Are you going to keep your kids up for fireworks?

soveryexcited · July 2009

DD normally goes to bed around 8, and the fireworks start at 9:15... so I'm debating about just letting her get super overtired and see them or sticking with the schedule and putting her to bed. But we're close to where they're shooting them off, so they'll probably wake her up anyways. How are you gals handling it? Giving the kids a second nap?

JoyousJulia · July 2009

We'll pack the warm weather jammies and his blankie when we go and let him sleep in the stroller if he wants to.

stephm0188 · July 2009

We're not close to town, so its not a big deal for us. We're not going. I feel they're too loud for him this year.

618mom22boys · July 2009

Heck yes! We are going to be in DC and I am for sure going to watch the fireworks. We will bring the stroller and if he falls asleep he falls asleep. If not that just means he will sleep longer in the morning! lol

goodtobethelarkster · July 2009

DD goes to bed around 8p and the fireworks won't start until 9.30p. We can kind of see them from our deck anyway so we'll just hang out at home.

tigerlilllies · July 2009

Nah, probably not this year. DD goes to bed around 7. It would be tough to keep her up that late. We'll do fireworks some other summer. We're going to a local parade and picnic during the day. I think she'll enjoy that more.

CleoKitty · July 2009

Yeah, we will. Dd will be fine- she's never really been a scheduled baby and rolls with change pretty well.

618mom22boys · July 2009

618mom22boys:
Heck yes! We are going to be in DC and I am for sure going to watch the fireworks. We will bring the stroller and if he falls asleep he falls asleep. If not that just means he will sleep longer in the morning! lol

I should add that DS sleeping schedule will be all out of whack anyways. There is a 1 hour time difference from here to DC (DC is ahead) so when the fireworks are going off will be the time he goes to bed normally at home. So if he is up an extra hour it wont really matter. Plus with all the excitement from the whole day (flying) I am sure A. he wont fall asleep easily or B. He will fall asleep no problem and the fireworks wont even bother him.

Mc_Newlywed · July 2009

No. There's no way she would be able to stay up that long. And definitely no way she'd sleep in the stroller.

In fact, if there's one more event with fireworks in my neighborhood I'm going to scream. All the local festivals feel it's necessary to have fireworks and I'm getting so tired of them rattling our windows and waking her.

axh2277 · July 2009

Depends on what time I get out of work tonight, but right now probably not. We just came back from a long walk and now he's refusing to nap so I think he'll be in bed early tonight if this keeps up.

Alexandra*sMom · July 2009

I am planning on taking the girls to watch them along with my SIL & BIL (and their 2 kids). I may do as a PP and put DD2 in warm jammies and plan that she'll fall asleep. Ours don't start until 11 pm.

LoriFalce · July 2009

We're doing fireworks at my family's farm earlier in the day. If he stayed up that late, he'd turn into a Gremlin.

tmp-354536812503300 · July 2009

Ours start between 8:30 and 9:00pm, DS doesn't go to bed until between 8:30 and 9:30pm usually anyway. We're just going to walk down about 6 blocks with DS in the stroller and I think he'll stay awake and be fine. He'll probably fall asleep on the walk back home though.

Heidi Lanigan-Potter · July 2009

No, not this year, probably next year though.

Luckystar2 · July 2009

Nope. fireworks are 9:45 and DD's bedtime is 7:30. It would be torture for all of us!

olivia_eve · July 2009

No, fireworks start around 9:30 or 10pm around here, and I don't like them enough to throw DD's schedule all out of whack by trying to keep her up for 2 or 3 hours past her bedtime.

nikih47 · July 2009

Probably not. I'd try it though if I wanted to go, which I don't. We have plans in the morning.

fIowerchild · July 2009

We will keep him up. It's not uncommon for us to take DS to an adult event where he's up past his bedtime, so it won't be any big deal. He handles changes to his routine quite well.

Mrs.B2003 · July 2009

My DD is a night owl, so keeping her up will be easy! They are doing a family night at the aquarium with fireworks, so we will do that.

Tess12 · July 2009

No, I hate fireworks.

Brewtowngrl · July 2009

Our friend is baby sitting a bit this afternoon and taking DS downtown tonight for the big ones on the lakefront. I will be meeting them there. Tomorrow night my friend lives across the street from her local fireworks so we will be going there and sitting on her lawn. We have him all screwed up already because we spent the week car shopping which ended up being late nights.

fIowerchild · July 2009

Tess12:
No, I hate fireworks.

Party pooper.

citygirl_ · July 2009

Tess12:
No, I hate fireworks.

me too! I thought I was the only one. I'd be afraid of him being up wayyy past his bedtime (fireworks start at 9:15 and they are about 20 min from my parents' house, where we will be and bedtime is around 7:30) and I just think it's too loud for him to handle. I predict a meltdown would be inevitable.

Erin&Rod · July 2009

Yes, we didn't last year, but I think DS would enjoy them this year. He usually goes to bed at 8 but we kept him out until 10 a few weeks ago for a rehearsal dinner and a wedding and he fell asleep on the way home. It was no big deal. He enjoyed both events and wasn't cranky. The good thing was that he even slept in the day after.

Tess12 · July 2009

fIowerchild:
Tess12:
No, I hate fireworks.

Party pooper.

I'm waiting for them to invent quiet fireworks.

IckyThump · July 2009

No. DS's bedtime is 7:30 and most of our local fireworks begin at 9. On most nights it's a struggle to keep him up until 7:30, so another 90 minutes plus would be torture for all of us. Plus, he's not big on crowds and he might be scared by the loud noises. Perhaps next year.

BartsGirl · July 2009

IckyThump:
No. DS's bedtime is 7:30 and most of our local fireworks begin at 9. On most nights it's a struggle to keep him up until 7:30, so another 90 minutes plus would be torture for all of us. Plus, he's not big on crowds and he might be scared by the loud noises. Perhaps next year.

THIS.

MandC17 · July 2009

We're not going since I don't think DD would enjoy them. DH has to work tommorrow and Sunday anyway so he wouldn't be able to go and I wouldn't want to try and wrangle and overtired toddler on my own.

We'll take her next year.

Dobie_Mama · July 2009

Heck no. It would be disastrous, for us. The traffic is so bad leaving the Armory that we wouldn't get home until probably 11pm.

kgail11 · July 2009

Heeeeell no. His bedtime is 7:45, and it would just be too late. It ain't worth it. Fireworks are so anti-climatic anywho, IMO.. same stuff every year, I don't get the fuss.

beckys96 · July 2009

We are going to a picinic in the afternoon, I am hoping to leave right before dinner and also hoping that DD will nap. Then we will have dinner, freshen up, then off to the fireworks. If she gets fussy/tired we will just leave but I hope she stays awake - I think she will like them!

funchicken · July 2009

citygirl_:
Tess12:
No, I hate fireworks.

me too! I thought I was the only one. I'd be afraid of him being up wayyy past his bedtime (fireworks start at 9:15 and they are about 20 min from my parents' house, where we will be and bedtime is around 7:30) and I just think it's too loud for him to handle. I predict a meltdown would be inevitable.

I don't like them either. I'm always afraid to admit this because everyone I know loves fireworks so much. I think they're boring. After 10 minutes I sit there thinking to myself, "is this the grand finale?...is THIS the grand finale...okay how about now?"

NewlywednOhio · July 2009

He usually goes to bed at 6:30p or 7pm, so keeping him up until 9:30 will be real hard. However, we plan to give him a late nap around 5:30pm, and then take him and give him dinner. We are going to take him in his jammies and bring a blanket and his sippy cup.

Tess12 · July 2009

mrszee2b:
citygirl_:
Tess12:
No, I hate fireworks.

me too! I thought I was the only one. I'd be afraid of him being up wayyy past his bedtime (fireworks start at 9:15 and they are about 20 min from my parents' house, where we will be and bedtime is around 7:30) and I just think it's too loud for him to handle. I predict a meltdown would be inevitable.
I don't like them either. I'm always afraid to admit this because everyone I know loves fireworks so much. I think they're boring. After 10 minutes I sit there thinking to myself, "is this the grand finale?...is THIS the grand finale...okay how about now?"

LOL

bklynbridecesh · July 2009

No, DD goes to sleep at 6:30.

Temp174496125006552 · July 2009

The fireworks don't start until 9:00 and he usually goes down between 8:30 and 9:15 (depending when he woke up from his nap). I think we would be able to keep him up, but I think the loud noises would totally freak him out. So, we're skipping them this year. All three nights of them. Why three nights of fireworks are necessary is beyond me.

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