https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:59:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-has-taught-their-toddler-to-co-sleep#post-2759759 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 07:16:20 +0000 looch 2759759@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@justjules: If you really want to get him comfortable with cosleeping, then start with a weekend nap ( I assume he's still napping?). When you start to see his sleep cues, bring him into bed with you, explain that it's time for sleep and no talking after that. He might want to be physically close, my son likes to hold my hand when he's falling asleep. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-has-taught-their-toddler-to-co-sleep#post-2759574 Tue, 18 Jul 2017 14:31:34 +0000 gingerbebe 2759574@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Here are some blogs about this:</p> <p><a href="http://www.suitcasesandsippycups.com/2011/08/its-not-crazy-if-it-workstips-for-sharing-a-hotel-with-baby.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.suitcasesandsippycups.com/2011/08/its-not-crazy-if-it-workstips-for-sharing-a-hotel-with-baby.html</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.babywisemom.com/2014/02/baby-sleeping-in-hotel-room-guest-post.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.babywisemom.com/2014/02/baby-sleeping-in-hotel-room-guest-post.html</a></p> <p>When DS1 was still sleeping in his PNP during travel (he did until 27 months) we either booked a suite (Embassy Suites was rad for this) or we jerry rigged a sleep area like the bloggers above. I always travel with an extra set of blackout curtains, thumbtacks, a white noise machine, and the baby monitor (we hook up the camera to the wall using Velcro command strips), and set up random sleep spaces. </p> <p>DS1 has slept inside walk in closets with the blackout shade up as a door, a hallway, a bathroom, etc. We just put him to bed as usual and either step out to the living room area or just keep the lights off and stay quiet for a while until he's asleep. Sometimes we just sleep on the pullout couch in the living area, sometimes we just tip toe in later and go to sleep.</p> <p>Now that we have 2 kids, DS1 is in the tent and DS2 is in the PNP with the curtain up. Its inconvenient when we travel to remember all this crap, but its worth it because they sleep great anywhere - 2-3 hour naps, 11-12 hours of sleep overnight, etc. </p> <p>The Privacy Pop tent does fold flat and comes with a carrying bag, but its like a flat 30-inch circle so its not something that fits in a suitcase. Its easy to toss in the car, however. </p> <p>FWIW, older toddlers become more amenable to cosleeping or sharing a bed during travel - like when you start dropping a daytime nap and can be flexible with bedtimes. So we're just pushing through for now, knowing that it will get easier in time. I can't wait for the day when we can just have our boys share a queen size bed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-has-taught-their-toddler-to-co-sleep#post-2759561 Tue, 18 Jul 2017 13:50:01 +0000 brownepiano 2759561@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Does he sleep ok in a packnplay (at home)? Or any other bed at home? You could practice having him sleep other places before you are stuck at a hotel. Put him in a packnplay in his room for night time. Move it to a different room. Go to a friends house and put him down at bedtime, and stay for a late evening. </p> <p>DS1 has always been pretty good at sleeping other places (at least for night time) because we did it a lot, just not usually a hotel. It was easy to bring a packnplay and get him to go to sleep. The harder part for us is always the morning when he sees us and wants to get up and play at 5 am. DS 2 isn't as good at sleeping other places because we haven't done it as much. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-has-taught-their-toddler-to-co-sleep#post-2759559 Tue, 18 Jul 2017 13:48:17 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 2759559@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope. DD sleeps as much as your DS and will not ever cosleep. In hotels we put her down in a pack n play, make the room completely dark, and then hide out in the bathroom until she goes to sleep. Once we emerge we can't talk or anything so we pack headphones and watch Netflix on a device or something like that. I try to out her down at a reasonable hour so that she's not crying at mindnight. She doesn't sleep as well when we travel, but she does sleep. She often wakes up an hour or two earlier than normal. Then DH and I will let her have some screentime in bed with us while we doze next to her. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-has-taught-their-toddler-to-co-sleep#post-2759555 Tue, 18 Jul 2017 13:42:40 +0000 raspberries 2759555@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@justjules: Gotta be honest, I don't think I had much to do with getting him to sleep well in a grown up bed - daycare has individual mats for the toddlers to sleep on, so he learned how to sleep outside of a crib AND how to sleep with other people around him while he was there. Sorry, not much help. :bummed: Anyway, maybe you could use a laundry rack or something foldable like that to hang a blanket on? Or maybe you could try to get him used to sleeping in a pack n play while you're in the room at home? I can't believe they kicked you out for a crying baby :shocked: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-has-taught-their-toddler-to-co-sleep#post-2759546 Tue, 18 Jul 2017 13:32:32 +0000 caterw 2759546@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We always get a suite- type room with a couch or a room with a large closet that we can stick DD on. She sleeps in her sleeping bag in the closet or we hide in the tv area while she falls asleep. Sometimes she hops in with us, but we have to super duper ignore her in the bed (no talking, total silence, face away, and be completely still) or she will just chatter for hours. Also, her sleep is always always always worse away from home so I just prepare for that. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-has-taught-their-toddler-to-co-sleep#post-2759538 Tue, 18 Jul 2017 13:21:25 +0000 justjules 2759538@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@looch: I hope it will change when he is 2! We have had to leave hotels at 3 in the morning because E wouldn't stop crying so I'm leaning towards last resort territory. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-has-taught-their-toddler-to-co-sleep#post-2759533 Tue, 18 Jul 2017 13:11:06 +0000 looch 2759533@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son seems to be the odd man out, he can easily sleep with us and has since he was 2. He looks at it as a special treat when we are on vacation and we can have a giant sleepover. He's the first one in and the first one asleep!</p> <p>This of course, has it's own problems, though, so I probably wouldn't choose this option unless it was the absolute last resort. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-has-taught-their-toddler-to-co-sleep#post-2759528 Tue, 18 Jul 2017 13:01:35 +0000 justjules 2759528@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@raspberries: I haven't tried hanging up anything. (How would that work? Tape to the ceiling?) we have tried the bathroom a few times with not a ton of success. (We actually got kicked out of a hotel once because he wouldn't stop crying when we put him in he bathroom :shocked: ) and now that I'm nursing #2, I am so thirsty and drink a ton of water and ALWAYS pee in the middle of the night.<br /> I would LOVE if he could sleep in another bed next to us in the hotel. How did you make that work? Any tips?? </p> <p>@Littlebit7: we have tried the bathroom thing without much success :bummed: </p> <p>@kayla0416: ya exactly the same with E- he thinks its playtime anytime he sees us. We haven't tried hiding in the bathroom till he's fast asleep. We might have to give that one a go. Im worried that if he wakes up in the middle of the. Isn't and sees us it will ruin it though.</p> <p> @gingerbebe: this looks interesting. E has never slept in anytime but a crib but I'm at the point of trying anything that might work. It does look bulky to travel with. Does it fold up small? </p> <p>@maddyz: we always use white noise too. I've only used 2 at a time so we might have to go to 3 :silly: </p> <p>@Mrs.Pinecone316: I would keep him in his crib at home and only co sleep or room share when we travel. I would just like the option of having him be able to sleep in the same room as us when he use a hotel. We travel fairly often and I'm trying to figure out how to make it less hell-ish :silly: </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-has-taught-their-toddler-to-co-sleep#post-2759227 Mon, 17 Jul 2017 19:45:24 +0000 Mrs.Pinecone316 2759227@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Unless you travel often I wouldn't mess up a good thing! Our toddler cosleeps with us at night and we love it but it also comes with its share of struggles. We only do it because she was an awful sleeper and its the only way we got rest. If she slept through the night in her own bed I would be so happy. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-has-taught-their-toddler-to-co-sleep#post-2759224 Mon, 17 Jul 2017 19:40:35 +0000 maddyz 2759224@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lo1 can't sleep with us, it's hell. It's hard when we share a room traveling too. We sometimes use up to 3 white noise apps. It makes me crazy but a combo of waves and white noice means it's possible. He shares a room with his little brother no problem. Lo2 sleeps with us just fine. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-has-taught-their-toddler-to-co-sleep#post-2759200 Mon, 17 Jul 2017 18:38:18 +0000 gingerbebe 2759200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS1's bed at home is a floor bed in a Privacy Pop tent and we legit travel with that sucker. If we don't have a twin mattress at our destination we bring a twin air mattress. It was sort of annoying to fly with (it's a flat box that we have to check) but driving with it is easy. We love it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-has-taught-their-toddler-to-co-sleep#post-2759148 Mon, 17 Jul 2017 16:21:59 +0000 kayla0416 2759148@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@justjules: Whenever our daughter is in bed with us, she just thinks it's playtime and climbs on us like a jungle gym, so co-sleeping would be a huge transition for her. When we stay at a hotel, we do her pack n play in a corner, near the A/C, which we turn on continuous fan for the white noise. Then we put her to bed like normal and go hide in the bathroom til she's asleep lol. Then we can move around the room as long as we're fairly quiet. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-has-taught-their-toddler-to-co-sleep#post-2759122 Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:53:08 +0000 Littlebit7 2759122@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We have either converted a closet or the bathroom into the "bedroom" for LO whenever we travel. She still sleeps in the baby bjorn at 28 months. My kid could never sleep in bed with us. It would be a disaster now.<br /> We still have her in a sleep sack which seems to deter climbing as well (and in general she is a huge fearless climber on things such as furniture and any large object). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-has-taught-their-toddler-to-co-sleep#post-2759111 Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:21:36 +0000 raspberries 2759111@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Have you guys tried dividing his sleeping area from the main hotel room? Maybe hang a blanket over a corner of the room so he still feels like he's by himself? For what it's worth, when my son was littler (~11mo), we had to put him in the pack n play in the bathroom in order for him to sleep when we travelled, but it worked really well and he slept 12 hrs/night like he usually did at home. He's turning 2 next week and still can't sleep with us in the same bed (although since we moved him to a big boy bed, he's been fine using the second bed when we book a hotel with two of them.) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-has-taught-their-toddler-to-co-sleep#post-2759096 Mon, 17 Jul 2017 15:02:58 +0000 justjules 2759096@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Adira: we traveled a lot during his first year (13 plane rides in the first 12months). We live a plane ride away from both our families and are in the time of our lives when lot of friends are getting married. We took a break for a while but now have several trips coming up again </p> <p>I'm not set on co sleeping, it would just be when we need to. I would rather just be able to share a room while traveling if possible even if he is in a pack n play! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-has-taught-their-toddler-to-co-sleep#post-2759090 Mon, 17 Jul 2017 14:57:56 +0000 Adira 2759090@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Do you travel a lot? I'm not sure why you'd want to do anything that might mess up his current sleeping habits, which seem to be great!</p> <p>I've found that my oldest (4) has just gotten better at sleeping when away from home as he's gotten older. As a baby, he'd wake up multiple times during the night and be up for the day super early when we traveled and he had to share a room with us, but as he's gotten older, he's gotten better at sleeping when we travel (even if we're sharing a room, though we never co-sleep). I'd kind of just leave it alone if I were you... </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/who-has-taught-their-toddler-to-co-sleep#post-2759086 Mon, 17 Jul 2017 14:54:36 +0000 justjules 2759086@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>E is 21 mo and has always been a pretty good sleeper. Right now he goes 630am - 630pm and a 2-3 hour afternoon nap. Our nighttime and nap routines are the same and last about 10min.<br /> That being said, this is ONLY when he is in his crib in his own room. When we travel he really struggles. The hardest part is he is so used to having his own room, he has never been able to sleep in the same room as us. This is super annoying when traveling. Especially when we have to stay in hotels. So far we have bought two adjoining rooms. </p> <p>My husband was nervous to co sleep when E was a baby but now that he is older we would love to sleep with him especially when traveling. </p> <p>Has anyone taught their LO to co sleep? I don't know even where to start!! He was feeling sick last month and I tried it and he was so confused and didn't want to lay down for long. Help! </p>