Sleepover top tips please ..

[Shinyandnew2022]

Ok don't laugh but my DD is having her first ever sleepover next month - she will be 11!
Covid put paid to various plans so only now we are going to have some friends over for her birthday.

She wants 3 friends two boys and a girl -we have a space planned for them to all use for tv/ chilling etc -and a sofa bed plus air beds for sleeping. She has requested Dominos delivery.

Just wondering what else I need to think about and any advice I may need ?

Make it clear what time the sleepover ends in the morning. “ please can you pick X up at about 9 “

Yes that's a great point !
Maybe about 7.00am .

Just go with the flow and let them get on with it whilst keeping an ear out for any trouble. Be prepared for it to be more of an awake-over because they probs won't do much sleeping 😂

Leave them with bottled water incase they're nervous to ask for a drink, show them where the loo is, if they're too noisy past a certain time then just stick your head in and ask them to quiet down a bit.

Thanks these are things I wouldn't have thought of but have put my mind at rest

Let them know mobile phones are put away overnight but if they need to call home to just let you know.
Also, that is prime age for boyfriends/girlfriends, possibly not for the group you are talking about I don’t know, but it is quite the thing in upper KS2 in every class I have had, just so’s you know.

My dd had a sleepover around year 6 too. They were really noisy and after a couple of reminders to be quieter they were still singing and laughing around 1am and keeping everyone else in the house awake. I had a quiet word with dd and told her I would bring my duvet downstairs and sleep in the same room if they weren’t quieter. Did the trick!

My daughter had her first sleepover last month for her birthday. She had 2 friends. Pizza delivery etc. Drop off was 5 and collection was midday next day. They could have stayed longer but I thought they may have been grumpy and arguing by then. Sports bottles of water in bedroom so they couldn't get spilt and lots of party food out. They had arranged to go downstairs for a midnight feast LOL.

Thanks for all the replies I feel disproportionately nervous as you can tell from the first post !

I am worrying about going to bed and being asleep without knowing what they are up to !

@OppsUpsSide I am ok on the phones as I don't think any of them have them really (DD will get one for her birthday ready for high school but I will make sure she doesn't have it with her then!)
I had kind of hoped she might pick girls to be honest but two of her best friends are these boys .. would other parents worry about mixed sex of the kids at this age ? I have no idea !

@LetsGoCrazyPurpleBanana

My daughter had her first sleepover last month for her birthday. She had 2 friends. Pizza delivery etc. Drop off was 5 and collection was midday next day. They could have stayed longer but I thought they may have been grumpy and arguing by then. Sports bottles of water in bedroom so they couldn't get spilt and lots of party food out. They had arranged to go downstairs for a midnight feast LOL.

This sounds just like what DD is hoping for ! Did you sleep ??