Sleeping away from home

Did she have her own room both times or?

We recently went away and we stayed 1 night in Taupo, next night in Auckland and night after that in Taupo again and the first 2 nights she was in with her Grandma and she would not sleep but the third night we put her in the lounge part of our motel room and she slept fine (wonder if it is because she normally sleeps alone at home in her room??) anyway it could also have been that she was used to the portacot too!

We also stayed the night at MILs the other week and she wouldn't go in the portacot but happily slept in her pram (slept through the night for the first time too! )

Anyway no real tips other than try keep her bed routine the same if you have one... EG for us we also start with a bath at 6 and get her down by 6.45-7pm for the night. We couldn't have the mobile but she's used to going to bed without it (when batteries run out).

If she has any fave things that help her go to sleep, blanket, dummy, nightlight... Teddy maybe then bring those.

We're going away at the end of the month to Chch, Dunedin, Picton and Hamner (sp?) for a week, spending a couple of nights at each place visiting family and the plan is to just keep everything the same as best as we can! FX!

Yeh, I took her snuggle bunny and even used the same bedding + safe t sleep. Kept to the same routine.
Both times she slept in her own room which is what she's used to at home.
Hmm will have to keep the pram handy

She also refuses to sleep in a cot at DC. SHe sleeps in the pram there. I'm still confused as to why she slept at the beach though.

My boys often sleep better at the bach than they do at other places when we stay away. Mum says that its the salt air that tires then out. Not sure if that is true or not

There could have been other factors that caused the problems at the motel, maybe too noisy or teething or cold or overtired/stimulated from what was going on at holiday

Good idea to try the portacot at home first

We've travelled a fair bit with DS since he was 5mo. As he gets older he is far more aware that a new room is not "his" room. One thing we've noticed in particular is that if we arrive somewhere late afternoon and then expect him to go to bed for the night he will get upset and refuse to go down. We keep his routine/bedding etc the same and also take our own portacot a lot of the time (but have also used hotel portacots). If he has his day sleep in a new room he seems to settle fine and then will be completely fine for the night time as well, so as far as possible that's how we try and organise trips at the moment!

Maybe she slept better at the beach because of the white noise of the sea? Can you hear it from the house?

C was a lot more unsettled when we came home to NZ on holiday because there is almost NO white noise when you're down a back driveway in a quiet suburb lol. Not like here where there's traffic humming not far away, aircon and all sorts of other noises outside too. Even I find it eerily quiet when we come home now