Leaving my baby in the hotel room unattended??? Am I right or is my husband?

Those walkie-talkies aren't as sensitive as I'd hoped (even bought one with great reviews) - and it's just not going to be sensitive enough to always transmit when noises are made. To be honest though when we were in the Dominican with our 2.5 year old who is the world's most sound sleeper, and our room was less than 100m away from the pool/bar, we sure wished we had working walkie talkies so we could nip over for just one drink (instead of getting all our drinks in plastic to go cups the entire time we were there). I still don't know if I would have been comfortable to do it.

The vast majority of all-inclusive resorts have in-room baby sitting services for a small fee, but honestly with the time change from Ontario to Dominican being an hour, an 8pm bedtime becomes a 9pm bedtime and with all the fresh air and activities you'll be doing you'll probably want to turn in early most of the time anyway.

The best thing to do is pack some bug spray and hang out on your balcony. (The bugs can get bad at night if you're just sitting around), and make use of room service or send him to fetch some drinks from the bar to bring back to the room.

Unless you are literally down the hall, within a hundred feet on the room, I would not take that chance, resorts are big so it could take you quite a while to get back to her and you might not hear the walkie-talkie. Resorts are much bigger and louder then your home, if you are actually going the same distance as you would in your house, like to a friends room a couple doors down or a restaurant down the hall, okay, but if your going around the resort, no, its not worth the risk. Instead, most resorts offer a babysitting service, either have someone stay with the baby or stay in yourself at night, you still have all day to explore the resort. There are certain things that you have to give up when you become a parent.

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This HAS to be a joke, a sick one on the Madeleine Mcann case.

He would have to be completely out of his mind to leave a child alone in a hotel room (hotel staff can just as easily pose a threat) especially in a third world country where poverty is rife and a child can fetch a good price. I am not being paranoid, I lived in Brazil, people don't let their babies out of their sight and there is more money and less poverty in Brazil than in the Dominican Republic.

Get a reclining stroller and take her with you, for all your sakes.

That's irresponsible and I think its even illegal! In the US anyway. There is no way in hell I would ever do that.

When my son was that age, he couldn't go to sleep if someone else was in the room, so on the occasions when we had to be in a hotel room, my husband and I would sit right outside the door for 20 minutes until he went to sleep but we never got farther away than that.

That's completely irresponsible! I would never do that! Don't you know what happened to Madeline McCann? She was 3 I think and her parents left her in the hotel room in Spain while they had dinner. When they got back she was gone. They never saw her again.

How would you live with yourself if anything happened? Put your foot down! This is part of having a baby. He'll have to deal with it!

that is completely irresponsible. it is not the same thing as leaving her in her bed room while you are downstairs at home. that is like leaving her in her crib and then you leaving the house. if someone found out you left your baby alone in a hotel room chances are you will be arrested for child neglect. it might sound overdramatic but thats the truth. if i were you i would tell my husband he is off his rocker if he thinks its okay to leave a baby unattenteded in a hotel room

If your husband is more concerned with his vacation time than the safety of his child, then perhaps you should ask family to stay at home with your baby until you get back. What he is suggesting is absolutely irresponsible. I can't believe ANY parent would even think that.

he is being irresponsible.

i would not leave my baby in a hotel room by himself. tell your husband this is what parenthood is all about. when you have a baby, you can take a vacation but the vacation comes wiht a few sacrifices. check the hotel and see if they offer babysitting service (if your comfortable with that) or you guys can take turns going out after baby is asleep.

NO YOU ARE NOT WRONG!!!!!!!! Leaving a baby in a hotel room unattended is asking for trouble. It is not the same as leaving her alone in her room at home because in her room at home there are not hundreds of people you don't know roaming around. Stick to your guns and don't leave her alone in a hotel room.