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Three-year-olds rule

April 26, 2005 by Jen at Semantically driven

The other night was the first time JJ had a friend sleepover. It was a friend whose parents happen to be friends of mine and they also go to the same childcare so I see said friends daughter (S) fairly often.

Nonetheless I was a bit nervous of being able to entertain, cope, cope and cope. S was dropped off about 6pm and with the remaining bit of daylight S and JJ had a jump on the trampoline. As S is not used to the trampoline and JJ is, there was a bit of friction to start off with but they ended up sharing the trampoline really well together while I hustled off into the kitchen to make pizzas.

I won’t go into a blow-by-blow description of every activity and arguement they had but overall the overnight stay was a roaring success and I am more willing to venture into the overnight stay for JJ’s friends again.

Don’t get me wrong, it’s not the easiest thing to do. I’m in a routine with JJ and I know what he will and won’t do (well mostly) so with an extra child there is that extra dynamic of now knowing what that child will get up to so I have to be more attentive than I might otherwise be.

What didn’t work

  • Having JJ’s bottle of water in his bedroom that they both drank a lot out of and consequently both needed to go to the toilet in the middle of the night – one made it, one didn’t.
  • Sleeping in the same room. I think I was asleep before they were. And of course they woke each other up in the morning. This probably won’t change with subsequent sleepovers though. I will just have to try and find a way of managing it better.

What did work

  • The trampoline – a big hit.
  • The bubble blowing kit that S brought with her.
  • Food – that always works. My homemade pizzas went down pretty well.

I was really tired the night after and went to bed about 8.30pm so I wouldn’t recommend a sleepover like this before a big night.

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