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[quote=Anonymous]OP is probably overthinking this, however I will say that certain kids are easier about this kind of stuff than others.  Our son has always been an exceptionally "busy brained" active kid.  Despite having created a perfect-on-paper bedtime routine since he was 2 weeks old (dim the lights, keep it calm before bed, no tv, 20-30 minutes of books) and despite running him ragged every day of his life, he takes 1 to 1.5 hours to fall asleep at night.  We recently started using audio books, which keeps him in bed, but prior to that he was up doing a million things during that 1.5 hours (re-arranging stuffed animals, getting water, peeing 5 times, turning on the bathroom light, turning off the bathroom light, adjusting his night light, flipping through books, you name it).  No punishment worked to keep him bed.  Add to that confusion: He is uncontrollably excited to the extent he gets to share a bed with someone.  Like, if you lie quietly beside him while he's upposed to be falling asleep, his body will  be roiling with uncontrollable convulsions of excitement.  I've stuck it out for 20-30 minutes before I have to leave so I have no idea how long he'd stay up doing this - but probably hours.

Suffice to say, we have NEVER been able to share a hotel room with our son (unless we give him melatonin - which we have historically done the two times we had to share one).  We generally avoid all travel with our son because it would be such a disaster.  We do visit my parents sometimes, and that works because he loves it there and gets so exhausted that he actually stays in bed at their house. He's still awake for an hour or more, but he doesn't get up and go around the room.

Point is that it's not so straight forward for some kids!!![/quote]

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