Do you leave social gatherings at bedtime?

TarheelsInNJ · February 2010

Just curious, if you're out with LO, do you come back home at bedtime? Or try to get the baby to sleep wherever you are?

We're going to a friend's Super Bowl Party on Sunday, and bedtime will probably be around halftime. I'm not sure whether we should just plan to leave, or press our luck staying there. He has fallen asleep on the go before, but I don't know if we can count on it!

SusieQ1982 · February 2010

I wouldn't take him out at bedtime, but then again his bedtime is around 11pm.

I would rather leave him with a sitter so he could go to bed in a familiar environment, or I would take him home.

tabi_ja · February 2010

We always stay. Miles sleeps pretty well just about anywhere, though, so <shrug>

mommy~to~mj · February 2010

For the most part we try to get back - it's especially a handy excuse when we're at the inlaws

Although I love having a routine, I do want to be flexible and get her used the idea of once and a while having to fall asleep elsewhere so we're not chained to a super strict routine.

yellowsnow · February 2010

Nope. My DH and I decided in the very beginning that we weren't going to totally alter our lives for DS. I mean, we won't leave a party or gathering at bedtime just because it's his time to sleep, among other things. He will fall asleep anywhere. Of course, we prepare ourselves with everything we need while we're out for anything (which can be a pain) but he has learned to go with the flow. He's very easy going anyway.

howa0155 · February 2010

We've tried to stay out late and paid the price. Never again!

DDearinger · February 2010

We will probably be doing the same thing... and leaving at half time. DD is doing awesome on her schedule, and weekends usually throw her off a little bit anyways with running errands, going to church, etc, so I'd try to keep bedtime as consistent as posslbe. Just do whatever you will be most comfortable with.

BengalBelle · February 2010

tabi_ja:
We always stay. Miles sleeps pretty well just about anywhere, though, so <shrug>

This. We might bring his pack n play and let him sleep in that if he's really out but he's pretty flexible. He'll sleep in his ErgoBaby and then go right to bed when we get home.

I'm knocking on a lot of wood here - we have a Super Bowl party to go to too.

beckytr · February 2010

ugh i dunno what to do about the superbowl- i might bring a pack-n-play to the party. i don't go out often past DS's bedtime but I think once in a while is ok

smilelari · February 2010

We try to stay but normally end up taking off with a cranky baby. Bed time is about 7:30

dragon_chica · February 2010

yellowsnow:
Nope. My DH and I decided in the very beginning that we weren't going to totally alter our lives for DS. I mean, we won't leave a party or gathering at bedtime just because it's his time to sleep, among other things. He will fall asleep anywhere. Of course, we prepare ourselves with everything we need while we're out for anything (which can be a pain) but he has learned to go with the flow. He's very easy going anyway.

This. How is it different from going out during the day when LO has to nap? I'm big on getting DD accustomed to sleeping in different places. I don't want her attached to the home and then she can't do sleepovers at the grandparents or wherever. We're not partygoers so when we do go out it's a rarity, therefore not a big deal to us. We do plan ahead and check with the hosts to see if there's a room we can put her in.

emmared1986 · February 2010

We stayed out late for a ravens game at a friends. We brought the pack and play but G would not sleep in it. He would wake up after 20 minutes screaming, probably scared and didnt know where he was. DH got him to sleep on his chest, but everytime something happened in the game everyone would cheer loudly and wake him up. It was horrible and I felt so bad for LO. So no big Superbowl party. We will probably be snowed in at the inlaws anyway so we will just watch it there. There will be other superbowls

erinb31 · February 2010

ds's bedftime right now is around 10-11 so we usually are leaving near then. he won't sleep longer than 8 hours, and i prefer his bedtime to be close to when i go to sleep (usually by 12). as he gets a little older, i'm going to try and put him to bed earlier.

FlaCourtney · February 2010

We're going to leave our Super Bowl party early (luckily it's right down the street) unless he happens to fall asleep there. But if he's fussing through the game, it's not going to be fun for anyone.

I don't schedule much at night for this reason.

ivs112 · February 2010

We don't. When DD is tired she'll fall asleep no matter where she is.

Daisy525 · February 2010

We usually don't. If we're at my parents on the weekend at his bedtime we just spend the night (we plan in advance)...if we're out somewhere else we may or may not leave depending on where we are at.

dreamast.romain · February 2010

If we can find a quiet place to let her sleep we stay. But if we're out at a restaurant or somewhere noisy, we leave before bedtime.

dragonsmercy · February 2010

DD's "bedtime" is whenever the heck she'll get to sleep (any time between 10 and 3am.... ugh) but we don't leave any social gatherings for her to sleep.. heck, the best sleep she ever got was after we spent 8 hours away from home - half hour travel each way, and 7 hours at a combo 60th/40th birthday party... we got home, she was awake for about an hour and a half, then she was out.... 9:30pm straight through till 7:30am... I keep saying I need to find me some more birthday parties to go to! LOL!

Jacques715 · February 2010

We leave w/i an hour of Tahlia's bedtime. She is a stickler for her schedule. If she is thrown off it, she can go into meltdown mode. No fun for me and DH.

reannegummer · February 2010

Not usually unless she's in a really fussy mood to begin with. Usually she will just catnap wherever we are and still go to bed great when we get home. We stayed out an hour past her bedtime last night which made her miss her bath, but it didn't even phase her and she still slept like a dream.

madameladauphine · February 2010

For a Superbowl party I would stay, and try to get him to sleep there but when it's just over to my parents for dinner (the only place we really go) I would leave at bedtime. BUT, DSs bedtime is 9:30pm so it's not like we're leaving at 6pm. That would be weird.

i*heart*him · February 2010

We stay out. We hardly ever go out, so when we do we don't rush home just for bedtime. We have a superbowl party Sunday and will just put him in his car seat in a quiet room to sleep. It's no big deal.

BlairWaldorf · February 2010

smilelari:
We try to stay but normally end up taking off with a cranky baby. Bed time is about 7:30

this. Harrison is incredibly inflexible at night. He's pretty awesome for day stuff but at night, he NEEDS his routine. Even if we skip the bath, he turns into a hellion that will not go to sleep.

karelaorange · February 2010

Her bedtime has been very inconsistent lately. I had been trying to have her consistently asleep by 7:30 or 8, but she's not in agreement. So taking her home wouldn't really accomplish anything. In fact, she's generally happier when we're out with friends, and then will just zonk out and skip her prolonged fussy evening period.

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