Would you agree to a sleepover at 5yo?

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Dd1 (5) has been waging a campaign to have a sleepover with a friend from school or the girl next door. I'm reluctant as imagine she will either be overexcited hyper or the other girl will get tearful and want to go home and either way my relaxing evening looks in jeopardy and maybe the next day would be a write off too if she's tired and crabby, but I confess she's wearing my defences down and I've agreed to speak to their mums about whether they think it'd be a good idea. We have builders in so it's not the best time but on the other hand it is school hols so the tiredness the next day is less important. Wwyd? If you were me or the mum I'm about to approach? (My next door neighbour in the first instance i think)

No way. Too young. And I'd want to know someone extremely well before I would entrust them with my child overnight.

We've been having sleepovers since DD was 4, they've always gone really well. My DS won't go on one, but if the child is happy to its fine.

We started sleepovers at 5, some friends, some the babysitting type. The kids are fine away from home I think because they know us & the house so well. They do get less sleep but catch it up. We have quickly learnt to have only one at a time - 3 is definitely not the magic number when it comes to 5-yo boys!

Yes I would. They are doing sleepovers in Rainbows at 5, so why not with the girl next door?

Margery. Why is trusting someone to have your child overnight different from trusting someone to have your child in the day time?

They're more likely to have an accident, get lost, hurt themselves etc during the day time!

No

Your choice. My daughter didn't go to a sleepover at friends till she was 10. I don't think it had even occured to her at 5. I didn't do sleepovers till I was 13 so thought I was being quite generous.

Don't do it! I've been there done that and got the tears tantrums and no sleep tshirt.
It was my best friends daughter who I know really well, I had both if her girls as she was heavily pregnant. I ended up having to ring them at 1 am to collect the5 year old. I've said never again

Way too young.

I think 10-12 is a good age.

Hera, do you really think overnight babysitting is the same as daytime?

Do you have children?

My DD5 has slept in attention the garden with DS9 for the past 3 nights!! She's been fine!!!
I don't think she'd cope away from home though !!!

We've done sleepovers from 3 or 4, but only with kids we know really well - children of our friends. Normalish bedtimes, no midnight feasts, although sometimes a film with sweets before bed - never been a problem.