Protocol for sleepover

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DS is turning 9. He would like a sleepover with four boys staying over. I am clueless! Help?!

My questions include - we have a spare room with a double bed. Is it weird to put two boys in the bed together? With the others on separate mattresses on the floor? When I was young we used to top and tail, but I feel like things have moved on a lot since then, but I really have no idea?

Also what time is it considered acceptable for them to go to bed? Do I enforce a time or just let them stay up all night? I don’t really want to be the uncool mum but DS will be very tearful the next day (his actual birthday) if he doesn’t get to bed at a reasonable time.

Or is he just too young and I wait? Any other tips please! Really have no idea what I’m doing (as usual).

I had girls, but I can't see why things would be much different with boys.

It is fine to have two kids in a double bed together.

I encourage towards bed if it is getting towards midnight, but I don't insist. I do suggest putting a film on and that the dc have to let anyone who wants to sleep go to sleep. Basically, absolutely do not have a sleepover the night before a day you cannot deal with an overtired dc.

I would say what i did at 9 with 6 girls was just chuck all the bedding in that room (we had a double sofa bed.
Blow up mattress' on floor kids bring pillows and sleeping bags then they can sort it themselves.
If they are in bags it feels like they are all camping together and it's fine if a couple get the bed in my opinion.
We also did the living room and then everyone was on blow up beds or sofa.
I tried to get lights out by 12 and usually they had gone off by 1am.
Seriously though I either did it the closest saturday night or the night of the birthday as the next day is always a grumpy right off.
Lots of snacks couple of films or gaming if allowed.
Pizza etc.

Great tip thank you!

Your sleeping arrangements sound fine. Sofas and an inflatable mattress in the living room would also be fine. Basically anything.

We have a little gang that stay over at each others houses, and have all different sleeping arrangements. They are generally left to it, usually watch a film, eat pizza etc. Once had to be told at 3am to turn lights off and stop dancing. They were a MESS the next day. Now they tend to have lights out about midnight but they self regulate a bit better now.