My best friend gets married in September in Canada. It’ll be our first holiday abroad with my little girl who will be 22 months when we go!
I’m struggling to work out how we’ll do bedtime. She goes to bed at 7, and we’ll be in the same room so either me and my partner will have to go to bed at that time or sit in silence 😂
I was looking at getting a camera that can put in the room and use my phone to keep on eye on her while we sit somewhere in the hotel to have a drink etc. obvs I’d never be too far from the room. Is this okay??? Or will I be tarnished as a bad mum?!
The other option is rent a full apartment or suite with two rooms and it is just wayyyy to expensive
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I wouldnt personally just going off past events, what about a Airbnb? Or renting an apartment not in a hotel?x

Routines kinda go to pot when your on holiday & you’ll be much more relaxed if you ease off the routine.. she might have a longer day time nap and with the time difference a later bed time might not be a bad thing while your there. Or would they sleep in the pram while you had a drink out?
Is there any options of accommodation with a balcony or one bedroom apartments?

I’ve travelled a few times with my baby / toddler and never stuck to bed time 🙈 they usually have a 3 hour nap in the day and then can make it till 9/10pm and then off to bed all of us 😄
that’s what I thought too, shes probs go to bed later, but still wouldn’t be as late as us. Selfishly we want a bit of a holiday too as it’s our only break. We could give the pram a go thank you! I hadn’t thought of that
I’ve looked at the rooms available and tbh Toronto is a bit limited because it’s more for city breaks. We have a tight budget and the hotels we can afford only have one bed rooms unfortunately

We used to get ours ready for bed and put them in the pram, go for a bit of walk to get her off to sleep and then have food & drinks in peace. Just make sure you have a comfy pram and maybe look at a Snoozeshade too…

We’ve done that in hotels where we have a monitor while baby sleeps in the room. Although I’m paranoid at times and check the monitor constantly, it’s the only sensible way really to enjoy going away for us. Messing with the routine is not an option for my little girl and this has been the only way we have been able to enjoy some dinner in the hotel without having to sit in the dark. We might be tarnished as bad parents now, but do what feels right for you and suits your family - that’s the only thing that matters

We’ve always got a hotel room with a balcony(where possible) so we can have a drink and snacks.
Or we have sat in the dark watching a show on the iPad with a bottle of wine 😅 the glam life!
Alternately you can shift baby’s routine slightly so she goes to bed later. We’ve done that too!
What’s the time difference?

Get some baby ear defenders, they’re £10 or something on Amazon and might help her to sleep in the pram if you’re worried about the noises of being in a restaurant or bar.
My boy is a very light sleeper and we use them a fair bit because we can never guarantee that he’ll just sleep through something! They muffle the sound out nicely, probably similar to white noise. My sisters baby on the other hand would just curl up in a ball on a chair and sleep through anything!! So you never know!
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