Would appreciate accomodations recommedations for a friend travelling in
late Feb to Sanibel Island or environs.
Single Mom, 8 year old son who's done Disney innumerable times/not ready for Universal/love snorkelling/shelling....
Thanks for your help in advance.

My two favorites are:

Westwind

Sanibel Inn

(The company that owns Sanibel Inn owns several nice properties on the island.)

Sanibel beach, while great for shelling, is not, what I would call, kid friendly. There are so many broken shells that it is almost required to wear water shoes or sandels all the time, even in the water.

I would recommend Siesta Key over Sanibel when considering children. Good shelling on Point Of Rocks, white sand that is never hot, family oriented so the town is quiet after 10 and small town atmosphere.

Autoeng

I recently returned from Sanibel and must disagree. It's plenty "kid friendly," and I witnessed zillions of kids enjoying the beach without those lame "water shoes" or whatever they are.

Siesta/Longboat/Lido are fine too, but don't be discouraged from going to Sanibel.

Will past on the list/much appreciated.