My older sister has 3 kids, of which the youngest is 7 years old. My LO just turned 6 months old. Having survived the 4 month regression, he now wants to go to bed at 6:30 p.m. and we try to respect that; I also subscribe to the theory that the more sleep baby gets, the better off we are all. I will mess with his naps to be social during the day, but I like to be home to get him to bed on time, or by 8 p.m. at the absolute latest.

However, my family - my sister and her husband in particular - think I'm ridiculous and just need to get him to adjust. They say they dragged their babies everywhere and he will be fine. She invited us to come over tomorrow to hang out and eat dinner and I accepted because I haven't seen her in awhile, but she never gave a time. I just texted her and learned they won't even be home until 6 p.m. to start grilling food. I texted her and told her if she got home earlier to let me know as I would love to come hang out, but we couldn't stay late because we had to get the baby home to get him to bed. It kind of set off some fireworks and I was told again I am being ridiculous.

So my question is, am I being ridiculous? Should I just put him down for a nap at her place, and not worry about it? Should I not be so rigid about night time sleep time? I hate being at odds with my sister, but I also really worked hard on my LO's sleep schedule.