Re: strategies for hotel room sleeping with toddler

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 ffleming@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (F. D. Fleming) wrote:
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> Does anyone have any tips for putting the baby down to sleep at her
> normally early hour (7:30 pm) in a hotel room?  What do we do -- sit
> in the dark room until it's time for us to go to bed, or get her used
> to sleeping in a room with lights on?  Usually, if she knows we're in
> her room, she won't go to sleep.  Is it possible to find inexpensive
> suite-type hotels in Italy? (somehow, I doubt it...)

This really depends on the child's personality to some extent. She
may be too young to tell at this age though without simply racking
up some experience traveling with your daughter. Some kids take to
hotel rooms just fine. They doze off right away; others do not. You or 
your husband will have to watch the child all the time, even in the 
hotel room, but you might be able take turns going out in the evening 
alone while the other stays in the hotel room to watch your daughter.
If your daughter needs peace and quiet to sleep, you could bring a 
****table CD or cassette player and listen to music or an audio book with 
headphones while your daughter sleeps. Another option to keep you busy 
is to bring a small flashlight and a good book to read while your 
daughter is sleeping if you're not tired. Yet another option is to bring 
one of your daughter's grandparents along (or some other trusted adult) 
and have them watch your daughter one or two nights while your husband 
and you enjoy the sights and each other's company, or get stay in a 
suite so that you can sit in a lighted room that's adjacent to where 
your daughter sleeps.