Also, I'm not going to lie, I might have looked at a party invite for a young kid that was from noon-3 and thought "ugh, WTH are they thinking?" Obviously every kid's nap time is different but I feel there is more wiggle room with a morning party (like 10-1) or later afternoon/dinner (like 3-6). Kids who nap in the 12-3 range could either nap after or before.
Obviously a moot point though, and still doesn't excuse rude behavior.
ETA: Now my response seems silly with the updates. Whoops.
I would have planned better ahead of time and done an early nap or gone solo to the party solo while my kid napped. Also I knkw my kids nap schedule. I could have told you ahead of time that's my kids nap time so we will be late.
Also, I'm not going to lie, I might have looked at a party invite for a young kid that was from noon-3 and thought "ugh, WTH are they thinking?" Obviously every kid's nap time is different but I feel there is more wiggle room with a morning party (like 10-1) or later afternoon/dinner (like 3-6). Kids who nap in the 12-3 range could either nap after or before.
Obviously a moot point though, and still doesn't excuse rude behavior.
I fucking hate parties at those times. Party time is eating time!
My reaction to parties like that is like your reaction to my party time, regardless of whether I had a child. LOL.
Post by ninjabridemom on Jan 25, 2015 22:24:43 GMT -5
I would have tentatively accepted anyway, knowing the boys could probably skip nap. But like this week they slept like crap and so yesterday they took a super long nap. No way in hell would I have woken them up, for anything. But I would have given more notice and tried to be more thoughtful about it. And definitely would have just been like "sorry, they are finally sleeping so we can't come, it's lame but we had a rough week" and hope you'd understand. No wishy washy.
Also, I'm not going to lie, I might have looked at a party invite for a young kid that was from noon-3 and thought "ugh, WTH are they thinking?" Obviously every kid's nap time is different but I feel there is more wiggle room with a morning party (like 10-1) or later afternoon/dinner (like 3-6). Kids who nap in the 12-3 range could either nap after or before.
Obviously a moot point though, and still doesn't excuse rude behavior.
I fucking hate parties at those times. Party time is eating time!
My reaction to parties like that is like your reaction to my party time, regardless of whether I had a child. LOL.
FWIW, my kid naps at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
And 92 people managed to attend.
Lol. I eat all the time, so no problems there for me.
It just depends on naptime vs party time. If the party starts an hour before nap then I push nap back. If the party starts at naptime or later, we would just decline.
Dd is a hot mess of we try to do something after her nap should start. She can keep going if it starts before nap, especially if other kids are involved.
If she had a freak nap, I would have texted you once to profusely apologize but not blow up your phone with a play by play of my kids naps. Lol.
The NUTTY GUEST was SOULMATE DUDE. Why are you still talking about naptime for the love of God.
I know. I feel like a chump for legitimately responding on the first page. If I'd known the punchline, I'd never have bothered with such mundane nonsense.*
*I mean, probably I would've because I like to hear myself talk. But maybe not.
Also, I'm not going to lie, I might have looked at a party invite for a young kid that was from noon-3 and thought "ugh, WTH are they thinking?" Obviously every kid's nap time is different but I feel there is more wiggle room with a morning party (like 10-1) or later afternoon/dinner (like 3-6). Kids who nap in the 12-3 range could either nap after or before.
Obviously a moot point though, and still doesn't excuse rude behavior.
I fucking hate parties at those times. Party time is eating time!
My reaction to parties like that is like your reaction to my party time, regardless of whether I had a child. LOL.
FWIW, my kid naps at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
And 92 people managed to attend.
Nap anarchy!!!! You are raising that child in ban of society!
Post by knufflebunny on Jan 26, 2015 9:43:22 GMT -5
Four pages .
We deal with being hosts or being other guests at parties and being on the receiving end of folks not showing up or showing up late bc of naps quite often.
But since I don't like to put hosts in that position, I'll tell you what we do/did when we are/were invited somewhere.
If the party was from 12-3, we would have tried any of the following when she was a bean and still napped:
- leave home an hour or so early and let her sleep in the car for a bit, then attend the party at noon.
- go to the party at noon, let her nap in our arms/stroller. If she's tired, she'll sleep.
- go to the party, skip the nap. It's ONE day. naps happen every day. Celebrations don't. It's harder on the parents than the kid, but seriously, skipping a nap once in a while will not impede the kids ability to function, generally.
Side eye to your friend for the play-by-play texting. I'm sure you had nothing better to do than wait/read/answer her texts.
Are there any pictures of the party in this thread?
Anyway if I wanted to go to the party I would have planned on giving him a car seat nap while my husband sat with the baby in the parking lot of the store so I could buy the present, then showed up on time. If the nap wasn't long enough and he got cranky and couldn't be cured with food we would have left early. Or if it was a fun party I would have left the kid with the husband and came myself.
Post by jillybean222 on Jan 26, 2015 12:44:54 GMT -5
I had to wake up DD#3 to go get big sis at the bus stop for 2+ years and I hated it. I would have declined the invite from the start if I didn't think it worked with our schedule.