When did you start letting your LO sleep out of your house? What age? With who? How far did this person live?
DS has yet to have any sleepovers because frankly I feel like I would die, not get a wink of sleep and be at their house at 6 in morning
When did you start letting your LO sleep out of your house? What age? With who? How far did this person live?
DS has yet to have any sleepovers because frankly I feel like I would die, not get a wink of sleep and be at their house at 6 in morning
coconut / 8079 posts
My son is 3.5. I would let him spend the night with my parents whenever he feels ready. They live about ten minutes away. I can’t see being ready to let him stay with anyone else in the near future.
pomegranate / 3438 posts
DS started staying the night at my moms house when he was 16 months old. He is 5 and has only stayed with family.
pear / 1558 posts
My inlaws keep saying our ~2.5yo is ready to stay the night. They live 20-25min away. I'm not ready for that yet unless she *needs* to for some reason.
persimmon / 1420 posts
Do you mean at a friend's house or grandparents. They stayed at my mom's house at 13 months, but they are not ready for a friend sleepover at almost 5.
persimmon / 1364 posts
My DD was about 5 months when she started sleeping at my parents' house. I'm not sure when I'll be comfortable with her sleeping at other people's house though.
pineapple / 12053 posts
Grandparents? In the first year and several times a year since. Usually for work purposes but we have had a few times where we went away, etc.
At 4.5, my daughter is begging for a friend to have a sleepover so I've thought of inviting a friend whose parents we know we'll to spend the night but I don't know that we have the right time yet. Maybe for her birthday in January.
honeydew / 7463 posts
My son did this for the first time ever a couple weeks ago, newly 3yo. My sisters daughter (my niece/his cousin) is the same age and asked if he could sleep over. Like in the same bed! He’s never even shared a bed with me, we even get suites or 2 hotel rooms when we travel because we want to keep his sleep as static as possible.
Anyway it caused a lot of anxiety for me leading up to it and I almost backed out. But he was so excited and my sister who is more experienced than me (she has 3) said...he’s not going to die. He might not sleep great for one night but he’ll have fun. We live a flight away and were staying with my parents, about a 5 min drive from my sisters. And so I went with it. Very against my nature and sleep philosophy!
I slept mostly fine and apparently he did too. He woke up once and was disoriented but he went back to sleep and slept till a normal time.
Overall I’m glad we did it. Glad we tried something new and it gave me some level of confidence that in certain situations/special circumstances we could try to branch out a little.
But prob won’t be ok doing it with a friend for a much longer time and it would be parents I know well.
pear / 1728 posts
DD spend the night with my in-laws when she was 15 or 16 months old. She also stayed with my parents for 3 nights last month (18 months old) when DH and I went on a trip.
nectarine / 2242 posts
They've been sleeping at grandparents since they were babies, but I'll probably never let DD sleep at someone else's house because she has a food allergy! Maybe in high school? Ha.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
My son is almost 7 and just this weekend he "arranged" to have a sleep over with the family next door to us that has two kids his age and a bit younger. We agreed on an after dinner time playdate with a movie and snacks.
He's been sleeping over at my parents house since he was about 4, he asked for it on his own.
pear / 1717 posts
These are all super interesting! Yes only grandparents for me especially at a young age! I still haven't let it happen just yet but when the time comes, I know I'll be a wreck!
pomegranate / 3355 posts
DD is just about 4 and she's never slept over anywhere without me or both of us. I'm just not ready. As for sleeping over at a friends house, I have no idea when that'll happen!!! I'm hoping she'll have friends that can come sleep over at our house. I just worry so much about things... and I might* be a control freak too.
pear / 1521 posts
My LO has been staying over my parent's house since she was around 1. Before that it wasn't really worth it and I would feel bad for them bc of all her night wake ups!
I think I'd probably be ok with her doing a sleepover in 2nd grade if she wanted and I was comfortable with the other parents. As a parent I know that it might make me nervous but I want our kids to have opportunities to play without always being under my watchful eye.
grapefruit / 4321 posts
My daughter is almost 5 and has had tons of sleepovers. Our friend group is incredibly close and we are together all the time. We regularly keep each other's kids overnight so the kids can have fun and the other couple gets a night off.
honeydew / 7622 posts
DD stayed at my cousins for 3 nights at 2.5 because we had tickets to a 3 day concert and my mom who had previously committed was in Europe. It was not ideal initially, but they had a great time. My cousin is DDs guardian in the event of our death so it’s good for T to be there. But normally I would not want her to stay away from home at such a young age.
persimmon / 1367 posts
My SIL has 3 daughters just a little older than LO, and LO LOVES them. She's slept over their house a few times a year starting at about 14 months. We've also hosted the three cousins for a sleepover at our house as well. They all love it, and the parents love getting a break! (though SIL says she barely notices one more kid, while I definitely notice the three additional ones! )
apricot / 275 posts
My 18-month old DD has spent the night with my parents many times, the first at about 8 months. Not sure exactly when we'll let her sleep over with a friend. Somewhere between 5-10 I'm guessing, and only with people we know well. Still, it's impossible to tell with people sometimes. I used to have sleepovers with one of my best friends (she was my next-door neighbor) when I was little all the time. I found out many years later after she moved away that she had been molested by her step-dad starting at a very young age. Scares the crap out of me.
wonderful pea / 17279 posts
Our parents are too old school on the baby proofing front for us to allow sleepovers. Maybe when LO gets to be at least 3 or 4.
cantaloupe / 6131 posts
I probably wouldn't allow it until my kids were well into school age for my parents, but their house is so small I don't even know if they would fit anyway.
I'd allow it now with my in-laws (16 months and 3 years old) because they're awesome, but I'd probably be fretting about it, mostly because I don't want them disturbing my in-laws and waking them up too early in the morning. However, they watch our 3 year old and 9 month old nephews all the time, so whatever. Unfortunately they live a flight away, so its not like something we can do any time soon!
I honestly don't know that I would really allow my kids to go on sleepovers at friends' houses. Their friends' families would basically have to be close friends of me and DH for me to even consider it. Select family members, sure, and church/school camps, probably, but one off sleepovers weird me out for some reason.
pomegranate / 3127 posts
I don't think I'll ever allow sleepovers, unless it's a family I've known for years and they're trustworthy. I just don't want to deal with sketchy relatives, not being quite sure who's watching the kids, or the sort of thing teenagers will get up to. When I was a kid, sleepovers were not a thing, but I can't remember anyone feeling deprived by this.
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