https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:10:29 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-get-your-baby-to-sleep-in-a-hotel#post-2829822 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 20:50:22 +0000 wrkbrk 2829822@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cake2017: Same as others,’only attempted one real vacation with DS in the pack n play in the same room. It worked out ok but we did essentially have to all go to bed and wake up together ... so not ideal! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-get-your-baby-to-sleep-in-a-hotel#post-2829813 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 20:21:51 +0000 justjules 2829813@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cake2017: he slept the worst in new places from 12-24 months. That particular situation was when he was 17mo. When he hit two, I think he understood more and it was less scary. Good luck! I hope your baby is like all the other comments and not like mine :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-get-your-baby-to-sleep-in-a-hotel#post-2829805 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 19:33:50 +0000 Iced Tea 2829805@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>For the most part our two kids have done okay in hotels (usually slept in a bed with me). </p> <p>The one thing I’d suggest that I don’t see mentioned above is to make sure you arrive early. Mine always get super excited about the room and want to run or toddle around exploring it all before they can even think about settling down for bedtime. </p> <p>We book a suite when possible due to the baby’s super early bedtime. </p> <p>And we always, always travel with a sound machine. We even bought a new one once when we forgot it. </p> <p>Good luck! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-get-your-baby-to-sleep-in-a-hotel#post-2829796 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 18:53:50 +0000 misolee 2829796@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Honestly, it's whatever works and survival mode at hotels. Between my 3 kids and their widely different sleep habits, we have done many different things. What works well at 15 months was to put them in the carrier and just bounce in the corner. Then we would move them to the bed or travel crib. I've even strolled the halls/outside in a stroller until they have fallen asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-get-your-baby-to-sleep-in-a-hotel#post-2829793 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 18:31:13 +0000 cake2017 2829793@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Champagne: He doesn’t sleep with us too and I don’t want to start that habit so I know that won’t work! thanks for the tips! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-get-your-baby-to-sleep-in-a-hotel#post-2829792 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 18:16:18 +0000 Mrs. Champagne 2829792@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just mimic everything from home! We usually would put to bed with noise as usual (ideally in a little crib if the hotel had one instead of pack n play) and go outside to the balcony if we didn’t have a separate room. </p> <p>Since having two kids, my son is older and we’ve been fine with him in a bed beside us (separate beds) on two recent trips. My daughter in the bathroom with the fan on/ door open.<br /> It works well when there is a balcony!</p> <p>We just did one night in the city recently and everyone did well but there was no balcony so once the kids went to bed we had to be pretty quiet. Much nicer when there’s a balcony to escape to for a drink, or a separate room.</p> <p>ETA: my son is 4 and has never slept with us so for us that wasn’t even a viable option to try on vacation when we wanted to be well rested/busy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-get-your-baby-to-sleep-in-a-hotel#post-2829787 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 18:04:31 +0000 cake2017 2829787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@justjules: I’m dreading this experience. How old was your baby? LO will be around 15 months. I am hoping he will be comfortable in a hotel crib. I’m going to call ahead once we finalize and see what they can do as a PP stated! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-get-your-baby-to-sleep-in-a-hotel#post-2829786 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 17:46:14 +0000 birdofafeather 2829786@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>in our travel crib tucked in a corner. we travel with a noise machine. if we don't have space for a separate one, we use the noise box app on our iphones. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-get-your-baby-to-sleep-in-a-hotel#post-2829780 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 17:37:36 +0000 FaithFertility 2829780@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD would always Just crash in bed with us<br /> DS we still use PNP and try to put him in hallway, bathroom.etc... he likes dark and his sound machine </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-get-your-baby-to-sleep-in-a-hotel#post-2829773 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 16:56:22 +0000 justjules 2829773@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>There seems to be a lot of success stories so I'll be the downer. At that age, DS was hell in hotels. We even had to leave one around 4am because he didn't stop screaming and the hotel was getting complaints. We tried everything- bathroom, in our bed, holding him etc. Hopefully your LO isn't like him!<br /> At 2.5 he now is fine with sleeping in a pack n play in a hotel..... but my now one year old isn't having it. Thankfully she is ok with sleeping with us. So maybe also try that? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-get-your-baby-to-sleep-in-a-hotel#post-2829757 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 15:33:11 +0000 dolphin 2829757@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>LO always slept with us when traveling. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-get-your-baby-to-sleep-in-a-hotel#post-2829645 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 11:04:05 +0000 jennlin821 2829645@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We had an emergency where we had to stay in a hotel when DD was 10 mo old. When we checked in, I asked if there way any suites available, so that the baby could have a separate room - no thing was available with a separate room, but they ended up upgrading us to a much larger room, which wrapped around a corner. So we put DD in her pnp in that corner that was the darkest, with her sound machine near by. Then DH and I snuggled under the covers with headphones and the ipad.<br /> Also, this room was at the end of the hall next to the gym with no other 'neighbors' which helped because I could let DD cry a little without being worried about waking other people. </p> <p>I have also heard great success with putting baby in the bathroom, but I was afraid of having to go in the middle of the night! plus I had to wake up early to shower, so in this instance it didn't work. </p> <p>Could you call the hotel and talk to them about their rooms? Explain your situation and perhaps they can help you out. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-get-your-baby-to-sleep-in-a-hotel#post-2829628 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 10:50:09 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2829628@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH and I hang out in the bathroom showering and getting ready for bed while we wait for the baby to fall asleep </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-get-your-baby-to-sleep-in-a-hotel#post-2829613 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 10:42:51 +0000 BadgerMom 2829613@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@muffinsmuffins: This is what we do now that he's older and no longer in the pnp too! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-get-your-baby-to-sleep-in-a-hotel#post-2829609 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 10:37:19 +0000 erinbaderin 2829609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I found for my kids they had to be on dad’s side of the bed, because if they woke up in the night and saw me they’d want me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-get-your-baby-to-sleep-in-a-hotel#post-2829608 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 10:36:59 +0000 muffinsmuffins 2829608@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our son was older but we did our same bedtime routine and he was in a cot in the same room. We turned out the lights and ‘went to bed’ ourselves beside him. We pretended to sleep even if he called for us or wanted to sit up and play. When he fell asleep, we broke out the iPad which we had downloaded a movie on prior to the trip, plugged in headphones and watched with a pile of pillows next to us so he couldn’t see the brightness. It was totally fine! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-get-your-baby-to-sleep-in-a-hotel#post-2829607 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 10:36:56 +0000 pachamama 2829607@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Littlebit7: Ahh true. Very quiet peeing I imagine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-get-your-baby-to-sleep-in-a-hotel#post-2829605 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 10:35:41 +0000 Littlebit7 2829605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BadgerMom: we’ve done the bathroom several times. It works pretty well and teaches you how to be a ninja at the same time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-get-your-baby-to-sleep-in-a-hotel#post-2829594 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 10:23:05 +0000 BadgerMom 2829594@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: We've done the closet trick too! I just find that any separate, quite, dark space works for LO, and he really doesn't seem to mind as long as it meets those parameters. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-get-your-baby-to-sleep-in-a-hotel#post-2829582 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 09:56:42 +0000 pachamama 2829582@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cake2017: Right, it's always a little bit of an adjustment. It will probably one of those things that you worry about and the babe does just fine!<br /> @BadgerMom: lol, thats a good idea tho!! We adopted my sister from Peru when she was 2.5 and like 2 months later we went to Key West on vacation. We were tight on space so we stuck her in a big closet- it was carpeted and comfy (but not a walk-in).. and we made her a bed and she was perfectly happy. Ha! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-get-your-baby-to-sleep-in-a-hotel#post-2829577 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 09:50:50 +0000 cake2017 2829577@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pachamama: Yes, a balcony. We haven’t booked yet so still seeing how it will work out. The most we do at night is watch tv until we go to bed so worried about noise and new environment. ... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-get-your-baby-to-sleep-in-a-hotel#post-2829564 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 09:33:20 +0000 BadgerMom 2829564@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We put the pack n play in the bathroom. We probably scarred him for life :silly: but it was the only way we all got good sleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-get-your-baby-to-sleep-in-a-hotel#post-2829561 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 09:32:56 +0000 pachamama 2829561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@cake2017: We traveled to Florida with my son when he was 15 months like yours. I was nervous about him sleeping bc we have a very rigid bedtime routine and schedule but we did just that- stuck to how he usually goes to bed, at the same time. White noise (I ran the bathroom exhaust fan) books, dark room, and I "rocked" him in this dining room chair. He actually slept great! We did have a separate room for him though :-/<br /> It was kind of a bummer to be in the condo by 7pm but we had drinks by the water (we had spent a little more on a waterfront room) and it was actually really fun.<br /> Will you have a balcony or anything? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-get-your-baby-to-sleep-in-a-hotel#post-2829560 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 09:29:11 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 2829560@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We sleep in one bed and bring one of his favorite blankets. We don’t use a sound machine, but at home his air purifier provides white noise. No issues with my LO falling asleep in a different environment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-get-your-baby-to-sleep-in-a-hotel#post-2829557 Wed, 20 Jun 2018 09:22:40 +0000 cake2017 2829557@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Hi all,</p> <p>We are traveling during Thanksgiving and it will be our 1st trip with LO. LO will be approximately 15 mo. He sleeps in his own room/crib at home now with a sound machine. I will attempt this in the hotel room. We are booking one room... any suggestions? </p> <p>Thanks! </p>