First, thanks to those who responded to my 'hotel beds' thread, we ended up having a couch in the room so I wedged that against the bed as a barrier with some blankets filling the gaps, worked great!
OK so the surprising part of the trip -- DS slept great!! Both nights he fell asleep around 11pm, slept 'til 10am or so, and only woke up 4 times all night! And each time he ate a lot! Normally he wakes soooo much more frequently and is just fussy all night long and will nurse back down but isn't actually EATING all of those wakings. I was looking forward to sleeping in LATE on our vacation but I was so rested that I was up by 9am both days!
He did the same thing last time we stayed at that hotel (several months ago) but I thought it was just a fluke the first time. We came home and he was back to waking every 20 minutes.
So, I'm trying to figure out what about the hotel helped him sleep.
-I know the bed was WAY more comfortable and our mattress is sooo old. If I run out of options I may have to buy a new mattress but can't afford to spend that $$ unless that's really the key element!
-The room was warmer than we keep our house... So last night at home I turned the heat up... he did seem to sleep really well last night but it was only one night so I'm not sure if that's it yet.
-There was some noise (people checking in late, ice machine, etc.) but nothing constant.
-We had an extra light on in the bathroom so the room was a bit brighter than home.
Is there anything else I'm not thinking of? I will seriously try anything to replicate that same sleep pattern!!! What have you found that REALLY helps your LO sleep better? DS is 11 months BTW.
OK so the surprising part of the trip -- DS slept great!! Both nights he fell asleep around 11pm, slept 'til 10am or so, and only woke up 4 times all night! And each time he ate a lot! Normally he wakes soooo much more frequently and is just fussy all night long and will nurse back down but isn't actually EATING all of those wakings. I was looking forward to sleeping in LATE on our vacation but I was so rested that I was up by 9am both days!
He did the same thing last time we stayed at that hotel (several months ago) but I thought it was just a fluke the first time. We came home and he was back to waking every 20 minutes.
So, I'm trying to figure out what about the hotel helped him sleep.
-I know the bed was WAY more comfortable and our mattress is sooo old. If I run out of options I may have to buy a new mattress but can't afford to spend that $$ unless that's really the key element!
-The room was warmer than we keep our house... So last night at home I turned the heat up... he did seem to sleep really well last night but it was only one night so I'm not sure if that's it yet.
-There was some noise (people checking in late, ice machine, etc.) but nothing constant.
-We had an extra light on in the bathroom so the room was a bit brighter than home.
Is there anything else I'm not thinking of? I will seriously try anything to replicate that same sleep pattern!!! What have you found that REALLY helps your LO sleep better? DS is 11 months BTW.
