My 6 year old DS wants to stay up until midnight

[Evianbottles]

He’s still awake now. He’s never been one for a lot of sleep (on the AUHD pathway).

We are staying at my parents and so he doesn’t want to miss out. We’ve had a buffet tea and now watching a film.
He's in his pjs, but wants to stay up to watch Big Ben chime midnight and the fireworks on TV.

What would you do?

Put big Ben on from last year on youtube soon and let them go to bed early thinking they've stayed up to see in the new year!

Just let him. My 5yo is staying up. Major FOMO as the youngest sibling!

My 2.5 year old is still up and hasn't had a nap today!

Oh FFS. Let him stay up 🤦‍♀️

Let him. My three are all up including DS with asd and my five year old. We got them schloer for their sparkly drink. All bedtime routine is out the window the past week to be honest. They will be back to school next week and normal routine. It's stuff like this mine really enjoy.

My 6 year old is still up. In her pjs.

If she falls asleep she will.be put in bed.

She still has a week of her Christmas holidays

ADHD here. We faked new year's early

I'd let him. When I was a child my dm used to put us to bed as usual then wake us up at 11.45 to see in the new year - it would have been far easier just to let us stay up!

We just put last years big Ben and fireworks on youtube for the 5 kids ranging from 4-6 and pretended it was midnight! They loved it and are sound asleep now!

We made that mistake once. At 2 in the morning he was still jumping around on our bed singing pop songs.

Definitely let him! He’ll be unlikely to sleep knowing you’re all down there getting ready for the fireworks anyway. Getting him back to a normal sleep schedule might be a bitch though (speaking from my own ADHD experience).

Let him. I'm jealous. I'll be lucky to see 11pm. 😁

Life is short OP, let him go for it.

My 7&8 year old are still hanging on in there. The 8yo managed it last year but her then 6yo sister did not.

Ours have always stayed up until midnight, even as babies.

Last year the youngest fell asleep on the sofa at 11.45!

The eldest won't sleep in tomorrow so is likely to be grotty all day but he'll get an early night tomorrow so for 1 day we'll cope.

(5&9 for reference).

Let him. It's only once a year and will be exciting for him!

Let him stay up, ot at least try to.

Every year we play the previous years count down and fireworks on YouTube at about 9pm and send them off to bed happily thinking they made it to midnight....

Mine is 7 and on the ASD pathway. He stayed up last year no problem but tonight he was shattered and so went up to bed with no complaints really and asleep earlier than usual.

I would never have got away with faking it when mine were 6.

When ds was 6yo he begged to stay up, but was really tired. So eventually we agreed that I'd wake him at 11:30pm.

You know how they wake when you're creeping about trying to be quiet?
Could I wake him? No. I even stood him up to see if that made any difference.
Next morning he was very indignant.
Next year we let him stay up.

I wouldn’t even question it! Of course you should let him - it’s a special one night per year event. DD always stayed up with me and enjoyed watching the fireworks on TV.

It’s not that complicated…. You’re the adult - if you think he’s got the energy to last until midnight then let him otherwise just say no? Does he normally call the shots? Remember who the adult is

Let him stay up. I have many memories of my twins staying up at least til just after midnight. Then they slept on a while and I got up later. It's a win win.

Oh let him! It’s once a year. I was letting my DS stay up at that time, particularly if we were at family do for new years.
Your 6 year old has more staying power than me, I don’t think I’ll make it to midnight tonight 🤣 I’ve got work in the morning