How often do you let your kids sleep together?

[Anonymous]

I would prefer my kids sleep in their own beds/room since they sleep better that way but lately they’ve been wanting to have “sleepovers” together. How often would you allow this? DS 6 DD 4.

[Anonymous]

Whenever they want.

[Anonymous]

They sleep in the same room. My older DD used to climb into younger DD's crib when she'd cry in the middle of the night. They are 6 and 7 now, and often read together and then fall asleep in the same bed.

[Anonymous]

My three daughters (6, 3, 1) share a room, even though we have an extra bedroom. We try to put them to bed extra early so they have at least an hour to chat/sing/play/fight quietly in their room. I think it’s good for kids to share, even when they don’t have to- a lot of bonding happens in that hour before they sleep.

[Anonymous]

My kids have sleepovers if it’s not a school night. They are 8 and 10 and that’s been the rule for years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My kids have sleepovers if it’s not a school night. They are 8 and 10 and that’s been the rule for years.

This was how we handled it, too. They stayed up chattering a little too late to make it doable on school nights.

[Anonymous]

Whenever.

[Anonymous]

When my kids were young enough to want to do this, we allowed any time they asked it as long as it wasn't a school night and we didn't have to get up early the next morning for an activity.

[Anonymous]

Thunderstorms, non-school nights, and vacation

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids have sleepovers if it’s not a school night. They are 8 and 10 and that’s been the rule for years.

This was how we handled it, too. They stayed up chattering a little too late to make it doable on school nights.

Our younger two are in one room with a bunk bed and they sometimes end up together on the lower full sized one. The oldest and youngest (girls) - only on weekends/no school because they stay up all night together.

[Anonymous]

Our kids all wanted to sleep together and that meant one of them stopped coming into our room every night. So for us, it is a win every night.

[Anonymous]

Aww this is so cute. I have a 1 and a 3 year old still in cribs, but we just put 2 twins in DS's new room. I was just thinking of how cute it will be if they slept in the same room together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Aww this is so cute. I have a 1 and a 3 year old still in cribs, but we just put 2 twins in DS's new room. I was just thinking of how cute it will be if they slept in the same room together.

The conversations my kids had were adorable. Loved that time. Now they are teens and just want their own space.

[Anonymous]

I struggle with my boys sleeping together sometimes. DS11 needs his sleep and has always been a sleeper. DS7 doesn't need as much sleep and has never been much of a sleeper. Its DS7 who likes to climb into his older brother's bed. Sometimes he will do it without the older boy knowing, which is fine. Sometimes he will do it to wake his brother up. This is where I have issues with them sleeping together. If they didn't have different styles of sleeping, I wouldn't mind so much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Thunderstorms, non-school nights, and vacation

Yes, thunderstorms! 7 year old DD would move in to 9 year old DS’s room full time if she could but these days it is DS who says no so I don’t have to. But he still lets her sleep there when there is a thunderstorm most of the time.