Updated:

Dec 18, 2018

Original:

Jul 6, 2012

Kids Sleeping Away From Home

We have a vacation coming up, and although I am THRILLED to get out of town for awhile, I always have parental butterflies when it comes to the kids and sleep.

Author:

Shannon Breuner Nelson

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We have a vacation coming up, and although I am THRILLED to get out of town for awhile, I always have parental butterflies when it comes to the kids and sleep. Most people enjoy getting some sleep while on vacation, and when your baby is standing up and screaming in the pack and play next to you, sleep sort of goes out the window.

They have to sleep eventually. Right?

Click here to read Getting Your Child to Sleep While on Vacation from ModernMom.com.

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