WIBU to book into a hotel a night a month?

[Rainallnight]

We have DC who are early wakers. DP and I take it in turns to have a weekend lie in. If it’s your turn to have a lie in, you go into the spare room (so you also don’t deal with any night wakings) and the other person deals with the early morning.

BUT the buggers always wake me up anyway. I’m a very light sleeper and just the noise of two small kids being up and about, going to the loo etc wakes me up.

I am desperate to sleep past 6.

So I was thinking of booking myself into a hotel a night a month for my lie in. Nothing fancy, a Premier Inn or something would be fine. I just want to sleep.

But is that unreasonable and indulgent?

Go for it!!

I think thats a fabulous idea! Go for it!!

Anything that helps you stay sane as a parent is worth it. Could you do it twice a month?

Try it once and see. Hotels are noisy at the weekend though. Silicone ear plugs beat wax imo. Brand called Macks.

DP is quite deaf and would sleep through an actual earthquake

If you're sure it's ok to leave them with the kids, why not?
however - i do think this is kind of running away from a problem rather than trying to tackle it. Depending on how old the children are, you can start training them not to be loud until - say - 8. Go to bed earlier? (i get it, sleeping in feels so much more luxurious than an early night for a lot of people. I'm not one of them)
Does DP get the same monthly hotel trip?
Early mornings are generally part and parcel of having small children, learning not to wake other people in a household is something we should all learn (especially with so many people living linger in shared acommodation these days)

Do it.

Hotels can also be really noisy.

It's exactly the same in our house, and I am also a v light sleeper. We didn't start doing the weekend lie ins that long ago and it did take time for me to get used to going back to sleep and to be able to do it without being awake for too long.

I use those spongy pink and yellow earplugs, which are amazing, or sometimes I listen to one of the sleepcast things on headspace. YANBU to go to a hotel though, it would be a lovely treat.

Absolutely do it. i think it's genius

YANBU, but a better plan would be to send your DP and the kids off to the hotel, or your in-laws, and get your own bed to yourself.

They'll stay in bed 'till late when they are teens. A hotel room is ott imo but then I'm often alone with 6 kids as dh working away so very conditioned to not sleeping much.

@GeneLovesJezebel

You might get disturbed in a hotel too.

Exactly this.

I have yet to stay in a hotel that's quieter than my own house even with the kids moving about!!

I sometimes do this, but I go to my parents house and tell them if they wake me up I’ll go mad!!!

@Boombastic22

Hotels like premier inns are usually noisy, I doubt you’d get a better night’s sleep at all. And if DP deaf is he safe to have kids alone? I’d be having an early night.

The OP clearly said their DP was female.

OP, if you can afford it, and your DP is OK with you doing it, and you are happy for your DP to also have time away from the family on a regular basis then try it. But I'd think ear plugs or white noise are cheaper options you should try first.