18mth old wont sleep when away from home help!

[feeble]

My little girl sleeps through the night like an angel now doing 13 hrs most nights and if she dosnt get this shes a nightmare (really grumpy). But everytime we go away for a weekend (to my mothers sisters etc) she goes to sleep then wakes contantly through the night (every half hour) and cries and cries and nothing we have tried works
Please help with suggestions as I really cant stop visiting my mother but its leaving us and little one like wrecks everytime .
Fi

do you take bedding with you? to make it smell familiar?

she uses a sleeping bag which we always take and her dummy and special teddy.

Don't go away. We don't ever stay anywhere over night because we know it will be hell. Buy a sofabed and get your mum to vist you.

has anyone ever had a sedative from the doctor for something like this?

i used phenegan (sp?) with ds2, but i dont think thats the thing to go for in this situation, it took a while to work and wouldnt be any use for just one night.

ds3 wont sleep away from home unless he is in bed with us so thats what we do. means dp and i cant sleep together cos we wont all fit, but its better than no sleep

How far away does your mum live? How often do you go? Can she come to you instead until DD is a bit older? I am sure your mum will understand how exhausting your visits are becoming for you. Or if you visit only rarely, just grin and bear it until she gets older?

I don't know the answer to this, but you have my sympathies as we experience this too. I try to avoid going away as much as possible, but it's tricky as my mum is in her 70s and doesn't like travelling, so we always end up having to go and see her. It is hell though, particularly after a week at work. I usually end up bringing ds into bed with us, but that means no sleep for us as he wriggles around, but at least he's not crying and waking everybody else up.

my daughter still wouldnt settle in bed with us! thanks for your sympathy all it helps. She goes down fine at the beginning of the night but once she wakes thats it