One of M2's friends keeps asking if they can have a sleepover. I'm ok with him going over there(we've gotten together to play with him a few times, and they've been in daycare/preschool together since they were around 2) DH doesn't really want him to spend the night. He thinks he's too yound. In the meantime, M2 is begging me to let him sleep over.
Just curious if anyone has done a sleepover yet, or what your opinions are.
Jake has collected the phone numbers of every parent that he is friends with their child. The daycare kiddos have it all planned out who is going to sleep where when they come over to our house. Jake is talking to the parents RE: logisitics and that he needs them to give his mom (me!) their child's carseat so I can take them home after daycare for a sleepover. He is so serious about this sleepover business!
I am dragging my feet. I just know, as a btdt, that I'm not really comfortable sending my 4 year old for a sleepover and I'm assuming other parents aren't eager either. I am not sure of the first sleepover (other than relatives) that DS1 attended but I know it was not until he was close to 7-8 years old.
I don't know - I'm fine with playdates but I'm just not ready for him to go sleep somewhere else and I'm not really ready for the responsibility of another 4-5 year old sleeping over and the drama that that could entail at Midnight if it's their first sleepover and they are scared or don't want to stay, etc. :horriblemother:
No sleepovers here but it hasn't even come up in our household. If it had I still think we'd be a no unless it was like a family member - spending the night with cousins or something like that. And even then sleepovers are such a hassle!
I'm not a fan until they are older. At the risk of being an alarmist, Travis worked with too many messed up kids who had been taken advantage of by adults or older kids. I just wouldn't be comfortable until I was more confident in my child being safe, being vocal, etc.
I know I did sleepovers this young when I was a kid, but a lot has changed. I used to be able to have a lot of freedoms that unfortuntately, I can't see Koda having for some time.
ETA- I'm not saying grammas house, I mean non-relatives
-- Edited by supergrover on Friday 21st of May 2010 09:13:41 AM
no way jose. there is zero possibility of me being okay with a sleepover until more like the 7-8 age range. we've never even done a sleepover at a family members house.
as far as someone sleeping here, i dislike getting my own kids to bed at night, never mind another 4 or 5 year old. no thank you. :)
In general, I would say no at this age other than a relative. I do have one exception, which is a friend (with a daughter that Elizabeth if friends with) that I really trust and we do lots of things together. But if one of Elizabeth's other friends wanted her to sleep over I would have to say no.
I've talked to the mom and we've both agreed that we will go over their house and let the boys play, and see how it goes from there.
I think we will wait until they get together a few more times before we have a sleep over, but I do think it is in the near future.
I don't see anything wrong with him having a sleepover. I wouldn't just let him go to any of his friends houses. This is his "best friend," who he has known for 3 years now. We have gotten together with him and his parents a few times also.
If I had even the slightest funny feeling about this I wouldn't even consider it.
No sleepovers here but it hasn't even come up in our household. If it had I still think we'd be a no unless it was like a family member - spending the night with cousins or something like that. And even then sleepovers are such a hassle!
What she said. Raven's BFF at school has mentioned it before but I don't think Raven even knows what a sleepover is. Raven sleeps with me and even when her cousins sleepover(babysitting them) she still ends up in my bed.
I watch 2 of Lucas' best friends (they are brothers) and on the weekends I have them until midnight so they go to bed here until their mom comes and gets them. Does that count? They've always done with it but it could be because they know they are going home eventually to go sleep in their own beds?!? They are 4 and 6
We haven't had sleepovers, aside from them staying at my mom and dad's, which isn't the same thing, really.
I would not be ok with it at this age. Anna has a little BFF, and she is a sweet girl and her mom is really nice, but I don't know the rest of their family (she is the youngest of 3) or anything. Not to mention I don't think Anna would like it come bedtime.
That said, if we were in a position where we needed someone to watch the girls overnight and neither of our parents were available, I wouldn't hesitate with my neighbor. And I would have her girls over for a sleepover if they wanted to.
Well we didn't have the sleepover. We did go over there for the boys to play. They really had fun, and begged us for the sleepover, so we told them maybe where they turn 5(which is not even 2 months away lol!)
The funny thing is that M2 listens to everything his friend's mom says. Better than he listens to me! lol!
I really think he would do fine with a sleepover. And if the mom was having problems or M2 was crying or something, we are only 5 minutes away and can go pick him up.
I will keep you updated when the sleepover happens!
Well we didn't have the sleepover. We did go over there for the boys to play. They really had fun, and begged us for the sleepover, so we told them maybe where they turn 5(which is not even 2 months away lol!)
The funny thing is that M2 listens to everything his friend's mom says. Better than he listens to me! lol!
I really think he would do fine with a sleepover. And if the mom was having problems or M2 was crying or something, we are only 5 minutes away and can go pick him up.
I will keep you updated when the sleepover happens!
I think it sounds fun and totally do-able. We just don't have a situation like that so that is why I answered the way I did. :)
Hannah has not slept anywhere except our home yet. I'm not super keen on the idea and my train of thought is like Jenn's (supergrover) I am so paranoid. We have had her 9 year old cousin spend the night, my brother's daughter and that goes really good. Since Cheyenne is older it's just a really good match up. Hannah does have a little girl she is bff's with but no one has mentioned sleepovers and i'm thinking the 8-9 year old age range sounds good for our family. In your case Chrissie since you know the family really well as long as your comfortable that's what matters, we don't have a situation like that, I don't know the parent's of Hannah's classmates very well.
-- Edited by Picture-Perfect on Thursday 27th of May 2010 02:09:28 PM
I have some friends that I wouldnt mind K spending the night at their house. But, I worry that she would get scared or change her mind during the eve. I wouldnt mind having a couple of her friend s over that we are close to, but I know their parents are worried about the same. So, so far no sleepovers but she asks about them all.the.time.
