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Re: what are your superbowl plans??
Ugh. We were invited to two Super Bowl parties, but will probably watch it at home. Everyone who we would watch it with, is watching it at home because they all have kids who need to get to bed, and so do we.
We watched the Patriots playoff game at our friends' house and brought the girls, and then Sydney was sick all last week after it. It probably was a coincidence that she got sick, but I don't want to risk keeping her out late on a "school night" again, y'know?
ETA- I LOVE the Ravens and would love to do something fabulous to watch the game because I am so excited about it, but the priority has to be my kiddos. Here's hoping the Ravens go back years down the road, when the girls are grown enough to stay up late
Someone's getting a little brother!
Your not bad parents. Personally I wanted to have a party, but last time we invited people over they all said NO, because it was too late.
Oh I know, I was kidding! I didn't take any of the comments in this thread to mean that taking kids to a SB Party would be a no-no. And hell, even if I did, WTF do I care? They're my kids. But I was being tongue-in-cheek.
Mia's old enough that she can handle the occasional late night and will recover fine. Liam's little enough that he'll sleep on me, on the floor, whatever. We'll deal with it and it will be fine. If I had a toddler I might be less inclined - that was the age that I was loathe to eff with their sleep schedules!
OMG you are my hero.
I'm not a parent and I am VERY careful most not to judge other's parenting because really...what do I know? But, my circle of friends are so rigid with bedtime and I can't help but wonder why (or if) kids can't endure an occassional late night. I'm not sayinig Superbowl has to be the reason...but I received crap about starting my New Years party at 8 pm every year because that is so-and-so's bedtime. And I just don't get it...you can't have a New Years Party from 6-8...you have to include the midnight hour. I make that argument and they just shake their heads and say "you'll understand when you have kids" and I really don't think I'll get it even then. Not that I think every kid can stay up until midnight w/o issues...but as far as party planning, you're in our you're out, there's not much I can do to work a New Years party around bedtimes other then offer a private room for sleeping babe (which I do)
Oh geeze, I'm just kidding I think it's Federal Hill we'll be in.. ugh still too new and getting things confused haha. Well, I'll be in Baltimore either way
It just depends on the kid, honestly. Some kids can't handle having their bedtime routine or time futzed with, and the backlash that can happen is something that the parents have to deal with, no one else. Often cases, that backlash just isn't worth it to the parents so that they can attend a social event. My kids are at ages where a Sunday night out isn't going to cause a huge backlash in their behavior or sleep, so it wasn't something I had to be concerned about.
And I think your friends are ridiculous for complaining about your NYE party time. That's an event that is, by its very definition, a late night event. And that's why we have people over to our house on NYE.
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