Vacation & Napping Baby

[Anonymous]

We’re heading to the beach with a 9-month-old next month and I’m curious what I’m in for as far as naps go? The baby’s room has a lot of windows & is oceanside so it’s going to be very, very, very bright (both sides of the house are bright so picking a different room won’t help). Should I plan on little to no actual pack-n-play naps? Buy the temporary blackout shades with suction cups? Something else? Cross my fingers and toes that baby will nap in stroller? Thanks!

[Anonymous]

Black out shades for sure or put them down for naps in a different bedroom

[Anonymous]

Fist of all, it won’t be a vacation.

Second, when I had kids this age, I bought black sheets and put them over the windows.

[Anonymous]

The travel blackout blinds with suction cups are great. I’d go with that. Naps might still be me messed up just from being in a new place, but I’d try to make it as much like home as possible.

[Anonymous]

Alazon sells stick on blackout shades.
Go to beach early then come back for forst nap

[Anonymous]

We just take the blackout curtains from the baby's room, and then tape them up over the windows with masking tape where ever we go. Make sure you bring your noise machine, too. You might also see if one of the rooms has a walk in closet large enough for your pack 'n play, that's gotten us out of a pinch in the past.

[Anonymous]

I would take black trash bags and tape them to the windows lol.

[Anonymous]

You’re taking a trip with your 9 month old, not a vacation. Same work, different location.

The stroller nap was our go-to when ds was that age.

[Anonymous]

Nap on the beach under the umbrella or in a stroller.

[Anonymous]

Ours slept in stroller and in beach tent

[Anonymous]

Ours napped in her room in the pack and play with no problems. The shades were down but not blackout. She’s an easy baby but I’m just saying, it might work out fine. The beach activities wore her out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ours napped in her room in the pack and play with no problems. The shades were down but not blackout. She’s an easy baby but I’m just saying, it might work out fine. The beach activities wore her out.

Also, I get what people are saying about “not a vacation” but for me (SAHM) it definitely was because my spouse wasn’t working, so I got to go for walks by myself, swim by myself, etc etc. We had sunset wine on the deck watching the ocean with the baby monitor. And he grilled a lot so I didn’t cook as much as usual. Have a great time!!

[Anonymous]

Op, even though regular naps happened, ours would -always- fall asleep at dinner at a restaurant. He brought him in in an umbrella stroller. He slept through every dinner. Maybe it was the noise, it lulled him to sleep. Or tired from the sun. Good for us. No cranky baby during our dinners out. It did mean he was off-schedule for nighttime sleeping.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would take black trash bags and tape them to the windows lol.

I used foil.

At that age I would put mine in a carrier and walk down the beach and once they fell asleep on my chest I’d transfer to the beach tent. We needed the black out foil for early bed time.

[Anonymous]

OP, you didn't say you would do this ... just mentioning anyway ... it's not worth it to build the family's daily schedule around the baby. Not on vacation.