Proud Momm
We are taking a trip to the zoo in about 2 weeks. We have never really been on vacation or stayed overnight anywhere besides the in laws since my 16 month old was born. She loves her Mickey Mouse ride on toy, so I was wondering whether or not I would be allowed to take it to the hotel with us. I know usually most parents take little toys that fit in a bag, but she isn't really interested in anything besides building blocks (which I plan on taking) and her ride on toy. I know many hotels have restrictions on things, so I have no idea whether this would be one of them or not. We are going on the trip for 3 days and my husband has some work to do while we are there, so my daughter and I will be in the hotel room by ourselves for a period of time, which is why I wanted to take something to keep her entertained, and her ride on toy is her favorite.
Its a regular size ride on push toy. I just don't want to take it all that way and have something said about having it in the room. We really haven't traveled enough to know hotel policy on things and seeing as how we are going on another trip in June to Dolly wood, I would really like to know.
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I'm actually a manager at a hotel, and I can tell you that there is absolutely nothing wrong with bringing a ride-on toy for your daughter. The only thing that could possibly become an issue is if it is extremely loud to the neighboring guests and they complain, but this is highly unlikely (unless the hotel has hardwood floors, or your daughter is partying loudly in the middle of the night!).
From a mother standpoint, however, you may want to reconsider packing something so big. There will be enough other stimulation around in a new place that she won't really need it, and it will just become cumbersome. (I speak from experience - the first trip we took with our daughter, we overpacked SO much only to find out that our hotel room was on the third floor, and the hotel didn't have an elevator!!!!) Find a hotel with an indoor pool if you can; if they don't have a pool, at least let her walk around the lobby, and around the grounds outside if the weather is nice. Take her shopping, or to some local parks or something. When we were traveling this summer (our daughter was 19 months old), her favorite thing to play with were the travel brochures we picked up at a rest stop along the way.
Any good hotel (even if they don't have a concierge!) will have knowledgeable front desk staff that can point you in the direction of entertaining things to do.
Ball pits for toddlers?
*Love My T
Does anybody have a ball pit for their toddlers? I just recently saw some online and I think there awesome. I'm thinking about getting one for my girls in a couple of months. I also read alot about people making their own, like with little pools. Just wondering what your thoughts are. If you have one where did you get it. How old is your baby, or how old when they started playing with it? Thoughts... Thanks.
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I have 3 boys. We have had 2 inflatables, they didn't last long with my boys. I got a little round pool at the end of summer, it was 4 dollars. We bought the balls seperately. We also bought some turtle shaped bean bags and have them in there. We do not have a problem with the balls being everywhere. We use a Buzz lightyear pop up tent, that has two entrances, it fits exactly right over the pit. The kids love it. They started with them before 1, around 9 months. They are now 8, almost 4 (next month), and almost 3 (Nov. 1st), they still use it, everyday. All of them. I am not concerned about germs, its their germs. They do not go in with shoes on, and do not eat in the pit. Once every few months we take the pit outside, hose it down, alcohol the pool and spray the balls. We got both our inflatables at Toys R us. One was a fish bowl, the other a little house. The bean bag animals, we have several, pigs, turtles, rabbits, we got those off ebay for 1 dollar each. The sets are of 6. We have 4 sets of turtles, 2 rabbits, 2 pigs. Amazon carries them now, they are expensive now.
http://www.amazon.com/Oriental-Mdse-Sply-Bean-Turtles/dp/B000WYFJTQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1249956455&sr=1-1
these are the turtles
We have 200 balls. We bought 1 ball pack of 100 for 10 dollars.
The pool is great, but a baby under 1 yr, at least mine could not get in and out themselves.
My pits had cost 32.99, and 26.97
The pool pit, the pop up tent was a gift, so nothing, the pool was 4 dollars, we bought 100 balls for 10, then we added the bean bag animals from ebay ascent-education-who hasn't sold in the past 6 months, the beanbags were 48. The other balls were left over from 2 other pits. The beanbags aren't necessary, but they make it more fun. So 14 dollars without the beanbags. Our pit is big, 42", and 8" deep
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=8456390
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=10761906
this looks like a good one, 24.76, good reviews, it looks a little small, but it says 47" long, that is 4 feet, so if the kids are pretty young, I'd go with something like this, then you can upgrade to a pool later. The balls, 16 dollars for 100, its a fair price, might be able to find better.
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