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Can't help with the weaning, but....

We travel a lot with our LO. He is 12months now, but he's been on many trips both international and in the US. It's always been completely fine.

Obviously when you're changing time zones drastically, the schedule is going to be different. We've always just stuck to recommended wake times for naps. For instance, the 1st day we were in Europe (we landed at 12am to our bodies), he had like 4 naps (compared to his usual 2). Then we put him to bed around 8pm. He slept through the night. There were a few nights he woke up really early, but we just brought him in bed and he eventually fell back asleep.

Does your LO have specific sleep associations? We have a sound machine we always bring. He also has a small stuffed animal that he only gets when it's time to sleep. We do it at home as well as on trips so he knows when it's time to sleep. It makes a huge difference. DS has always slept in the hotel's PnPs in the same room and doesn't have an issue.

Stick to wake times, have extra naps (for both you and LO!) and relax Your day may not be as smooth as it would be at home, but you remember the amazing experiences. Kids can be more flexible than we think

Our LO has adapted well to travel. We more or less stuck to his schedule, but let it slide a little bit in the direction of the time zone change. He sleeps surprisingly well in the travel crib, even though he never sleeps in it at home. He sleeps in our room at home and is used to us making noise after he goes to bed (we do have a sound machine), so no insight on whether this could cause issues if your LO isn't used to it...

@cake2017: We’ve never had an extra room. I usually drape a blanket (and even clip it) over the side so he can’t see us. Then once he’s asleep I take it off. Or we just turn the lights off and lay down quietly too. Once he’s asleep we can talk quietly or turn a lamp on.

I’d recommend an airBnb or something. We’ve done hotels and condos. Condos are obviously more ideal. Not that he sleeps better, but that we can close the door and stay up in the other room.

And honestly, when we’ve been in hotel rooms he just stays up later. We still go out to dinner and he just tags along. I always bring a blanket to drape over the stroller. I tie it on all ends so he can’t pull it down. Our travel stroller reclines a lot so this way he can nap on the go. One or two nights of less sleep doesn’t seem to mess him up. He either just sleeps in or takes longer naps the next day.

We usually wedge the pack n play in between the wall and a bed and we sleep in the other bed. That way, he can’t see us. We turn the lights off and we just look at our phones until he falls asleep. Definitely bring a sound machine

Oh for weaning I took the don’t offer, don’t refuse approach. I never offered to nurse but if he asked, I would let him only at my accepted times, which were morning and bedtime. I dropped the morning feed first then the bedtime one. It went really easily for us. Otherwise, I would’ve had DH take over

For my first kid I weaned after they spent one night away from me and went to bed without issue. After that we did milk with bedtime stories in a sippy cup and then brushed teeth and went to bed and we do that now at 3 years old. I haven’t started weaning my second yet, but it may be more difficult because the interest in cows milk is much lower than my first kiddo’s.

We went on a trip that included a hotel stay a few months ago and I brought the white noise machine, which both my kids sleep with and a gro blind in case it wasn’t dark enough. We lay in the dark, in silence while they fell asleep and then watched a movie together with headphones on our iPad. I try to stick to my kids’ sleep schedules very closely especially bedtime. It took my 3 year old a week or so to adjust mood wise to being home and my 11 month old (at the time) had zero issue falling back into old routine, but that’s because he slept like crap in the pack and play and was sleep deprived for our trip as a result.

We had to stay in a hotel for a family emergency (so no time to plan and I booked it the night we stayed there). When we checked in, I explained the situation (DD was 10 mo at the time) and we had brought out own packnplay. They upgraded us to a much bigger room, which had a section away from the beds, sort of around a corner. It was much darker over there and DD didn't have a direct line of sight to us. Additionally, it was at the end of a hall, next to the gym - so we had peace of mind that we only had one neighbor and didn't have to jump up at every cry/fuss that DD made.

So can you call the hotel and ask about the rooms? perhaps they have one that would be better for you.

We also brought the baby monitor, so that we could see what DD was doing, instead of having to jump up to see her. We did have to huddle under the covers after bedtime, but we didn't mind having to go to bed early.

I would have considered putting DD in the bathroom, but I had to get up earlier than she normally woke up to shower and leave, so it wasn't an option that time. But i'm always afraid that if I put her in there, i'll have to go in the middle of the night!