Ideas on how to separate dressing area from room?

[KrazeeK120]

i got all excited about the spring discounts out today and booked a room at Wilderness Lodge. I've come to find out there is nothing separating the dressing area from the main room. I'm going to have an 18 month old with me and will need to wash his sippy cups at night as well as get ready for bed myself (as will DH). Anyone have ideas about ways to separate this space? Or should we just come back early enough that everything is done by the time he needs to go to bed?

 

[Momto2minniemice]

Tension rod and curtain?

 

[Queen of the WDW Scene]

IMO a curtain would not really help because its not sound proof.
The toddler is still going to hear the sounds of sippy cups and water running.
Just get back early enough for don't worry because its likely not going to bother the toddler terribly.

 

[CuteAsMinnie]

Your 18mo old toddler will be so exhausted, he will be counting his sheep before his head hits the pillow. If he really wakes up to running water and toilet flushing, you have time between now and then to break him in.

 

[KrazeeK120]

Your 18mo old toddler will be so exhausted, he will be counting his sheep before his head hits the pillow. If he really wakes up to running water and toilet flushing, you have time between now and then to break him in.

Haha I'm sure that's true. I am an over-worrier and over-analyzer by nature. He actually tends to be more bothered by light than sound. I've never made it a point to be super quiet while he's sleeping and he's a pretty heavy sleeper. I can probably get around it by bringing a small night light for the sink area.

 

[Tigger's ally]

Haha I'm sure that's true. I am an over-worrier and over-analyzer by nature. He actually tends to be more bothered by light than sound. I've never made it a point to be super quiet while he's sleeping and he's a pretty heavy sleeper. I can probably get around it by bringing a small night light for the sink area.

I think if sound were the culprit, I would just sit on the toilet and wash the sippy cups in the tub with the door closed.

 

[_auroraborealis_]

Another option would be to start using white noise when laying him down now. When you go to Disney, bring your white noise generator (there's even white noise on Pandora/Spotify so it's easy to access) and set it up near him when putting him down.

 

[AngiTN]

This is where living in small houses/apartments was a huge benefit. We had such small living quarters when DD and DGD were little they never slept in a quiet environment. Being in a hotel room was no different.
Luckily, the way the bathroom is positioned it doesn't shine badly in to the sleeping area.

 

[buzznina]

Another option would be to start using white noise when laying him down now. When you go to Disney, bring your white noise generator (there's even white noise on Pandora/Spotify so it's easy to access) and set it up near him when putting him down.

For both of our DDs, from the first day they were home, whenever we laid them down we made sure to have some type of music playing in the background (lullabies etc)and always some form of light on. I believe this is why when we went on trips that the rooms did not have to be totally dark or quite for them to fall asleep. Once they were asleep, we had no issues with having lights on (not directly by them of course), having the TV on or talking to each other. I really feel sorry for the parents that have to have their rooms either totally dark and/or quite, that's got to be difficult.

 

[KrazeeK120]

Ok so I'm pretty convinced I'm totally overthinking this. I mentioned up thread, but I really don't think noise will be an issue. And he does sleep with a night light in his room (mostly for my benefit - I wanted to make sure I could see in my half-asleep state when he was a younger baby and still got up to eat in the night). I think as long as I put his pack n play in a place that a bright light won't shine right in his face, he probably won't even notice.

 

[disnut8]

Even if he does wake up with a light on, he'll go back to sleep at some point. Heck, I am married to a 56 year old man who complains if I flush the toilet at night when he's been asleep. He asked me not to do it anymore. So I didn't but, we month later, I do it and he doesn't even hear it.