Need a hotel with interconnecting room for 4 month old...

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....somewhere along the M6 possibly? We are travelling from London to the Lake District so halfwayish would be best.

So far I can only find family rooms (ie all in one room together) which would not work for us. What would be ideal would be somewhere with a small room where we can set up the travel cot, but has a door we can shut to cut out noise and light. Also cost is a factor.

Has anyone stayed anywhere that sounds suitable? We don't mind staying in our room all evening but can't be in the same room.

Hey Anna, I can top Paris to Winchester, which sounds like an afternoon drive to me! Ds2 recently drove from Paris to Aberdeen in one go. He had a rest on the ferry and stopped for a bite to eat a couple of times but that's all. It's 820 miles, in case anyone fancies doing the same trip.

We had to learn to be flexible with DD when little. We travelled alot to be with DH who works away from home. Of course, most babies sleep better in darkness etc. We just put her to bed later, as you cannot keep to such a routine on holiday really, very practically, or in hotels...

secondly, we couldn't afford/ company would not pay expenses for anything but a family room or a double room. So, she went to bed, and we had the tv on quietly... sometimes, when she got a bit older and not settling too easily, we would turn everything off for half an hour, lie on the bed in darkness,have a cuddle and she'd fall asleep, then we could put low lights back on and tv. she never woke up!

I think you might be setting yourselves up for a bit of a problem, if you really insist on always putting her to bed at 6.30 ( blimey thats early! what time does she wake up btw? ) Fine when at home, but not so good with travelling imo... and ime!

It is really her who insists on going to bed at 6.30! She falls asleep nearer 7pm but chats to herself for a bit first. She sleeps (usually) until 6.30 am with a feed at about 3am. Would love her to go a little later but she's not having any of it and it works for us at the moment as her Dad gets to see her in the morning before he goes to work. Even if she stayed awake later in the evening the chances are he wouldn't see her at all as he often works late.

She probably would be fine with low lighting and very quiet tv but as she has only just sorted out her daytime naps I am wary of messing with the times she does sleep.

I really didn't mean that to sound horrible. So sorry if it did!
It was late and I wasn't being very sensitive with my posting.

Really sorry!

Best of luck with your journey, and holiday, wish I were going!

Didn't sound horrible at all! Is nice to hear how other people manage. I will probably get better with time - have only been practising on her for four months and she is our only child so we have that luxury at the moment. Wait till number two comes along and I will be making them sleep standing up in airports and all sorts!

Having done babysitting in butlins chalets for years, I found a towel draped over the cot to keep baby in the dark (not totaly sealed obviously does the trick) then you can have TV on low. Some parents expected you to sit on the end of the bed in a totaly dark room for 5 hrs.

Anyway if you end up staying overnight this or any other time, getting them used to nodding off in the pram in the evening is handy means you can go for dinner or whatever then lift into bed, getting them out of the totaly dark, total silence habit makes life a lot easier in the future although I appreciate you are trying to establish a routine.