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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why not be a little more flexible on special occasions?  Can't you just put DS down at 2 after lunch at diner at 12?  Who eats lunch at 11:30?  I think you are being overly rigid OP. You know your DS will sleep well so why not let him participate for a while?  Same with TGDinner. Your inlaws are responding to the inflexibility they are seeing in you and DH. [/quote]

Finally - the voice of reason![/quote]

Yes, we have 3 yo twins who typically nap between 12:30-2:30.  Since all of our family live far away (nearest are in Orlando), when we visit them or they visit us, we are lenient with the schedule.  Barring meltdowns due to being tired, we keep them up for meals and events.  So, they may end up sleeping 3:00-5:30 on a couple of days.  And yes, changing the schedule is very disruptive on their sleep patterns and they sometimes have trouble adjusting, but we make allowances for relatives, especially grandparents who we want to foster good relationships with between our children and our parents.  So, we deal with resetting the normal patterns when we come home.  Oh well.

While I would ask if my family can adjust times, if they couldn't we'd adapt and cope as best we could. We've been doing that for the last two years with the twins and they have very fond memories of their relatives and talk about them all the time.  I would hate it if my children missed out on holidays or events with relatives because we were inflexible.  I realize that OP's family is close-by and they see the family frequently, but these are family holidays.  I would probably make my compromise that I would keep my children up late on Thanksgiving and maybe one other special lunch and then bow out of the other events.[/quote]

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