Do they ever go to sleep?

[emma'smom]

12 nine year olds--- our first time hosting a sleepover....12:15...still lots of shrieking--

Do they ever go to sleep?

 

[DisneyChula]

God Bless You. We had DSD's birthday party today. My husband was in bed by 9:00 trying to sleep off his headache.

 

[ncmickeyluvr]

12 nine year olds--- our first time hosting a sleepover....12:15...still lots of shrieking--

Do they ever go to sleep?

12?? Bless you heart, that's alot!

and No, they don't sleep....

 

[bigmerle1966]

 

[emma'smom]

1:19-- some of them are finally drifting off. However, the ring leaders keep coming up to check to see what time it is. I've told them it's time to go to sleep several times---but the chit chat continues.

12--yes..I am crazy! However, the actual "party" went really well-- crafts, games, video making, pizza/cupcakes-- all went smoothly. It's this sleep thing-- I'm sooo tired...but they aren't.

I feel obligated to make sure they are all settled before even trying to close my eyes lightly--it's going to be a long night.

 

[wishesuponastar]

My DD is at a 10yr old sleepover tonight and she called us at midnight and 12:30 am and then said they are playing Just Dance I would draw the line at midnight playing that kind of game and all that noise.

DD has slept over there before and when I ask how did they do last night the mom says "she" didn't sleep. I think that's mainly because they live in a ranch so they hear everything.

I have never allowed gigantic sleepovers....the most was 4 kids who were 9 and they were very well behaved, just watched tv until about midnight and they were very quiet. I guess I was lucky. What I did do once was let DD-11 have 17 girls over for a dance party/movie then all the girls but 2 went home.

I would go to sleep OP - they will too eventually.

 

[Ladyhawke]

They are younger.
They are smaller.
They require less energy.
They have tomorrow nite to sleep.

 

[NHdisneylover]

I am mean. Sleepover invite go out with a warning that I am the mean mom and lights out and QUIET must happen by X hour (generally midnight or one). With jsut one or even two guests I am okay with them keeping quiet and not disturbing me and they can keep the TV on low or have lights on and talk quietly or whatever (but they rarely do). With bigger groups it seems there are always 1-2 that try to make staying up all night the goal. When I don't enforce them sttlign down teh result is sevreal really tired girls who are upset and trying to sleep and cannot becuase the ring leaders keep waking them PLUS a tired and increasingly irratablt me dealing with it

I'd rather be "mean" to the one or two who really want to stay up all night than see several others end up over tired and upset and losing their coping skills as the lack of sleep sets in.

 

[PollyannaMom]

I'm not "mean" (quotes because I don't think you are for declaring a bedtime, either) but I am sneaky. When DS has a sleepover I set all the clocks in the house ahead to different times - so they don't know which one is real, and they they think they stayed up later than they did.

 

[NHdisneylover]

I'm not "mean" (quotes because I don't think you are for declaring a bedtime, either) but I am sneaky. When DS has a sleepover I set all the clocks in the house ahead to different times - so they don't know which one is real, and they they think they stayed up later than they did.

All of my kids' friends have both watches and cell phones--your plan would never work for here--it's a good one too

 

[mjkacmom]

12?! Not likely. And expect to have 11 parents not loving you tomorow!

 

[disny_luvr]

Bless you. I can't imagine having that many 12-year-olds sleeping at my house. I teach sixth grade and that is a tough age. I hope you got some sleep.

 

[golfgal]

They really should be called a "Stay Up All Nightover" . That is kind of the point. We always had those "sleep" overs in the basement so the kids could stay up all night and we could sleep.

 

[mickeyboat]

DDs 10 & 11 are at a sleepover birthday party right now. I have to pick them up at 10. There were 12 girls and I suspect there was very little sleep. I expect both girls will be ugly and tired all day. I hope they take naps!

 

[Poohforyou]

At a sleep over 12:15 is still early. Typically when DD has one they don't fall asleep until 3 or so. I'd put a stop to the shrieking though. My rule is that after midnight they need to be quiet enough not to bother other people in the house. I've never had 12 girls, that's a lot. We usually have about 6 including DD.

 

[clh2]

They really should be called a "Stay Up All Nightover" . That is kind of the point. We always had those "sleep" overs in the basement so the kids could stay up all night and we could sleep.

This...there is no such thing as "sleep" in a sleepover.

The one thing (although it has been years since I hosted a sleepover) that you can control is the pick-up time. For me - the lastest I wanted to see the "no-sleep darlings" was 10 am.

 

[emma'smom]

At 3am I went down to there and said "Ok...that's enough! Lots of you have soccer tomorrow-- you have to go to sleep! So put your heads on your pillows and close your eyes...or I'm calling some parents (a complete bluff--but it worked!)" I stood there for a good 20 minutes while they settled down-- a few kept peeking to see if I had gone back upstairs yet, but eventually they mostly drifted off. I am sure we had a few whispers---but that's fine-- I just wanted the wild rhumpus to end so the girls who wanted to sleep could do so...and most were so tired they finally fell asleep.

Until 6:30 am..when the first one emerged!

 

[rodeo65]

You are brave! Twelve is a LOT of girls to wrangle. We had a sleepover party for DD's 8th birthday and had four girls and also allowed DS to have one friend to stay as well to provide him with entertainment so he didn't keep trying to join the girls. DH took the boys out for the evening and then the girls "slept" in the basement and the boys were two floors above. I slept upstairs on the same level as the boys and DH slept on the main level as a "buffer".

Of course we had a shrieker. Mostly the girls were settled by about 1:30 or 2am but the boys never really did sleep. They were quieter than the girls but they were still up most of the night. Even whispering and giggling across the hall can be heard. DH was a useless buffer. He went to bed on the office pull out at 11 and that was the end of him.

I had made the pick up time 9am - I knew it would be a bad night (for adults) so that was as long as I was good for. I figured the kids would crash that afternoon, but nope they just got purple eyes and stayed up until 10 that night. The NEXT night, though I managed an 8pm bedtime.

Good luck on getting some nap time today!

 

[mickeyboat]

Report back - DDs had a great time. DD11 went to bed around 11, DD10 went to bed around 1. They are doing fine today. But I suspect there will be an early bed time tonight.

 

[aprilgail2]

There were very few sleepovers that my daughter has went to where they actually sleep! Most of the time they are up all night long!!