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Sleeping arrangements when away

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onemoreglass · 02/04/2012 20:41

Hello

Me, DH and DS are wanting to go away for a couple of nights in August.

DS will be 2 years and 4 months by that point, so how do people go about sleeping arrangements? He is still in a cot, with the sides up as he is such a wriggler! The travel cot will be too small for him by then, so how and where do I put him to sleep?

We really don't want him in our bed with us, as he is so good at going to sleep by himself, so we don't want to jeopardise that.

Has anyone else had this problem? And if so, how did you manage?

Thanks!!

Laura

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HuwEdwards · 02/04/2012 20:44

definitely travel cot, just don't move him into a bed before august, otherwise he will almost definitely climb in with you

Gumby · 02/04/2012 20:44

If in a hotel a family room? Premier inn do a double & a single in the same room

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onemoreglass · 02/04/2012 20:54

Thanks for your advice!

I think a travel cot will be too small for him by then, it was a squeeze last year!

Was thinking about a family room, but as mentioned before, he is a wriggler, so he'd fall out of bed!

Am wondering whether to book 2 rooms next to each other, and move the mattress onto the floor in one room and put him on there and he can have his own room or do you think he's too young to be on his own? We'll take the monitor with us, but DH is worried about that it is similar to the Madeline McCann situation.

Only ever been away in caravans or families homes, so never taken him to a hotel before, hence the million questions! Blush

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orienteerer · 02/04/2012 20:57

I'd opt for travel cot, but there are few threads on here about using the ensuite bath as a 'cot'Grin.

orienteerer · 02/04/2012 20:59

Are you travelling by car? If so buy a bed guard.

orienteerer · 02/04/2012 21:00

Should have said, a Family Room (i.e. 3rd bed) with a bed guard.

seeker · 02/04/2012 21:01

In bed with you. Holiday treat, won't be a problem. Or a Readybed,

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seeker · 02/04/2012 21:02

Or just take the mattress off the bed and put it on the floor. Then he can't fall far. Travel cots are a pain in the neck.

spendthrift · 02/04/2012 21:05

Or take an exercise mat, sleeping bag, rug and pillow. Works at that age.

MamaChoo · 02/04/2012 21:09

At same age, used bed guard, readybed, in with us and own sofabed (these tend to be quite low even if they wriggle from middle not far to fall, pillows on floor help with this as well. Loads of different options depending on where and how you are travelling.

Chateauneuf · 02/04/2012 21:10

Bite the bullet and take the sides off the cot now, and that gives you ages to get him used to sleeping in a bed and he can then sleep in a single while you're away - he may be a wriggler but you might be surprised at how well he adjusts. If it is a cot it should be fairly close to the floor? You can always pop some pillows/a duvet next to it so if he does fall out he has a soft landing. I was convinced DD was going to fall out/run riot once the sides of her cot were off but we were really lucky in that she took to having a 'big girl bed' really well.

GinIsTheAnswer · 02/04/2012 21:10

We found to our cost that the bed guards don't fit Premier Inn single beds as there is no separate mattress. For our next adventure, we are looking at "ready beds"; a blow up mattress and duvet in one.

rookiemater · 02/04/2012 21:11

family room with an extra single and bed guard - most big chains offer them.
Readybed is a good idea we had one but didn't get a lot of use out of it.

littone · 02/04/2012 21:42

You can get travel cots the same size as a cot (Hauck) might be worth seeing if you can get a second hand one?

LapsusLinguae · 04/04/2012 13:30

Yy get a new larger travel cot. DS was in cot until he was over 3 years old and we didn't want to compromise his good sleep routine so paid out for new travel cot.

Jenstar21 · 07/04/2012 02:01

We've travelled a lot with DD who is now 3, and we generally found the pull out bed (which was often just a mattress on the floor) worked pretty well with her once she was too big for a travel cot. We just put extra pillows on the floor next to the bed, and the other side against the wall/our bed, in case she wriggled off it. OK, so she sometimes ended up in with us, or with one of us, and the other one on the pull out, but it's a strange situation for them.... I personally wouldn't like the idea of them in another room, unless you could keep the door ajar, but I'm a really sound sleeper, and I sometimes don't even hear her in the night at home, so would worry she would be too unsettled in a strange place. She's generally very good, though, and it's probably my PFBish-ness, even though I'm usually benignly neglectful!! :) Good luck!

sleepdodger · 09/04/2012 01:20

Think the Phil & teds traveller is ok to 3yo
It seems pretty sturdy but quite light about 5kg?

Milo13 · 04/07/2023 10:09

Random question but do holiday Inn express mattresses come off the bed? I need to put mattress on floor as well? 😊

Georgyporky · 04/07/2023 11:01

Milo13 · 04/07/2023 10:09

Random question but do holiday Inn express mattresses come off the bed? I need to put mattress on floor as well? 😊

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