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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]sitter..problem solved. As for my child wouldn't handle. Yes they would..they can handle so much more than you know. Experienced sitters can handle the worst tantrum and most kids by three are in some sort of preschool anyway. As for electronics at the table..god if you are trying to make this dinner work..loosen it up for one night. So many crazy parents on this site lately.[/quote]

If you want to leave your child screaming in a strange hotel room with a strange sitter, I suppose that is your call.  Not something I'd be comfortable with, though.[/quote]

That's why I think it's so important to  use sitters from the start, even if just for a few hours every few months.  As a baby, my DD was fine.  When she was around 2, she went through a phase of crying when we left (and we'd listen outside and knew she stopped crying about 20 seconds after we left), and by 3 she was happy as a clam for sitters - what's not to love, someone to pay attention 100% to her (versus mommy who may sometimes be doing other things).  Other friends I know never used sitters and now that they're ready, the kid is 6 and  no way could a sitter ever get him to go to bed.[/quote]

There is definitely an upside to having your kids used to sitters at an early age.  I used to get so jealous when I saw other moms dropping their babies/toddlers off at the gym playroom and my kids would not even let me out of their sight.  Ugh. At that age it was familiar faces only I'm afraid.

A strange hotel sitter would have been a nightmare for us when our kids were little.  No way would that have worked for us.[/quote]

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