Rachel just got her first invitation to a sleepover. It's a birthday party for twin girls she's friends with (who I watched this summer for a couple of weeks) and who are in Girl Scouts with her. She's thrilled.
I'm not.
I just think six (well, the twins are turning seven...but Rachel and many of the girls are still six) is too young for a sleepover. But maybe I'm a stick in the mud. I don't want to be the only mom who makes her daughter come home early and not sleep over. I haven't decided yet what to do.
I don't remember how old I was when I first slept over somewhere else. Rachel's done it before at Grandma's house, but that's it. I don't know how she'd do--whether she'd be scared or sad or homesick, or maybe she'd be perfectly fine and I'm just afraid to let go. I don't know. I remember the slumber parties I went to in elementary school for a girl who had them every year, and I really didn't like them much, once late night came and there were no longer organized activities. But that's because I never quite fit in and wasn't comfortable. Rachel doesn't have that problem yet.
It's right down the street from our house, so I tell myself that if she needs to come home, it's not a big deal to go get her, but do I really want her to have to go through that yet?
I don't know what to do. What would you do if it was your six year old?
I was going to talk to you - I was curious what you would do. I'm not really comfortable with this either. I'm not even sure if I'd be ready for her sleeping over with one friend whose parents I know really well...let alone a whole party. One thing to our advantage is that I think Katy will be too scared to sleep over, and I think she knows it. BUT if she's the only one to leave and not sleep over, I know she will be devestated. But 5pm-9am? At a friends' house that she doesn't know that well? I don't think she's ready for it. Neither am I. We can discuss further... (Heck, I'm even nervous about the "age appropriate Disney movie" - you know my daughter and Disney movies!)
ReplyDeleteKaden and his friend across the street tried a sleepover not this summer, but last. It was fine and well, but his friend couldn't fall asleep. So, he ended up going home. It was probably the perfect situation, since it was just the two of them and he lived so close. Kaden was sad when he woke up and his friend wasn't here to eat breakfast with us, but no one will ever tease that boy for not staying. I think I'm okay with sleeping over with one friend whom I know their parents well, but not with a whole group...at least not yet.
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