Children won't share a bed.. ideas?

[pigletto]

Grrrrr.....
We have been planning this trip for almost a year now. DD will be 11 when we go .. ds will be 4.
There has been no complaint up until now about sharing a bed with her little brother. However tonight she decided to get really annoyed about it.
We are staying at CSR. Our budget really only allows for a mod.
Which I realize leaves me with two options.
One, move to POR ad hope for a trundle bed room.
Or bring an air mattress.
I am leaning in the direction of the air mattress.
I feel I should qualify that she went to Disney with her Aunt last year and happily volunteered to share a bed with the kids or her Aunt.
She's being difficult because it's her little brother.

So...
Do you have any suggestions for a good single air mattress? it will be coming in our luggage as we are flying not driving.
Thanks in advance.


(ETA... and I did give her the "you should be happy your are going on vacation.. not worried about getting cooties from your brother lecture.. it had very little effect. And I simply don't want her to grumble the whole trip.)

 

[kat3668]

I'd stick with CSR and get one of these......
http://www.target.com/Junior-Disneys-Cars-Ready-Bed/dp/B000JR4VKY
Have a great trip!
Oh and if you are renting a car you could alway pop over to Walmart to pick one up.

 

[msmayor]

Why can't your DH sleep with your DS, and you sleep with your DD? Girls bed, boys bed....its how my family has always slept in a hotel room.

 

[scrdofbugs]

We bought a twin size air mattress from wal-mart when we stayed at CSR for our daughter. It fit by the table once we scooted it over. She said it was comfortable and we just lifted it up against the wall during the day. It was a medium priced one.

 

[Deb & Bill]

You could just tell her that you will miss her on this trip.

Either do the girls bed/boys bed. Or get the air mattress and let her sleep on it. You should have room at CSR to put a twin sized air mattress on the floor. Since she made the decision not to share beds, he should get the first choice on where to sleep. Or you get the bed by yourself and dad and son get to share a bed.

Or play musical beds for the entire trip.

 

[Candice30]

i agree about the girls bed and boys bed. if she grumbles about sleeping with you too, oh well..........there is always the floor. my sister's kids tried to pull this and she told them they had 1 of 3 choices. choice #1 - sleep with your sibling.....choice#2 - take turns, one kid on the floor (in a sleeping bag, she refused to be hassled by an air mattress) and one in the bed and they could alternate....and choice #3 - stay home. "grandma can watch you while we all go off to disney." they chose option #2 and packed a sleeping bag. after a long 1st full day in the parks, guess what..........they shared a bed and did so the entire trip.

 

[pigletto]

Thanks everyone.
I suggested the girls/boys bed option but she was moody about that too (tweens.. gotta love them )
Normally she is a nice human girl.. sometimes a pre-teen monster.
Sadly my little guy would think sharing a bed with his sister was fun. She doesn't exactly return the sentiment.
My little guy would go bananas for that Disney bed! I think I may get one. But I agree that he should get the choice on where he sleeps.

 

[pigletto]

As I finished typing my last response she came in with an "I'm sorry mom.. I'm just grumpy. Sharing is fine"
And you're right.. after a full day at the parks it won't be an issue.
Maybe I'll bring the air matress so I don't have to sleep with any of them

 

[Deb & Bill]

Awww, that was sweet. You are going to have to do something special for her.

 

[pooh2001]

Before our days of bunkbeds (WL) daybeds (CR and future YC) - at the Dolphin we bought the kids daybed for our DD.
We ship it down (UPS) before we leave and ditch it before we go. cost of daybed and shipping $40 - is less than the rental of the cot and fun for a younger child to sleep in. I think the kids blowup day bed will fit a child under 4'5". Use the extra pillow from the older childs bed for the blowup bed.

 

[dad2t&e]

i agree about the girls bed and boys bed. if she grumbles about sleeping with you too, oh well..........there is always the floor. my sister's kids tried to pull this and she told them they had 1 of 3 choices. choice #1 - sleep with your sibling.....choice#2 - take turns, one kid on the floor (in a sleeping bag, she refused to be hassled by an air mattress) and one in the bed and they could alternate....and choice #3 - stay home. "grandma can watch you while we all go off to disney." they chose option #2 and packed a sleeping bag. after a long 1st full day in the parks, guess what..........they shared a bed and did so the entire trip.

I agree completely. My DD (11) did not want to sleep with her sister DD (8), but when it came to choice #3, sleeping with her sister wasn't so bad. We were going to go with the air mattress but everything worked out. They were so tired when we got back to the room, they just crashed.

 

[marypoppinswannabe]

I think that I would give her the option of sharing a bed with you before I plan to bring an air mattress. You might want to keep in mind that all airlines are charging for extra luggage over one bag, so it might be more economical to buy it online and have it shipped there, but you will still have to take it back.

If she does not want to share a bed with you either, I might consider making her pay for an air mattress with her own spending money. Why should you have to pay for it, if she is the one refusing? I bet you would get right to the heart of the matter if she has to part with her own money because she refuses to share a bed. My guess would be that she will change her mind pretty quick.

 

[polineedyan]

We got a girls bed, a boys bed, and I (dh) get the daybed.

 

[zoemurr]

how we slept.. I think I slept w/DH, and one kid or the other.. . in a different scenario each night. We just went back to the hotel and slept on whatever bed we landed on. No one had energy by that time to argue about anything.

 

[Davey-D-99]

We just returned from POR and my kids (9 & 6) actually fought over who got to sleep in the trundle bed each night...They loved it for some reason.
Here is a picture of it

 

[karibritt01]

choice #1 - sleep with your sibling.....choice#2 - take turns, one kid on the floor (in a sleeping bag, she refused to be hassled by an air mattress)

I think I would stick with these two choices. If she wants to be difficult and not share, then she can have a sleeping bag on the floor. I would NOT give up my bed with DH because of a tween fit, thereby catering to the fit. And under no circumstances would I let your DS be kicked out of the bed when he is being sweet about sharing. Tweens are tough, and if you bend over backwards to accomodate her moodiness, you are setting yourself up for a long, hard road in the coming years.

Not intending to flame, or get on a soapbox... its just how I handle my up and coming, moody little tween!

 

[kaffinito]

My boys won't share either - but they're 8 years apart in age so who can blame them? For the first part of the stay at POFQ I'm bringing an inflatable pool raft - (twin sized) and the boys will take turns sleeping on it. The kicker is that for the last three days we'll be at WL in a bunk bed room. I told them that whoever sleeps on the floor the most will get to pick which bunk they want. I haven't heard a single argument since!

Good luck!

 

[BamaFan121s]

My suggestion if she decides against it would be to either get an air bed as suggested, or maybe ask for a rollaway. (I think they are $10 a day)
Of course, you and your hubby sharing w/ the kids is an option too...of course, some people actually like their spouse enough that they like to sleep in the same bed and let's face it, kids can be difficult to sleep with if they tend to be wiggle worms.

 

[disneyfan55]

I think I would stick with these two choices. If she wants to be difficult and not share, then she can have a sleeping bag on the floor. I would NOT give up my bed with DH because of a tween fit, thereby catering to the fit. And under no circumstances would I let your DS be kicked out of the bed when he is being sweet about sharing. Tweens are tough, and if you bend over backwards to accomodate her moodiness, you are setting yourself up for a long, hard road in the coming years.

Not intending to flame, or get on a soapbox... its just how I handle my up and coming, moody little tween!

When my daughter and son were young, they slept in the same bed and never a complaint. We not only made quite a number of WDW trips but went cross country 3 times! I don't get it they were so happy to be on vacation this was never an issue. I wouldn't give in. There's no reason why she can't share.

 

[checkwriter]

As I finished typing my last response she came in with an "I'm sorry mom.. I'm just grumpy. Sharing is fine"
And you're right.. after a full day at the parks it won't be an issue.
Maybe I'll bring the air matress so I don't have to sleep with any of them

Every once in awhile they remember who is paying the bills . . . .