Our bedmat's 100% cotton outer is supersoft to sleep on. Just lay the bedmat on top of the sheets. If you child wets the bed simply whip off the bedmat and put the child back to bed. In the morning you can machine wash and tumble dry or hang out the bedmat in order for it to be ready for the next night.

Never have the worry of going to other people's houses or on holiday and your child wetting the bed.

The bedmat is very versatile and can be used for many situations, here are just a few

Airing Baby's bottom - just leave him to kick and don't worry about any little accidents Milk positing - in the cot, car seat or sofa Use on pillows or sheets in case of sickness Protect adult sheets from water's breaking, post-natal bleeding, milk leakage

Do not disturb

Always remember to put the Do Not Disturb Sign on your hotel doorknob when your toddler is asleep and you are relaxing on the balcony to avoid him being awoken by a bucket clattering or singing chambermaid.

If you are leaving your toddler in your room and utilising a baby listening service, remember to use the Do No Disturb Sign when you go downstairs. On one occasion whilst in Spain, we forgot one evening and when I went to check on Rory - as I always do every half an hour in addition to the hotels baby listening system - my heart missed a beat. When I opened the door I found the light had been switched on, I rushed in fearing that someone had stolen him. Thankfully he was still sound asleep in his travel cot and on the bed, the dry cleaning we had handed to the chamber maid the day before!

Anxiety and fears are normal human emotions but they are not comfortable ones. As we grow up we learn to cope with most situations that make us anxious and to avoid most things we are frightened of. But your toddler has scarcely begun the process. Right now he lacks the experience to employ protective strategies for himself and the power to force adults to do it for him. Even in the same family one of your children may be intrepid and daring whilst the other is beset with fear at any slight change in their environment.

Handling specific fears of the travelling experience

When toddlers have fears that parents feel are 'reasonable' they are usually handled gently. But many toddler fears do not seem 'reasonable' to adults. Instead of sympathy, frightened toddlers may get only exhortations not to be 'silly'. If your child shows fear, accept the fear. It may not seem reasonable to you, but what has reason got to do with fear? You may not share it but you are not the one who is feeling it.

Allowing your toddler to expand his horizons at a pace he feels comfortable with is so important. How many times have you sat on a beach and watched other parents try time and time again to get their children into the water instead of leaving them to play quite contentedly in the sand?

It is helpful to tell your toddler when there is (truthfully) nothing to fear. But it is not helpful to tell him not to be afraid. If you say 'it will not hurt you, but I can see it frightens you so we won't go any closer' your child will feel that you are on his side, If you say ' there is nothing to be frightened of, you silly boy' you offer neither reassurance nor support.

Small children tend to be wary of new things until those things have proved themselves harmless. Since many things in the environment either provide this proof or go away, fears often pass as suddenly as they appeared.

Try to prepare him several days before you leave home so he is able to handle change better and is not taken by surprise, in simple terms, what he can expect to see and do.

Although your child is now old enough to keep himself awake on purpose he still cannot (and never will be able to) wake himself on purpose. All children surface several times each night and usually turn over. If nothing interests or disturbs them, they drop straight down to sleep again without anyone ever knowing that they have been woken.

Is he disturbed by outside sounds? As with a younger child some hotel room re-allocation may be required.

Does your toddler get hungry in the night? Some toddlers are so tired by bedtime that they cannot eat as much supper as they need. Breakfast then seems a long way off. An earlier meal with a drink of milk and a snack at bedtime may be a better pattern.

Does your toddler get thirsty? A few parents, even at this early age, believe that restricting evening drinks will help nappies do their job. It won't. If the brand you are using leaks, change brands. Your child must drink as much as he wants right up until bedtime, this is even more important in hotter climates than it is at home.