Sleeping

It's one of the first questions people ask. Where does she sleep??

When she's not falling asleep in her car seat, she, for the most part, sleeps in bed with us. Either between us if the bed is in the centre of the room, or beside us, if the bed is against a wall. 
We have been co-sleeping or sleeping on a mattress on the floor with her beside us on her own mattress since she was born, so the idea of sleeping with her between us, isn't a biggy for us. 
We did buy a "my first easy bed" and used it for a bit, but decided that we couldn't justify the space in our backpack for it. She is a roller, and we didn't trust her to not roll under beds.. And we all know how often guesthouses clean right under the beds don't we...

We have also heard about super lightweight portacots, and other travel beds for babies, which, I guess if you really weren't comfortable sharing a bed with your baby, or if you were only travelling for a short time, or to only 1 or 2 places, would be great options. But for us, constantly on the go and trying to live out of ONE backpack for all three of us, it just wasn't going to work.

The wonderful thing about SriLanka is that a lot of guesthouses have 2, or sometimes even 3 double beds in a room. If you push them together, there is more than enough space for everyone!! Or even just pushing the 1 bed against the room and sleeping baby against the wall is a spacious and safe option. 

Another trick is to use wash nets. We have 4 wash nets for our clothes. One for mum, one for dad, one for Gypsy and one for our underwear and swimwear. Using wash nets not only keeps our clothes organised and compressed in our backpack, but they also double as protective pillows to stop baby from accidentally rolling off the bed!! Try it! They are super handy!