is 4 too young for a sleepover

[whoneedssleepanyway]

DD1 has been invited for a sleepover at a friends house. She has slept away from home before at her grandma's but nowhere else. The family live very close and are very good friends of ours. She is normally a good sleeper but I am still just feeling a little unsure of this....weirdly I would be absolutely fine about her having the friend to stay with us ....I'm just being precious about this aren't I?

I don't get the sleepover thing either. We didn't do it as children. Ds1(15) slept over once after a party when he was 11 and didn't enjoy it. Ds2(13) has slept over a few times recently but has once phoned me to come and get him and once turned up at the door at 11pm with no contact from the other parent to say he was coming so I have said no more. Ds3(4.8) has never been without either his Dad or I. We don't have other children to stay here.

Both older boys have been on residential school and orchestra trips so it hasn't held them back.

Oh that's lovely, whoneedssleep, glad to hear it went well :).
I didn't go to sleepovers, DC have barely ever been on sleepovers, either.

I think 4 is borderline really and depends on how used to the other family your DD is.

My DD had her first sleepover when she was between 5 and 6 and it was OK but not a roaring success. This was with her best friend and DD is a fairly settled child. Actually as I recall DD was OK at their house but a bit unsettled on the return leg, neither child could sleep and got a bit stressed out so I ended up settling friend down in the spare room rather than in DD's room.