We are three weeks from our trip, and now is a good time to decide where the boys will sleep. When we travel, and stay in hotels, I prefer that the boys co-sleep with us (for those who don’t spend time on the mommy boards this is shorthand for sleeping in the same bed as us).
Co-sleeping is cheaper; you don’t need to rent a suite, although it does put an end to your love life. I’ve also read that since the parent represents home, safety and security – when traveling co-sleeping makes the child feel safe, no matter where you are.
During our 23-day trip last year, Xander co-slept with us the entire trip. And although the first two nights of the trip he cried “I want to go home…” He got used to being on the road, and I think the co-sleeping helped a lot.
Although once we got home it took us a month to get him out of our room, and into his own bed…
For the trip at the end of the month, we will spend the majority of the time at our in laws. We’ll be sleeping in a slightly broken hideaway double bed (I always dream that I’m skiing). Jonathan thought that the boys could sleep in sleeping bags on the floor – Xander is game, Caleb not so much. But we’re worried about the boys roughing it on a cement floor for 10 days. I love camping, but there is a huge difference between sleeping on dirt, and sleeping on concrete.
We could rent toddler beds, but that can add up ($80 a week, $16 a day)… so I’m thinking that we might just buy an air mattress ($100). The boys can sleep on the air mattress, while we sleep in the hideaway… The in laws want to buy it once we arrive, so I’m going to make sure it is in stock at the local Target.
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