To keep my three nephews up all night?

If my DC stayed up late he would simple sleep longer the next day. I have no idea why children would be "monstrous and tired" if going to bed late - unless you deliberately wake them up early, not allowing them to have enough sleep?

I used to stay overnight with my nana. Most likely my parents went for a night out while I was there. Can't see any big deal

Look at the wider picture.

My mum for example ,would always prefer to have my child at her own house than sit in at mine , so she would always offer to have him stay at hers. My son adores his nan and loves staying over. I bet the eldest loves having a little sleepover at his aunties.

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Mine are fine. They just sleep in a bit.

I'm sure that if OP's niblings are horrific the next day, their mum wouldn't keep letting her have them for sleepovers

We used to do this every Saturday night when our kids were young, it was just “movie night”. They’d stay up late watching a movie then pass out on the sofa and we’d carry them up to bed. It had absolutely no impact whatsoever on their routines the rest of the week.

My God, so much judgement on here. Some people are so uptight about bed time routines, "Johnny will be tired all day if he does not go to bed at 7pm". And then complain Johnny is up at 5am on weekend - well, maybe try getting him to bed a bit later?

This is ridiculous. Have a look how kids are brought up in Italy, Spain or Portugal - or Eastern Europe. There is no insanely early bedtimes, kids go to bed at 9pm earliest. Very often they go along to parties with their parents, stay up until they fall asleep on a couple of chairs to be carried home at 3am )) No one ever dies from this, believe me.

I would be more worried looking after three small children by myself, especially a five month old!

My little granddaughters LOVE a sleepover, whether at Grandma's or at their fun aunties'. The whole point of sleepovers is the fun and it being a different kind of bedtime. And it builds that kind of warmth, comfort and security that means that if there's ever an emergency of some kind, they have another house, another bedroom, and another person who loves them, where they can go while their parents deal with whatever.

One of the pleasures I get as grandma, is not just watching one daughter grow into being a mum, but also watching the relationship between the grandkids and my other, child free, daughter. They absolutely adore her, and she always makes sleepovers special for them in some way (I'm too tired to let them stay up late when they're at mine 😅)

So go for it, @Upfiner , you'll all have a great time.

Strange and uncaring mother here <waves>

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You’re hardly keeping them up all night, just letting them fall asleep on the sofa with some movies and treats on a Saturday night. They’ll probably not last much beyond 10pm. Sounds perfect to me. Enjoy ☺️

My grandchildren are monstrous after a late night so unless you are looking after them all the following day too, I think it's a bad idea if you actually like the parents.

You need to put down your phone, turn around, and engage with the next real life person you see.

The situation you describe is totally different. OP is minding a 5 month old and 2 year old.

But it's not "one evening out" is it? It's this modern thing that a night out must extend into the next day. When did this start? Can people not get a babysitter (or fun aunty could go mind them in their own familiar house!!!) and parents come home after their night out, babysitter goes home.

This post is completely bizarre - what is the actual point of it? OP you’re clearly looking for reactions but for what reason? It’s not exactly a dilemma since you’ve clearly made your mind up judging by your replies. And as for all the ‘oh it’s fine, I did it with my kids and they were perfectly okay the next day’ you must be away with the fairies thinking that the disruption doesn’t screw up their sleep patterns and turn them feral in the meantime -all so OP can get her kicks playing ‘fun aunty’ for the night. Never mind her, or the parents, it’s the kids I feel for in the long run.

Cracking up at some of these responses! I had my three second cousins who live at the other end of the country to stay a few years back at ages 6/8/13 and we did basically exactly this except with Descendants not toy story (and appreciate they're a bit older than your nephews). The six year old insisted on taking one of the fluffy unicorn shaped cat beds to bed with her and proudly told her parents the next day that she'd slept in the cat bed 😂

I said there was no fixed bedtime, the two younger ones conked out well before midnight and the thirteen year old managed about another half an hour before being sound asleep. My cousins (their parents) were delighted with a childfree night to catch up with my mum, and the girls still all talk about it now so I think your plan is perfect!

I don't see a problem as a one off. Movie night with treats and cuddles sounds like a delight. I think you are being a little optimistic that the 2 year old might sit and watch a full film though, good luck with that.

Oh honest to fucking christ, what is wrong with some of you