Sharing hotel room with 3 year old?

billiburrows · April 2013

we are driving 3 to 3.5 hours away to visit family. technically we could drive there an back the same day making it a 6 or 7 hour drive in 1 day. i just starting thinking it might be fun to stay in a hotel and use the swimming pool and break up the commuting but when i think of the logistics of how we are going to get our 3 year old to fall asleep when we are all in the same room together i'm just not sure if that will work. We've travelled with him before and slept in teh same room but have never been in a situation where we were all stuck in the same room. i'm thinking the only option is for all of us to go to sleep at 8:30/9pm (his bedtime).?! just wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts, suggestions, opinions on how that has worked for their families.

Temp520258500005569 · April 2013

We missed a connecting flight in DC a few weeks ago on our way to Seattle. The airline put us up in a hotel. Gabe is only 1, so our experience my not be too helpful to you - but in short, it wasn't great, but I think with an older child, it may not hav

waltsgirl102503 · April 2013

For one night, it won't be too bad. In the past, we've put the kid(s) to sleep with the tv off and the room dark. Then, once they're asleep, we'd put the tv on with the volume low and just watch tv for an hour or two. I have also taken

egpitt22 · April 2013

waltsgirl102503:
For one night, it won't be too bad. In the past, we've put the kid(s) to sleep with the tv off and the room

6307bride · April 2013

What we do is if its only a day or two, we let Faith have a special night where she can stay up late with us the hour or two. If its for more than 3 days I'd stick to bedtime and make adjustments to our schedule where we have quiet time until I know the k

Temp520258500005569 · April 2013

These are all really great suggestions, sorry to be the only debbie downer, lol. I think our problem was that none of us were prepared for it and G was totally out of sorts - just having flown for the first time and everything.

I think if you're

Luckystar2 · April 2013

We did it with a 4 year old for 2 weeks! 1 night will be fine. I'd suggest just letting him stay up a little late and then see how things are once asleep. Some nights dd was so sacked out that we could turn on tv after she was asleep for a little bit. Oth

Meghan&Rich · April 2013

We just let the kids lay in bed and watch TV or read until they fall asleep. When Garrett was younger, and had a harder time falling asleep, one of us would walk him him up and down the hallway in his stroller, until he was out. They also usua

lala5507 · April 2013

We staying in one room last summer and I swore I would never do it again until they are old enough to occupy themselves in a hotel room because we did end up going to sleep at 9pm. Like you, we normally stay in condos or houses on vacations. I

AmandaJLewis · April 2013

we have done it on our trips to the beach. Like the others mentioned, it wasn't really that big of a deal. She was up a touch past her bed time, then we darkened the room until she fell asleep. Then we kept busy watching tv or reading until we

smynings_bride · April 2013

We lived in a hotel when we first moved here for 2 months (Nov and Dec so she was last than 2 1/2). We has a room that had a small living room on the other side of the bathroom from our room. It wasn't a full suite so it wasn't much more th

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