when did your child not mind sleeping in a different place (holiday)

[thegardener]

After our last holiday (ds was 14 mths) & having great difficulty sleeping in different surroundings we felt that we didn't want to go away again for a very long time.

At what age do they generally get better at sleeping in unfamilar surroundings...pls sat soon.

Errr... birth!

I would say that the longer you let him get used to the idea that he only ever sleeps in his bed at home, the harder it will be to persuade him to sleep elsewhere.

How rigid are your bedtime routines, are some of the "cues" too specific to your home ? Ours were never a problem sleeping elsewhere tbh as long as we were around and they had a few familiar things.

Luckily DD was never any less settled away from home as at home. But we had, still do hae, very flexible routines esp when it comes to bedtime.

My DD was a dreadful sleeper away from home. After 9 months (and probably 25 nights in total away from home) I realised why this was, and bought an extra mattress for her travel cot. No problems now....she obviously wasn't comfy in the cot before. Have you considered this?

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Never been a problem for us, but they've always been used to sleeping away (even if at GPs house, with us there too)

How old is he now? We had two weeks in France with our 6 and 3 yos and they slept fantastically - 10.30-9 or something like that and then a nap in the day as well.

Ds is now 18 months, isuppose like a few of you have said they are all different.

Thanks for your messages.

Have always been good sleepers, at home or away. Make sure when babies they have their gro-bags etc, as they get older they just do it!

Routines and familiar equipment isn't necessarily the answer. We have a very well established routine and portable bedtime accessories (music on exactly same equipment, lovey, sleeping bag, even sheet) and Ds's holiday sleep was still absolutely terrible. Maybe some babies are just more sensitive to changes of environment.

i too want to know when it might get better as I never want to go on holiday again, at the moment!

Sitll no luck at 21 months, despite padding travel cots with layers of duvet, familiar grobag etc. He ends up with us where he feeds /snuggles all night. It is not restful for anyone.