From the time that our daughter was very young (weeks old), we would take her with us to our lovely friends' homes who kindly would invite us over for dinners and brunches. Luckily, putting her to sleep in a different nest wasn't an issue; she was always a really good sport about it. We would simply lay her her on top of her play quilt (something familiar to her) in a quiet, dark room and close the door to block noise and light. Of course we checked on her regularly, which wasn't a problem at all, but every time one of us opened the door we took the risk of the light or conversation waking her up.
With Thanksgiving this week, I thought I'd share a genius idea I recently discovered that would have worked even better in parents-on-the-go-with-baby-in-tow settings. Maybe this tip will help you navigate (and more peacefully participate in) a Thanksgiving meal away from home with your baby. Don't worry about traveling with a baby monitor (just one more thing to keep track of or forget to pack back up), simply use your cell phones. Thank you Vanilla Pumpkin for this brilliant, easy and very practical idea.
Instead of packing the baby monitor, we use our cell phones. Call one phone with the other, put both on speaker phone, leave one in the baby’s room and mute the other. Be sure to mute the one you are using as the receiver, otherwise you risk waking baby!
I hope you will check back tomorrow for a special stress-free pre-Thanksgiving post. You can effortlessly make it a special family holiday for baby too. Gobble, gobble!
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