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Leaving baby in hotel room

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idag · 23/08/2009 21:44

Hi

I just want to find out what others would do in this situation. We have a four month old baby and we are going away next week to a hotel for a night. We are having dinner there but the restaurant does not allow babies in ( it is quite a posh place and they don't want to disturb other diners who are paying a lot for their dinner so fair enough) We are planning to put her to bed and then go and eat taking our monitor with us and also using the baby listening service from reception . The hotel is an old castle and our room is across the courtyard from the restaurant. What would others do ? One minute I think it will be fine and then the next minute I feel really worried that we shouldn't leave her. Please help, getting a bit panicky.. Thanks

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hanaflowerhatestheDM · 23/08/2009 22:09

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MrsBadger · 23/08/2009 22:10

(NQC alweays suggests putting the travel cot in the bathroom)

rookiemater · 23/08/2009 22:11

Half a mile hf12819, are you victoria beckham ?

roomforthree · 23/08/2009 22:12

Bloody hell HF,do you live in a palace?

movingnow · 23/08/2009 22:12

I've done it and have no problem....totally depends whether you feel happy.

LovelyTinOfSpam · 23/08/2009 22:13
hf128219 · 23/08/2009 22:14

Maybe a 1/4 of a mile more like!

rookiemater · 23/08/2009 22:14

HF must take ages to mow your lawn

Portofino · 23/08/2009 22:14

I'd get a babysitter. Have used them in posh hotels in London and NY and it has been fine. I'd never leave a baby alone.

morningpaper · 23/08/2009 22:16

what everyone else said - how can they NOT let babies into the restaurant? That's mad. Why are you going? Ask them to provide a nice room with some space for room service - a decent table or something.

MrsBadger · 23/08/2009 22:18

actually mp has a good point

why are you going?

hf128219 · 23/08/2009 22:18

Rookie - I am not sure how long it takes to mow the lawn but the gardener has a ride on thingy.

Harimosmummy · 23/08/2009 22:20

There must be some rule.. My gym and the hotel attached (very posh ) has loads of rules about under 8s - to the point I don't use the place any more because I have two kids under 2YO and it's impossible to use the facilities to any meaningful degree.

rookiemater · 23/08/2009 22:22

Would the hotel do an early dinner that you could bring your DC along to? Is there a hotel bar you could eat in instead ?

Laquitar · 23/08/2009 22:22

Sorry but i wouldnt. I wish i could relax but knowing myself i wouldn't enjoy myself. And what's the point if i am not going to enjoy it?

Also its interesting that someone who worked in hotels says no. DrNorterner can i ask you why? Did you mean the fire risk?

Laquitar · 23/08/2009 22:25

i meant 'i wouldn't enjoy my dinner'

LadyMuck · 23/08/2009 22:25

So it takes you 7 or 8 minutes to get from where you are sitting to where your child is asleep? Do you have a fire sprinkler or something (at least most hotels have those!)?

hf128219 · 23/08/2009 22:28

We have a proper fire alarm system et al.

However most accidents involving children are with water. Ponds, lakes etc.

Original poster
idag · 23/08/2009 22:29

Wow, thanks for all the responses. We are going because we won a night and dinner in this hotel, we did not book it ourselves in the knowledge that they do not let babies into the restaurant and anyway morningpaper, I think it is actually quite reasonable for the hotel not to want babies in the restaurant- if I was paying a lot for a fine dining experience I wouldn't really want someone else's kid screaming the place down.
Anyway, we are going to see if we can get room service because when it comes down to it, I know that I won't be able to relax if I can't see her and I don't want an unknown babysitter with her either.
Thanks again everyone

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TheDailyMailHatesWomenAndLemon · 23/08/2009 22:29

LTOS, I agree with NQC. When we had only one child we generally put the travel cot in the bathroom, too (took quite a bit of manoeuvring on many occasions but was generally possible) so that we could read or watch quiet television in the main bedroom.

JodieO · 23/08/2009 22:46

Wouldn't leave a baby alone, or any young child tbh. Wouldn't even cross my mind to.

Horton · 24/08/2009 00:22

I wouldn't, either. I don't think the chances of anything going badly wrong are at all high, I just know I would worry and not enjoy myself.

LovelyTinOfSpam · 24/08/2009 10:45

DMhateswomenetc they had provided a cot and it wouldn't go through the door!

Meant we got early nights though! One evening we got a bottle of wine and drank it sitting on the floor behind the bed

hanaflowerhatestheDM · 24/08/2009 10:58

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rookiemater · 24/08/2009 11:12

Congratulations on winning a competition . I hope you find a good solutions.