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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m looking for tips for staying at family members’ homes with my family. My family has really great accommodations for us to stay with them (3 spare guest bedrooms and 3 full baths). Similar for my in-laws. But the issue is that our parents get overwhelmed with kid stuff and are annoyed. Which means we rarely visit and then they whine about that too. We’re not interested in renting an air b&b or a hotel because we spend that money on other vacations.

I’m a very clean person by nature and my kids aren’t even messy. I’ve tried streamlining over the years. For instance I bring my 3 kids different colored water bottles and they have to use those exclusively. Before I did that, my toddlers were breaking glass cups, using 3 cups a day each and were leaving them everywhere. Current issue with the cups is that there isn’t a spot to put their 3 water bottles. I have my kids take them back to their rooms between meals but I think that’s weird. Am I crazy for wishing there was a place to keep their stuff between meals? Like the baby’s bib.

Another issue is shoes. My kids take their shoes off immediately when they come in, but then grandparents can’t stand the mess by the front door (3 pairs of kid shoes is too much I guess). I’ve asked for baskets but then they said they’d get the baskets dirty too. We take the shoes to the bedrooms now but then the kids are in and out all day and don’t want to run their shoes upstairs.

There aren’t closets or dressers for us, so we live out of suitcases but that too is a mess. And everyone has 1-2 towels (pool and a bath), which I guess is too many towels. And kid toys. I just feel defeated any time we visit family. I bring tons of food and keep the kids out at activities all day. [/quote]

Okay, some of this sounds quite annoying, but I can't get over the three toddlers and the water bottles. First, how long has this been going on? Can they all still be toddlers? Or is it one or two sets of multiples? Second, who is giving glass cups to toddlers? I wouldn't even do it out of concern for safety. That said, how often do they drop them? What is up with that? Also, do your kids really live their cups everywhere? Can't you just say, "Please place the cup on the kitchen counter when you are done."

You have a choice, but you do not want to exercise it because you want to save that money for other trips.

If their house is this big, then there must be space for you to buy a couple of crates to use during visits. [/quote]

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