bedroom suite. This is more so for our toddler because she won't be able to sleep in the room if we are still awake. I'm not worried about the baby....he can pretty much sleep anywhere and through anything. We will keep the baby with us in the bedroom and the toddler in the living area.

bibby32714 · July 2013

Another consideration is the amount of " stuff" u need for the baby. I'm in a hotel with DD and my mother for two weeks as I am on business currently and we have a standard room and there is not enough room for all of our stuff and hers. She is sleeping fine with us but I wish we had the extra room.

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