https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:55:36 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-at-other-peoples-houses#post-2733839 Tue, 09 May 2017 18:57:04 +0000 DesertDreams88 2733839@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>PnP if inside, stroller if outside. LO almost never napped on me or in a carrier, as others have said. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-at-other-peoples-houses#post-2733821 Tue, 09 May 2017 15:58:27 +0000 maddyz 2733821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would make a little bed on the floor with a blanket or a few towels or something if I needed to put them down. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-at-other-peoples-houses#post-2733818 Tue, 09 May 2017 15:40:40 +0000 youboots 2733818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Usually in the ergo or in a bedroom with a PNP we brought </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-at-other-peoples-houses#post-2733817 Tue, 09 May 2017 15:39:01 +0000 gingerbebe 2733817@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We took our PNP with us. But we can set it up and break it down in under 10 seconds. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-at-other-peoples-houses#post-2733811 Tue, 09 May 2017 15:01:38 +0000 snowjewelz 2733811@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Always wearing them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-at-other-peoples-houses#post-2733609 Tue, 09 May 2017 08:46:23 +0000 petitenoisette 2733609@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Before rolling over I would have put her in the middle of a bed. </p> <p>I will say that the PNP has gotten much easier for me to set up and break down once I did it a bunch of times. I feel you that if you aren't used to it it's a total PITA. But might be best option over time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-at-other-peoples-houses#post-2733595 Tue, 09 May 2017 08:29:33 +0000 WinterBee 2733595@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Goldengirl: I usually rock her in her car seat then when she falls asleep I use a pillow, or whatever is handy to angle the car seat and have her next to me. Or, I'll just lay her on the floor or couch beside me to take a nap.<br /> She's just over 4 months old and generally a pretty good sleeper. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-at-other-peoples-houses#post-2733579 Tue, 09 May 2017 07:57:38 +0000 bookwormmama 2733579@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I nannied kids 3 days a week when my DS was that age, so he had to nap regularly at their house. Since it was the same house/schedule/etc, we used their pack n play in their guest room for him. We just left it up. Are you at this house regularly? Could you find a cheaper used pnp and leave it put together at their house? I wouldn't have wanted to constantly put up and take down the pnp if it needed to happen on a regular basis! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-at-other-peoples-houses#post-2733574 Tue, 09 May 2017 07:52:30 +0000 ShootingStar 2733574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Both of my kids would've slept on me or in the car seat at that age. We generally plan to leave when it's nap time and baby would fall asleep in the car. We'd carry the bucket seat in with us and put it somewhere quiet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-at-other-peoples-houses#post-2733556 Tue, 09 May 2017 07:09:00 +0000 SweetiePie 2733556@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can count on one hand (more like 2 fingers, lol) how many times we did this. But the couple times we did we took a rock n play with us and asked if we could put it in a quiet bedroom. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-at-other-peoples-houses#post-2733549 Tue, 09 May 2017 06:48:26 +0000 looch 2733549@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I used the basinett attachment from the stroller. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-at-other-peoples-houses#post-2733548 Tue, 09 May 2017 06:36:14 +0000 Adira 2733548@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We would use the PNP. Our LOs always slept so much better if they napped in something that resembled a crib, so it was worth it to bring it wherever and set it up for a good nap! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-at-other-peoples-houses#post-2733545 Tue, 09 May 2017 06:27:38 +0000 delight 2733545@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Goldengirl: oh I agree the PNP is a pain to set up and take down. However, we used it so much with DD that it isn't an issue anymore. Plus I usually make DH do it :grin: We started our DD sleeping in a PNP when we were out when she was young so she got used to it. DS has only used it a couple of times so far but did fine. I just stopped nursing to sleep recently and I find it way easier to put him down when I'm out. I'm often at friends' houses that have kids and he will sleep in their cribs over there. I can't believe our babies are 6 months now. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-at-other-peoples-houses#post-2733543 Tue, 09 May 2017 06:19:16 +0000 Littlebit7 2733543@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'd just bring the pack n play with you. That way you just won't have to worry at all.<br /> Also a safe spot to put LO down or be able to play in a confined space. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-at-other-peoples-houses#post-2733533 Tue, 09 May 2017 04:55:43 +0000 Mrs. Goose 2733533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In a carrier or wrap only after 3 months because a pack and play would be a disaster. When ever we were staying somewhere like in laws for an extended period of time we were able to use the pack and play at 9 months for naps. But 3-8 months we as a really tricky time for visiting people. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-at-other-peoples-houses#post-2733532 Tue, 09 May 2017 01:59:40 +0000 birdofafeather 2733532@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Like out and about at a friend's house? We used a carrier or wrap from like 0-1 year as needed. Stroller if really desperate and walking around. Our parents both got cribs though so we used that at their house. We also have a travel crib (grave family lotus) that we used when we used to go to friends house late and knew we wanted to hang for a bit. That wa with 1. With 2, now we just go home. 😜 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-at-other-peoples-houses#post-2733476 Mon, 08 May 2017 20:56:32 +0000 Goldengirl 2733476@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@delight: Yah his days of napping on me are long over unless he's just so overly exhausted that he passes out. Pretty unusual now. I find the PNP such a pain but maybe I just have to get better at it. I took it apart when we moved and found it such a struggle and now I never want to put it back together again! Lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-at-other-peoples-houses#post-2733474 Mon, 08 May 2017 20:55:04 +0000 Goldengirl 2733474@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Sunshine: Ah yah, that definitely won't work for my guy unfortunately!</p> <p>@KT326: I was definitely thinking the stroller would be easiest, but then was trying to think of an alternative if the weather was crappy or we wanted to stay inside, and I got stumped...</p> <p>@catgirl: Yah he's 6 months now, too big for RNP. I just find the PNP such a pain to take down/set up and lug around even though the point was for it to be portable! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-at-other-peoples-houses#post-2733473 Mon, 08 May 2017 20:54:56 +0000 delight 2733473@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Or LO's are the same age. Up until now he would just sleep in carrier or I'd nurse him to sleep and hold him for a 30 mi yet nap if he needed one. Recently because the weather is turning nice, I'd just put him in his car seat and take him for a walk if we were at one of our mom's houses. He is down to 2-3 naps a day so I'm trying to time it better so he doesn't need to nap when we go out but I also don't mind carting the PNP around. I think now that he is 6m it will get harder and harder for him to just nap on me. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-at-other-peoples-houses#post-2733472 Mon, 08 May 2017 20:47:46 +0000 catgirl 2733472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Until 5 months she just slept on someone, or we would occasionally bring the rock n' play. Around 5 months she had a very predictable nap schedule so we tried to be home or brought the pack n' play with us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-at-other-peoples-houses#post-2733470 Mon, 08 May 2017 20:41:26 +0000 Foodnerd81 2733470@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Varied- sometimes car seat or stroller, often carrier, or early (pre rolling over) just flat in the middle of a bed. This is in regards to my second baby- the first never slept anywhere! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-at-other-peoples-houses#post-2733468 Mon, 08 May 2017 20:34:30 +0000 KT326 2733468@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>In the ergo or in the stroller. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-at-other-peoples-houses#post-2733466 Mon, 08 May 2017 20:32:06 +0000 Mrs. Sunshine 2733466@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>0 to like 8 months they would just sleep on me. They'd have to get pretty exhausted first but it worked. Or I'd lay them on a floor pallet after they had fallen asleep </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/napping-at-other-peoples-houses#post-2733462 Mon, 08 May 2017 20:16:51 +0000 Goldengirl 2733462@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Curious, where do you put LO (infant age) down for a nap when you're at someone else's house during the day (assuming there's no crib or PNP or whatever)? </p>