19/05/2026
For us, managing sleep while out of the house involves:
⭐️ Trying (even if we don’t think it’ll work)
⭐️ Using his distractibility to our advantage to manage his mood even when he’s absolutely exhausted and in need of sleep
⭐️ Knowing that he will sleep eventually (now or later)
⭐️ Prioritising just ONE decent sleep in a way that he prefers in a day. For me, it’s less about the length of the nap determining if it’s a “decent” sleep and more about him falling into a deeper sleep. For example, the two naps on this day weren’t that different in length, but he was being woken by so many sounds every few minutes in his first nap whereas he was zonked in his nap in the cot and barely moved! He woke much more refreshed from his second sleep.
This isn’t to say that all kids can only have decent sleep in a cot - quite the opposite! Some babies are so comfortable having fab naps on the go, just not my little one. It’s frustrating, but his distractibility also has some benefits too!
Travelling with kids isn’t always easy, let alone if you have a baby who resists sleep when there are fun and shiny things to look at.
Do you have travel + sleep q’s or highly distractible baby sleep q’s?
