To go to bed at 8pm and forget new year

[moanymoaner]

Aibu? Been awake all night with dog and child. Got family over till tomorrow but I have no chance of staying awake tonight . Would it be bad to just nip off to bed at 8pm and not bother seeing the new year in 😴😴😴

I'll be in bed at normal time, around 9ish. With a 3 week old, I'll probably be awake still at 12 as she cluster feeds!

I'm doing the same!! I wish myself a happy new year at about 9.30pm and drop off to sleep, v happy in the knowledge I'll sleep well and have no hangover tomorrow!

Go for it.

Been awake here all night with 2yo and now going to work, so might do the same!

Also thinking I will miss it here aswell. Have been really run down since my dd got admitted into hospital with Pneumonia mid Nov and I slept (not slept) in there for a week with her. I have literally caught one virus after another since then. Not sleeping and feeling rubbish all the time. My dc (Dd16, dd15, dd12, ds9) are gutted that we are not holding a new years bash this year but I physically have no energy or interest at the moment.

@AstridPeth I hope your DD is ok! Pneumonia is horrible especially for children :( my DS has had it twice. Really scary stuff.

I would if I could. Stupidly I've invited friends over. I wonder if I can slope off at midnight and leave them to it.

Same here. I have flu for second time in a month and go to hospital today with my dad to find out what caused his pleural effusion. Hoping for the best, expecting the worst. Glad to see this year gone

I'll be doing similar. I've had my first alcohol free Christmas (which was pretty fun despite my worries) so I could probably stay up even without booze fuel, but New Year has left me cold in recent years - I find it's a time for quiet contemplation if anything at all. And since I discovered Jools' Hootenanny is filmed sometime in October - well, fuggetaboutit.

I always do this , the only problem being that the bloody fireworks wake me up at midnight.

Yup I’ll be in bed by 9 with ear plugs in !!

Think I'll be doing the same, been very low in mood recently and can't wait to turn my back on 2018.

I have every intention of an early night.

My bestie is working the next day so we are celebrating new year circa 9pm then she’s going home and I’m going to bed. We are rocking, single, childless old ladies!

I’m so glad someone else posted this! I have been thinking exactly the same thing after my DS 10 months woke me at 5am (he’s thoughtful like that)

My DM has been celebrating ‘New Zealand NYE’ for several years now (we’re in Australia, so our 10pm). She ‘sees it in’ with champagne, texts us all ‘happy new year’ and takes herself off to bed.

I suggest you find somewhere on the planet that’s celebrating midnight at the time you want to end your night and do the same! No one can call you a spoilsport when you’re technically (and legitimately) celebrating with millions of people!! Just not the people in your house .

My almost 4yo was in with me last night (high temp, horrible cough and cold) along with the teething baby.

I'm determined to see in the New Year, I always do - even when 8mo pregnant [Dc2 and Dc3 are both January baby's they aren't twins ] but I'm going to have a power snooze at some point.

@Skittlesandbeer ooh that's a cracking idea

I am aiming for an early night but I can never sleep so il likely be awake but not really celebrating it this year . Can't be bothered !

We tend to end up falling asleep in the living room and are either awoken by fireworks or sleep right through lol. New Year's Eve is hard for me, I become an emotional wreck x

we are this year the dog goes ape at fireworks so we're hopeing if shes fast asleep she won't notice as much

Bed at 10 for me. Then I'll spend 12-1 awake trying to comfort a panting and shaking dog scared witless by fireworks 😡

Marking my place on this thread!

Worried about party I’m going to & how the host will manage to fit in that many people into a small house, how/what we will be fed, and what we will actually do for hours & hours before midnight.
HELP!!!!

It's just another night and I'd rather not feel like a zombie in the morning when up with the kids at 7am! I may splash out on a Baileys before bed! My love of NYE may return when the kids are about 20! 18yrs to go....

Moanymoaner - thank you yes she is much better now. She was ambulances in with oxygen levels of 72% and kept on oxygen and nebs for the week. She had bilateral pneumonia and the consultant said if she was 60 years old it would take her a full year to recover. Thankfully she is a bright and sparky 12 year old and other than being a bit tired then usual you wouldn't know she had been so poorly. Sorry to hear you have experienced it twice. It is honestly awful and drained me emotionally and physically to see her so unwell. To make matters worse her sister dd15 was admitted 1 month later (same ward, same bed) with messentric adonitis, only a 2 night stay so not so bad. A quiet NYE is just the thing we need I think.