How late should 9&10 yr. olds stay up until for a Birthday slumber party? Where 1 parent has to work early?
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it's your child's slumber party I think dad can go a day without excellent sleep. Let them stay up a little later then normal then when you say its time for bed make them go to bed. Most likely though it won't be quiet. Kids fool around and giggle. Don't you remember those days? Maybe you can make the slumber party another night when you aren't so worried about what time they go to bed.
Well I let my Girl & Her friends stay up till they wear themselves out , which is usually 10-11pm. If they chose to stay up later , then they would have to keep the volume down an they go to a seprate room , cause dad is sleeping. The way i look at it is , I can tell them an give them a time to go to bed ..But with kids that just dont work !!
i'd say 10pm.. late enough for a 10 year old and early enough to still get sleep for the parents and toddler..
as late as they want
u have to sacrafice if you want to let your child have a slumber party
let her have as much fun as she can. or he
i feel with my kid that if i or my wife is inconviences a little to make out kid happy then we are good parents
If you have a two story home.i would keep the party downstairs while the rest of the family sleeps upstairs.Or have the party on a Friday,the kids have been up early for school,so chances are the will be pooped fairly early.I would feed them as soon as they get there,do the cake,and then plan activities,such as make overs,dress-up whatever get all the giggling out of them early.Have you daughter rent some DVDs that they would be interesting in watching,lay them down and I bet most of them won't last through the first movie.Good Luck!
The rule in our house is 3 hours later than bedtime for a slumber party. But after that it is not sleep time - just low volume on a movie and whispering required or lights out.
I feel at that age, 9 and 10, they are old enough to understand about others needing sleep. They aren't little anymore, yet they aren't "big" either. I always let my daughter and her friends stay up as long as they wanted. (yes, my husband had to get up in the morning), but I just let them know that if they got loud, everything would go off, tv, music, etc. They should be old enough to take care of their own needs. They can read directions on some microwave popcorn, or buy it pre-made. They can get drinks for themselves. All of the ones that would stay here would boast about how they would be the longest awake. Guess what? Only 1 or 2 would make it the whole night. They almost all pass out by midnight, whether they want to stay up or not. Only a few stragglers may make it till' the "wee hours". I wouldn't worry about it. Make sure to have movies around. Also, for those who get bored of the movies, have some construction paper, glue, etc around. AND glitter! (girls love glitter) These are fairly inexpensive, and they are a quiet activity they can do while others are sleeping! Good luck. The biggest party we had was 12 girls. Only 3 made it till' the wee hours. OH! Also, have some board games handy. And, bring down the Barbie's and Bratz dolls. These are also quiet things to do. Enjoy your coffee in the morning while all the kids are sleeping from staying up late! And, of course enjoy the peace and quiet!
of all the slumber parties I went to we never had a bedtime so thats a difficult question. 12 sounds fair.
I'd say about ten. Someone said that the parents should sacrifice for the children and let them stay up as long as they want. I, personally, see two problems with this.
One, the parent is sacrificing for his child. He's getting up and going to work. Some parent's can't even be bothered to do that!
Secondly, if you send those kids home tired they'll be cranky. I can hear some parents now saying "You won't be going back to that house because you are cranky all day from not sleeping!!"
You have to take everyone in consideration.
As for the 6 yr old maybe you can rent a video/dvd for him/her and the toddler, give them some popcorn or another type of treat and let the party alone. The nine year old isn't going to want little siblings around. Just keep checking on them and have a private quiet party with the little ones.
This is entirely up to you...
How late is too late? For a 9-10yr old, staying up all night, for one night is the coolest thing in the world, and won't damage them at all (other than being sleepy the next day).
The 6yr old will conk out about an hour or two after the usual bedtime.
The older kids probably don't want the toddler around much, give that one a treat by sleeping with mom/dad.
I would suggest splitting the night up so that each parent gets a turn with the kids while the other sleeps/rests. Or plan on staying up all night mom. or do it on a day when dad doesn't have to work the next day?
Otherwise if you set a time, make it late. Now some of this also depends on whether they are girls or boys. Girls will be relatively quiet other than laughing and screaming, while boys, its best to lock them in the basement and make sure they don't have anything with which to kill each other with.
10 30 more or less
I don't think there should be a bed time for a slumber party. They'll crash and burn soon enough. I remember when we had slumber parties in elementary school we never had a set time to go to bed...we just couldn't be too loud and annoying.
When my daughters were that age, slumber parties were, uh, heck. We had these on weekends so getting up early in the morning was not a problem for me or my wife. Part of the fun in a slumber party is being the last to go to sleep. If the kids are up playing games and being loud, they can usually find a way to stay up very late or even all night.
The idea is to structure the event. Let them pretty much do whatever they want until 10, then put on the movie. In my time, Grease was a bad idea, just started them singing with the movie. Scary movies usually aren't a good idea either, too terrified to go to sleep. Some sort ot romantic movie will tend to quite the girls as they imagine themselves as the romantic love interest (yeah, 10 year old girls do that).
By the time the movie is over, every sleeping bag is snoring (and yeah, 10 year old girls do that too).
I would say 11 pm.. lol however if this is your first sleep over lol let me explain.. There is no way you can make the kids go to sleep.. They will be crazy excitied.. However if I was you at about 9 30 I would get them all in their sleeping bags and calmed down and put on a movie for them.. Hopefully they'll all be passed out by the end!
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