Help! Baby in hotel room help needed

[Embel]

When our DD's were babies, we took them on vacations & they slept in the room with us- no problems. This weekend we went away & it was a nightmare. Our 10 month old DS sleeps through the night at home. If he wakes, he makes a few whiny noises & falls back asleep without assistance. The hotel was quiet, with paper thin walls & we weren't able to let him make any noise, so once he woke at about 11, he was up for the night. It was so awful.

I'm hoping our trip to DW in 3 weeks will be different. Any suggestions? How thick are the walls at the Pop?

 

[MSSANDRA]

Too thin to let him cry it out but I think you would be ok with a few whimpers or grunts. They are not paper thin but your neighbors will hear if your let him cry for too long. I would think less than 5 minutes would be worth it to prevent him being up all night!

Our niece took our DB to a hotel as a newborn , and they were asked to leave because of the crying. (We are talking 2week old and not at WDW)

 

[tnkr_bell]

Well you could do what my parents apparently did when I was a baby...but him in the bathtub with some blankets and close the door. Or if he's only going to cry/whine/fuss for a few minutes, just let him and then you all can get a good nights sleep.

I suppose if it comes down to it you could put the pack-n-play in the bathroom and shut the door.

 

[Ariel8676]

Well you could do what my parents apparently did when I was a baby...but him in the bathtub with some blankets and close the door. Or if he's only going to cry/whine/fuss for a few minutes, just let him and then you all can get a good nights sleep.

I suppose if it comes down to it you could put the pack-n-play in the bathroom and shut the door.

OMG i think that is just horrible..sorry, but it is hard for some adults to get comfortable enough for a good nights sleep in a strange place like a hotel room, can you imaging being a baby and not being in their normal sleeping place. Putting them in a seperate room and closing the door is horrible and can you imagine how scary that would be for a young child???
I don't think you will have any problems if your child wakes up and is crying...if it is for a hort amount of time.
You can always take out the stroller and go for a nice walk..we have done that..it is actually very relaxing.
Good Luck and don't stress about things that you cannot control, you may not have any problems at all!!!

 

[dis-happy]

I would go out and buy a white noise machine today and start using it whenever your ds naps or goes to bed at night. By the end of the week he'll associate "sleep time" with the white noise. They are a life-saver in hotel rooms, because they drown out the little sounds he makes as well as the sounds you might make when rolling over, etc, or noises from outside in the hallway (those noisy inconsiderate people at the end of the night). We never travel without one, just make sure you get one that will stay on all night; some time out after an hour or two. HTH!!!!

 

[02AggieGirl]

Sorry about your awful night. I've had a few of those on trips with my first DD. We also use a white-noise fan in hotels. It does help drown out sounds that might wake your son. I too agree that I would just wait a few minutes b/f getting him to see if he won't go back to sleep. Chances are if your other kids and husband are still sleeping, so are your neighbors.
But I also think that being in the heat and all the stimulation he will get throughout the day, may very well wear him out and he will sleep through the night. Try not to worry too much, things usually go much better than you imagine.

 

[tanyaandallie]

Last year we stayed at a hotel with ds and he did horribly. He was up all freaking night. I knew we had our Disney trip a few months later and I was terrified!!!! Luckily, all my fears were for nothing. He did great the entire time. I put him in bed with me and he slept just fine. He sleeps in a crib at home but will not sleep in the pack in play. Sleeps much better with me. I actually find it easier in bed with me b/c if he starts to stir I can pat his bottom a little to settle him back down.

Don't stress too much over him making noise. Of course you don't want him screaming for hours but a little fussing/crying is not a big deal. I wouldn't put him in the bathroom!!!

 

[SharkyGoddess]

Does he normally co-sleep with you? I wasn't sure if that is what you meant by sleeping with you. If not, and he is used to a crib, maybe request a crib for your room and be sure to bring his bedding so he feels "at home". The suggestion for a white noise machine was a good one as well.

Don't stress yourself or your child out by worrying if he gets fussy. I doubt seriously the hotels will be deathly silent and you all will not be the only ones making noise. It's a vacation, relax and enjoy yourselves!

 

[amarberry]

We had similar issues with DD around that age. I highly recommend the white noise machine idea. I finally got one about a year ago when she was around 2 and it has really, really helped. I'm not sure if it was a coincidence with her getting older or not, but like I said, we turned the corner after that. I found a white noise machine at Radio Shack for under $10.

Are you nursing you baby? At that age, my DD wasn't waking in the middle of the night at home to nurse at all, but when she woke up at hotels, I didn't waste a second to latch her on. She'd nurse forever half asleep (we'd both be half asleep) and would eventually konk out. I just figured that if she was attached to me, at least she couldn't cry and wake up our neighbors!

 

[ggeorgiagirl]

I always put our pack and play in the bathroom...OMG, am I a terrible mother? The bathrooms at the All Stars are too small for a pack and play, though.

The best place to stay with a baby is the Carribbean...the bathroom has curtain that will accommodate a pack and play!

 

[Hannathy]

The only people putting the crying baby in a bathroom will cut down on the noise for are the people in the room! My goodness the noise from the bathrooms carries worse than from the room. The other people's rooms are right on the other side of the wall same as in the main room. Plus the pipes carry the vibration (noise) 100 times better than the walls. That is a terrible idea on a few counts including about how terrible that would be for a baby emotionally.

 

[bumbershoot]

I wouldn't judge the future trip based on this one weekend getaway. Perhaps he wasn't feeling well, or he was just unsettled for some reason (teething teething teething).

If he normally sleeps elsewhere and you wonder if being around others was what kept him up, perhaps you could bring him back into your room at home, to get him used to it?

My guy is great in hotels, but once he started an illness in one, and it was just miserable, trying to keep the noise down...but on our next trip he was super again!

 

[tjmw2727]

First - don't worry based on my experience at Disney everyone is so exhausted that sleep isn't usually an issue.

But - we always used a white noise machine and brought sheets and lovies from home for the PnP.

We also used a full size reclining stroller and although it isn't ideal if one of the kids woke up at night and didn't calm down on their own or with help fairly quickly they went into the stroller and out for a walk. It worked like a charm and fairly quick DH and I only had to do this a few times, 2x with younger dd and 1x with older and it was a pleasant walk. I was lucky enough to get a CBR walk Then when dd was fast asleep it was back into the crib without a sound.

Good luck and fwiw our motto on vacation was do "whatever works".

TJ

 

[bartleby1]

My first two kids would not sleep in pack n plays, even though they were both great sleepers and slept in their cribs through the night at home. One thing that helped both at home and on vacation was that from birth, we played a baby-go-to-sleep cd when they went to bed. They became so trained that when they hear the music, they almost instantly fell asleep, lol! The cd has lullabies put to the human heartbeat and is very soothing.

On vacation we always brought the cd and a cd player, but my first two still wouldn't sleep in the pack n play so DH slept with one kid and I slept with the other. At first I was worried that they wouldn't want to break the habit when we got home, but it never affected anything at home.

Thank goodness, my third slept in the pack n play since we didn't have any more room in the beds, lol!

So, as others have said, do whatever works while on vacation! Worry about breaking bad habits when you get home. Chances are, your little one will fall right back into routine at home anyway.

 

[las3888]

We had a trip like that with DS and we figured out that he would not sleep in a pnp. Once we got him a metal crib from the hotel with a nice thick mattress, we had no worries. Maybe that will help. Good luck...