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[quote=Anonymous]I hear you OP - my 10 yr old is best friends with a twin and sleeps over at her house all the time (like probably 3-4 nights a month). Our kids used to share a room (and even a bed!). We moved last year to a new apartment, where the kids have their own rooms and we could host a sleepover, but our 5 yr old tends to not give the girls space and it’s a lot of wrangling. I’m good friends with the parents and when I did ask the mom one week of I could reverse the invitation she said her daughter doesn’t sleep well away from home and, in particular, she thought it would be harder if my 5 yr old was wild / excited. Also, I think (since the sibling often invites a friend whose family I also know well) the four 9/10 yr olds really like being together for a movie or Minecraft or whatever game. I’m surprised by all the responses saying to let kids sleep downstairs or in a family room as if everyone has those options. Our (single story) apartment has a living room with no door to the kitchen or dining room. Other than that fairly open room there is then a bathroom and the three bedrooms. If kids slept in the living room we’d have to be in our bedroom starting at 8:45 or so.

To the pp who asked about sleepovers if kids wet themselves, I worried about that with my older daughter as she was approaching sleepover age and not making it through the night. The pediatrician said there was a medication she could prescribe for occasional use (like sleepovers) that would keep her dry. It ended up being a non issue (pandemic delayed sleepover start and she really only sleeps over with the one friend who I don’t think would have teased her anyway.)[/quote]

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