kids crying at night

[My5Mouseketeers]

My just turned 2 year old decided that 4:45 this morning was "wake up" time. I went in told him it was still night time and to go back to sleep. He cried for 20 minutes and then fell back to sleep. Of course, this woke up the other 4 kids and my house was pretty ugly this mornig.

Anyway..this made me start thinking. We are staying at Saratoga Springs next month. If you are a parent, like me, who lets there children "cry it out". Do you let them cry in a hotel? How long is acceptable?

Thanks,

sandy

 

[sperk99]

I've done it...I don't worry about others and if someone complains, I will apologize to them. However, not for 20 minutes...maybe 5-10???

 

[momxx5]

That is one of my big fears and DH would flip if I let the baby "cry" for 20 minutes when we stayed in a hotel.

That is another good reason we stay at Ft. W cabins. They neighbors are not too close.

 

[Mom to Jordan]

I think that letting a child "cry it out" in a hotel is very inconsiderate of other guest. Sometimes nothing will stop a child from crying and that is different, but to let one cry and risk waking others at that time a morning is to me unfair. Kids, know that rules can be different in differnt places. It's better to disturb just your family by his getting up than other guest. What will your child sleep in? Perhaps provide him with some exciting books or toys to keep the peace a little longer. Good luck. We were never able to let ours cry it out at home. Guess I'm a winny!


Jordans' mom

 

[firsttimedisneymom]

Anytime my son will not sleep, I take him out of the room. Usually he just wants to move about, so depending on where I am we go to the lobby or at CBR I will just take him for walk. I would never let him cry it out cause #1 it will wake my daughter and my hubby or parents and #2 it disturbs others. JMHO

 

[CLASSICPOOH2002]

I have a just turned 2 son who has "night terrors". He has had them for a long time. He cries for about 15 to 20 minutes and we have a hard time getting him calmed down. We were down at Disney a week ago and he had one there. I was hoping we could not have this to deal with, but it happened. We have to just hold him and talk real calm to him. He is still asleep during this and it is hard. Have never heard alot about this before.

We hope we did not bother anyone and am sorry if we did. Thought about leaving a note for the rooms on either side of us but did not. Should I have done this?

 

[bounceytigger]

When we took our DS to WDW last year, we were worried about this too. What we did, was ask for a corner room (if one was available), hoping that we'd only be waking up neighbors on one side of us, instead of on two sides! Our wish was granted, and we actually didn't have any major problems w/crying....Hopefully you'll experience the same!

Have fun at SSR! We're heading there ourselves in December and can hardly wait!!

 

[gigi1313]

we had a cryer next to us our first stay at all star sports and while fortunately it did not wake my kids (how i do not know!), i stayed up half the night... i felt horribly for the parents, who i knew were walking the floors and doing everything in their power to calm their little one, but he/she just kept screaming allllll night long! i was very thankful when they checked out a day before us!

my son was also a very early riser 'til just recently... rather than have him disturb the peace, i always slipped a dress on (kept it near the door), grabbed a room key and some cash and off we'd go on an "explore!" i would come back an hour or two later w/some food/drink for dh/dd and we'd start our day... while i missed the sleep, i was glad the rest of my family was well-rested!

 

[NCDisneyMom]

I was also worried about this when we took our son for his first trip at 17 mos. old...staying at All-Star Sports.

The first night, he went down with no problems, but woke up in the middle of the night screaming. As soon as I picked him up, he was fine. I laid in bed with him to calm him down, and we both fell asleep!

Dh and I cannot share a double bed (we're used to a King Bed at home). So, after that first night, we pushed my bed against the wall, got a bedrail for the bottom of the bed, and my son shared my bed with me the rest of the trip. I'm the type who is more concerned about bothering the neighbors, and I felt that if this made my son more comfortable, then it was worth it.

Diana

 

[jcemom]

Originally posted by CLASSICPOOH2002
I have a just turned 2 son who has "night terrors". He has had them for a long time. He cries for about 15 to 20 minutes and we have a hard time getting him calmed down. We were down at Disney a week ago and he had one there. I was hoping we could not have this to deal with, but it happened. We have to just hold him and talk real calm to him. He is still asleep during this and it is hard. Have never heard alot about this before.

My oldest DS, now 11 1/2, had those also...for years! Even now, if he's really stressed or upset about something he will have them, though he doesn't cry anymore, but seems so very "freaked out" for what seems like a really long time. He used to be just terrified, staring over my shoulder and pointing at nothing *I* could see, as if there was some huge monster waiting to gobble him up. The first few times he did that it scared me silly. He would practically climb up over my head trying to hang onto me and escape whatever it was he was seeing. You're right, they are still asleep, though my DS always appeared to be wide awake...he would talk to us and everything, though he was oftentimes incoherent. He would walk around and even take a drink, and he never remembered any of it in the morning. If I remember correctly the "episodes" decreased in frequency around age 4 or 5 and became almost non-existant by age 8 or 9, though he does still have them maybe once a year.

OT I know, sorry!

 

[DD2Disney]

Originally posted by CLASSICPOOH2002


We hope we did not bother anyone and am sorry if we did. Thought about leaving a note for the rooms on either side of us but did not. Should I have done this?

I don't think you have to explain yourselves to anyone. People who expect everything to be TOTALLY quiet are being unrealistic. Babies cry. Its not like you were ignoring the situation.

PS. I had not heard of that before. I hate the feeling I get when I know DS is scared. I can't imagine doing this on a daily basis. God bless you.

 

[Mom to Jordan]

ClasicPooh,

There is a big difference between being unable to comfort and quiet a child and just letting it cry to reinforce a behavior. I would never think bad of someone who is unable to quite an unset child. My DS was a big cryer and there were so many times we could do nothing at all to stop him. We tried to minimize the disturbance to others but as his crying was a daily LONG term thing, sometimes we just had to go on with life. Staying in a hotel during this time was not even an option however.
There is also nothing wrong with setting and reinforcing your routines for bedtimes rules etc, it's just when that distrubs others that I think you have to re-evaluate what is the right thing to do. Hope the WDW magic works and no one has to deal with crying babies.


Jordans' mom

 

[jcemom]

Originally posted by Mom to Jordan
Hope the WDW magic works and no one has to deal with crying babies.

It worked for us! The only time DD cried the entire trip was when she couldn't ride TriceraTop Spin *again* because we had a Donald's PS to get to, LOL.

 

[JessetheCowgirl]

We really didn't have a problem with this either. I think both of our boys were so tired that they just went right to sleep as soon as we put them down.

Good luck!

 

[TJA]

I have to laugh at gigi1313's post because when we stayed at CR in May, we had a baby next to our room that cried nonstop during the night. We had our 1 year old twins with us and were so thankful they slept, for the most part, but it's ironic that we ended up awake anyway because of someone else's baby! They also checked out a day before we did, so we got one night of sleep anyway!

 

[Zoesmama03]

If your in same room my guess is he will not cry.

 

[thelittlemermaid]

I was also worried about taking DD, who at the time was 4, when we took our trip.

She had been waking up in the middle of the night 2-3 times crying while here at home. I was hoping she was not going to do this at Disney.

Most of our trip she did fine. She had her times, but DH or I would get her and put her in bed with us. What fun that was, 2 adults and a child in a double bed. Other times she was so tired cause of being at the parks that she would sleep through the night. The last few days was trying to get her to sleep at night. She was now taking long naps during the day and wanted to stay up until 12 at night to run around. Of course being in a resort we knew we had to get her asleep so not to disturb anyone next door. Boy was that hard! But I have to say the hardest night to get DD to sleep was the night Charley hit. We bascially watched Finding Nemo over and over again that night. I think we watched it at least 12 times, then when we were changing channels that's when she saw Monsters INC and we ended up watching that. Thank goodness she must have gotten bored with the movie cause she finally went to sleep around 1 am.

As for having problems with anyone else's kids, no problem. After what I was going through with DD, the kids next door didn't bother me. Really all they did was run around outside the rooms, but they weren't screaming or anything. I figured if the parents next door can deal with my kids, then I can deal with their kids. Kids will be kids, and being at Disney can make them even more excited. I know I was excited to be there. LOL!!

 

[disneymom3]

I have two solutions--a white noise machine and Sominex. No, not for your kids! For you all who can't sleep because of the crying kids next door!

Seriously, we usually stay in a villa and so there are less people in the halls, no one next door and no kids in our room--my own, I am talking about! We stayed at the Poly in Mar and the first two nights I could not sleep no matter what I tried. Next day I bought some Sominex in the gift store and finally got hte good nights sleep the rest of my family was having.

Also, we have a small white noise machine that we alwasy take on trips with us. Blocks out those little "what was that?" type sounds for the kids. It is called Silent Knight and is nice and compact and plugs into a regular wall outlet.

As far as my own kids crying, on vacation I just let them be in my bed and then they dont' cry. Never have any of them tried to stay there once vacation was over and we were back home.

 

[jcemom]

Originally posted by disneymom3
I have two solutions--a white noise machine and Sominex. No, not for your kids!

LOL

Good tips, thank you!