My lo (2) was invited to a birthday party that will run from 2pm to 4:30pm on a Sunday. My lo typically naps from 1-4 (or later), she's a sleep-a-holic.
I would really like her to go to this party because she is "friends" with the little girl who's turning 3 and I'm friends with her mom. So, what would you do in this situation? Try for the early nap and wake her early no matter what?
Side note: Who the heck plans a birthday party on sacred NFL day?!??!?!
blogger / pomegranate / 3201 posts
This happens all the time for us. Knowing Liam, he wouldn't fall asleep early enough and I would probably just skip his nap that day, but we have done it many times before and he is usually fine. And if it's on an NFL Sunday, my husband will beg me to go alone, lol.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
@mrs. tictactoe: hahaha. My husband will happily stay home but.....I want to stay home and watch football.... 
blogger / pomegranate / 3201 posts
@mediagirl: Lucky for my husband, I don't care about football! But I will make him go sometimes.
pomelo / 5524 posts
@mediagirl: My LO is 2 and we would likely skip nap. It seems that all of our parties these days are on a Saturday or Sunday at 2pm...right smack dab in the middle of his nap! He'll skip naps every other day these days, so it's not a huge deal, but I can certainly see why it would be for others!
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
I would skip nap, or put her down at 12 and wake her up early.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
We would do an earlier nap, and make it to the party a lil past two! He typically naps 12-2 sometimes later.
wonderful pomelo / 30692 posts
I would try to put her down early and just wake her up! She'll get over the lack of sleep when she's at the party! And then maybe early bedtime to make up for it.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
I would skip the nap, when I would try to move my son's nap it would fail spectacularly. Maybe keep the morning activities really chill?
GOLD / wonderful coffee bean / 18478 posts
I skip the nap or do a short car nap. My kids sleep really well at night so I wouldn't sweat missing a nap once in awhile.
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
I would skip nap and hope for a car nap after the party, this is pretty standard for us when things like this come up.
cantaloupe / 6164 posts
I would try for the early nap, but we'd most likely end up with a no nap day (pro: early bedtime!).
cantaloupe / 6751 posts
I would just skip the nap, or put her down earlier (around noon) and go to the party a little late.
pineapple / 12053 posts
i would try to put her down early. even if it's just quiet time in the crib, that helps.
hostess / wonderful watermelon / 39513 posts
I would skip or put her down earlier and cut it short.
blogger / pomelo / 5400 posts
I'd probably skip her nap, or cut out a little early and maybe let her take a short catnap in the car.
pineapple / 12566 posts
I would skip the nap or, put her down at 11 and wake her up at 1?
honeydew / 7444 posts
I had the same problem...luckily it was a 45 minute drive. She had a 30 minute nap on the way there, and we moved her bedtime earlier that night to make up for it.
How long is the drive over there? Has she ever skipped a nap before?
squash / 13208 posts
Will she sleep in the car? If yes leave at 12:45 and let her sleep until party start time at 2 - that way she gets some sort of nap instead of cutting it out all the way!
pomegranate / 3768 posts
I would just hope DD naps on the way there. When I was planning DD's party I had a choice between Saturday and Sunday and the first thing DH said was, "But there is football on Sunday!!!". Haha. So ya, we booked for Saturday morning instead.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
@Freckles: @Mamaof2: the drive to the park is 8 minutes. I think I may try the car nap but in the opposite way. We may go out somewhere in the morning, go to a museum or something, then leave around 11:30 and hope she falls asleep in the car and transfer her to the crib. If she doesn't fall asleep, I'll just make her naptime early anyways and hope it works..... (she does transfer well)
grapefruit / 4671 posts
If she doesn't fall asleep, you could always skip the nap and put her down earlier for bedtime.
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