Staying in Hotel with 1 Year Old - How Do You Get 1 Year Old to Sleep??

We just went to bed early. Not that big of a deal the worst that happened is we got some extra sleep. :)

We put the pack & play in the bathroom at one hotel. Not all hotel bathrooms are large enough but you can call and find out if there's enough space.

It would be much easier to get a suite with a seperate bedroom, we've done that before. But, if you don't want to pay the extra money for that then your probably just going to have to go to bed early. We stayed at a hotel when our youngest was 10 months old for 2 nights. We just turned out the lights, put her in the pack and play and layed in bed and watched tv. She did cry for about 5 minutes and then she just fell asleep, both nights.

On advice of a friend, we "sound proofed" our baby. We deliberately made noise, and didn't tiptoe when he was little. He can go to sleep with all sorts of background noise. Now's probably not the time to do it, but you might want to start so that you don't have to tiptoe for your next trip.

Also, because he was happy to sleep anywhere and under any circumstances, we were able to have him in the stroller with us for late dinners and evening entertainment.

We spent a week with our 7 month old in the DR. We threw a sheet over the crib. We did it to keep the draft from the AC off of him. Maybe it helped with the sleeping too.

Do as much of the same routine as normal. Turn off the lights, lay next to the crib and pretend you are asleep till they fall asleep. Make sure you have a white noise machine next to them. Once asleep assume normal activities at a quieter level. She may go to sleep a little later than usual but she will go to sleep.

She may wake scared in the middle of the night. Just be close and say "Shhh night night" so she knows you are there.

We stayed in a regular hotel room ONCE and learned quickly that there was no way we'd do that again with our kids. We only get suites now. There are a lot of chains out there offering suites, so you don't always have to pay a lot extra for this arrangement.

When my daughter was just about to turn 1 (about 11 mos. old, I think) we stayed in a regular hotel room. We tried to make a barrier around her pack-n-play with chairs and things we found in the room. She was like your daughter in that, if she saw us, she would never go to sleep. We basically wound up sitting on the floor on the other side of the bed until she went to sleep (which took a while anyway). After she was sleeping we had to sneak around and whisper to do anything. We went to bed really early b/c there was nothing else we could do.

The following summer when she was a couple months shy of two, we met some friends for a two night trip and stayed in a place that only had suites. What a difference! We put her to sleep in the bedroom and then could sit in the other room and talk, read or watch TV like real people! The bathroom was outside of the bedroom so, when we wanted to we just got ready for bed and then crept into the bedroom to sleep. It was MUCH better. We really don't travel much, but when we do, I will not take my kids to a hotel unless we get a suite (until they're old enough to handle it better). It was well worth the extra money in my opinion!!

We took both our kids and have stayed in one hotel room (though it is harder now they are older, 2 and 5). A baby or toddler can sleep in a pack and play. We would put the baby to bed and turn out all or most of the lights and then either read by book light or watch tv with the sound off and the closed captioning on for 20-30 minutes. The tv depends on where you can put the pack and play--it doesn't work if the tv is near or very visible to the baby.

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Tried it with both kids and it was a nightmare. My son would take forever to go to sleep and would wake up at 1am and see me and demand to get up. My husband ended up in the bathtub watching dvds from 1AM-4 AM every morning that vacation. My daughter would insist on sleeping in the bed with us and basically taking it over. Get a suite. It will be well worth your money.

How long are you staying? When it is one night we just do a normal room, but the time we were away for 4 days we got a suite. The nights that we do a normal room usually my husband goes to the gym or something while I put our son down. I just put him down like normal and then took a book or computer to the other end of the room or other side of the bed or something where he couldn't see me and he went to sleep. Sometimes the room also a closet that I can put the pack n play part way into, so it blocks my son's view of most of the room. My son is a sound sleeper, so once he was out we kept the lights low, but I watched TV and he didn't even stir.

Also, if you decide on a suite, Homewood suites by Hilton are pretty nice, we've stayed in them more than once and it's nice to have a kitchen when you are traveling with kids too.

we did this recently with our 2 yr old. She sleeps in her crib with the door closed. We set up her pack and play in the hotel and i thought it would be hard to put her down, but it wasnt. we did so much stuff during the day and ate later than normal that when we came back to the hotel she was exhausted and was falling asleep on the couch. i read a story and put her in the pack and play and out she went. we were gone 4 days.

Check with the hotel you'll be staying at, we did a day at Disneyland and even though we live in the area because we were leaving D-land at midnight had already booked a room nearby. Because there were 5 of us, 2 adults and 3 children, the manager who took the booking upgraded us to a suite at no extra charge. If you can't get a free upgrade rates might not be much more, they want your business. They may also have a pack n play available for you to use.

If you decide to all sleep in the same room be prepared to all go to sleep at the same time, no staying up late and talking or watching TV for you and daddy, otherwise she'll see you and hear you and won't sleep, period. Like Jo W said, you'll just get some extra sleep.

We stayed in a regular hotel room with my son when he was 2 and it was hard. We pretty much had to go to bed when he did and TV wasn't an option. We brought along our monitor, but because it was a high rise hotel it didn't work since we had no choice about having a room near the lobby, but if you're able to do that that could be an option. My husband wanted to stay up and ended up hanging out in the bathroom so it was an interesting stay. When we travelled later we got a suite so that we could stay up past 8. :)

We just let our DD sleep in our same room in the pack and play. If you don't bring one yourself (depends on type of travel), then ask for one in advance. Most hotels have them. We have not done anything to make it private with our DD in tow, even though she sleeps in her own room at home. If YOU need some privacy, a nice long bubble bath or shower can be really nice...and bathrooms have a door.

I always figure on vacations that DD's sleep patterns will be different than at home. We generally don't watch TV much and if we can put the pack n play (or whatever) off to the side vs in front of the TV, we do so.

I think it really depends on your child. I know some people said they "sound proofed" their child, but we've tried that and both our kids will only sleep in their own cribs/beds, not in the stroller or at a hotel or other people's houses. We have had truly horrible experiences in hotels with our 2-year-old bouncing around and talking/crying/screaming until 6 am, so I would definitely get a suite if you have this kind of child and need your sleep. If you aren't sure, pick a hotel that has suites available, get one without a suite, and try it for one night. I just remember thinking as I lie awake for hours wondering how to get my child to sleep, "I wish we had gotten a suite."

Did it many times. Go to bed when she does. If you try to watch TV while she's awake you'll never get her to sleep. The hotel will probably object strongly to tacking up blankets, too; most of those fake-stucco hotel ceilings could not take it and you could be liable for damages. Just go to sleep when she does. Or pretend to...I would get back up and put the TV on mute with closed captioning! I still do, once my 10-year-old is asleep. But she can't go to sleep if we are up at all.

we stayed in a hotel room with our 22 months old.. she would not sleep at all. so at 830 or 900 we turned off all the lights.. and I layed down next to her and she fell asleep. when she was asleep we turned on the tv quietly ..

now the kdis are older and we have found a suite works so much better.. even if the kids sleep on the king size bed and we get teh sofa bed... kids go to bed early.. mom and dad can stay up.. it is so worth the extra money.

That's so tough. Does she sleep okay in a pak n play? Maybe you could put it where she doesn't see you - - even hang up a sheet or something as a partition? My girls NEVER sleep well away from home...so sometimes you've gotta do what you've gotta do...even if it is two rooms.