https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 24 Apr 2026 16:07:48 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-deal-with-out-of-town-relatives-and-parties#post-2168399 Tue, 05 May 2015 23:37:29 +0000 lamariniere 2168399@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@deerylou: love this idea! :wink: </p> <p>@Maysprout: that's what we do. We've had a whole string of visitors lately and we don't have a guest room. We put our sofa bed in DS's room and DS has been sharing with his grandpa for over a week at this point and it's fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-deal-with-out-of-town-relatives-and-parties#post-2168381 Tue, 05 May 2015 23:01:28 +0000 Maysprout 2168381@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Use lo room. We've done that before and lo can choose to sleep in a sleeping bag in her room or with us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-deal-with-out-of-town-relatives-and-parties#post-2168322 Tue, 05 May 2015 21:41:57 +0000 regberadaisy 2168322@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would invite both sets. Is there anyone you know who has a guest bed you can borrow the mattress from for the weekend? Set it up in a empty closable space like a loft/office or need be lo's room. But if your family isn't the type to squeeze in tight to save on lodging then ask the more chill set to get a hotel room. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-deal-with-out-of-town-relatives-and-parties#post-2168258 Tue, 05 May 2015 20:28:23 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2168258@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would invite them both. They'd be hurt if I didn't. I'd offer an air mattress or my bedroom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-deal-with-out-of-town-relatives-and-parties#post-2168256 Tue, 05 May 2015 20:27:50 +0000 travelgirl1 2168256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would invite them both and just explain about the rooms. Hopefully they will offer to go to a hotel. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-deal-with-out-of-town-relatives-and-parties#post-2168250 Tue, 05 May 2015 20:26:06 +0000 Anagram 2168250@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DH and I would sleep on the air mattress while the sets of parents got our two rooms. But if that won't work for you, I would suggest a hotel to whichever parents are most amenable. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-deal-with-out-of-town-relatives-and-parties#post-2168245 Tue, 05 May 2015 20:23:53 +0000 deerylou 2168245@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Give your parents your bedroom, in-laws get the guest room, and you and your husband get a hotel room, while they babysit? ;)</p> <p>Honestly, whichever set is more chill, ask if they wouldn't mind getting a hotel room for the evening. Or suggest they both go the hotel route, so no one feels slighted. My in-laws are super outdoorsy and would just camp at a nearby state park, but I know that's a long shot with most people (including me). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-deal-with-out-of-town-relatives-and-parties#post-2168240 Tue, 05 May 2015 20:22:00 +0000 LindsayInNY 2168240@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would probably invite both and either let both stay somehow or neither. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-deal-with-out-of-town-relatives-and-parties#post-2168232 Tue, 05 May 2015 20:14:20 +0000 Mae 2168232@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Definitely invite them both. Stick whichever set is more agreeable in the hotel. That is what we did for our wedding (put my parents in a hotel because it was easier to say to them--- sorry but 1 room and 2 sets of people and I don't want them to be pissy lol). </p> <p>For LO's first birthday it is a little easier because my MIL decided to come 2 weeks early to see my DH graduate grad school, so she isn't coming back for the party. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-deal-with-out-of-town-relatives-and-parties#post-2168231 Tue, 05 May 2015 20:14:07 +0000 Truth Bombs 2168231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Are your parents young/fit enough that they could sleep on one of those air mattresses that is as tall as a regular better? Maybe your LO could share your room and one set of parents could sleep in her room on an air mattress? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-deal-with-out-of-town-relatives-and-parties#post-2168223 Tue, 05 May 2015 20:07:44 +0000 blackbird 2168223@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would just suggest hotels and pay for them if I could. I would feel weird having one set stay with us and one stay in a hotel unless they really wanted to </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-deal-with-out-of-town-relatives-and-parties#post-2168221 Tue, 05 May 2015 20:03:40 +0000 mediagirl 2168221@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@mrbee: ahhh cultural differences. Our parents would never sleep in our bed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-deal-with-out-of-town-relatives-and-parties#post-2168211 Tue, 05 May 2015 19:55:49 +0000 mrbee 2168211@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would invite them both, and then sleep on the sofa or on the floor! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-to-deal-with-out-of-town-relatives-and-parties#post-2168202 Tue, 05 May 2015 19:52:29 +0000 mediagirl 2168202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both sets of grandparents live out of town. We only have one guest room. We know they'd both like to be invited to our daughter's birthday party. Usually when they visit, the grandparents get the guest room. This is the first time we potentially have both in town at the same time. </p> <p>How would you handle this? Invite them and suggest a hotel? Don't invite them? Help? </p>