I need help... Please! Moms to girls =)

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I need help... Please! Moms to girls =)
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Fri, 09-12-2008 - 11:08am

Ok, so Jasmin (11 years old)

 

 

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Registered: 06-15-2007
Fri, 09-12-2008 - 11:13am
Mom to boys here, but I totally think that sounds like enough!!! I usually have absolutely no say in what DS and his friends do during their sleepovers; I just try to have enough snacks on hand, have a back-up movie or something ready, and stay out of their way!!!
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Registered: 08-11-2007
Fri, 09-12-2008 - 11:20am
Gabby is 12 and at this point her and her friends pretty much enertertain themselves.I really do not enforce a bed time.However,I do make them wind down around midnight.They can either stay up talking or they can watch movies or tv.No more running around after this time.When she was 19 I made wind down time at 11.They are still pretty much up 1/2 the night,but they are relativally quiet,so I can kind of sleep.Make sure to have plenty of snacks.Also keep an ear out to make sure the girls are not being mean to one girl.This has never been a problem,but just in case.If you are showing any PG 13 movies you might want to check with the other moms,just in case their dd's can not watch pg 13 yet.Other than that they should be fine.I will tell you that Gabby is a B***** on theday after a sleepover,so I ry to limit the amt she attends during the school year.However,Friday is the best night to have them,then the girls have two days to recover.If Jasmin has homework this weekend,you might want her totry and get it done before the slumber party,becasue she may not be in the mood after the party,if she is crabby with too little sleep.

 

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Fri, 09-12-2008 - 11:23am

Both my girls have had multiple sleepovers...in fact for their birthdays, they prefer that altho my older one (12) usually has too much going on during the summer since she's in lacrosse tourneys (her bday is in July) to have one.


As long as there is food -- snacks like popcorn, chips, popsicles/ice cream bars etc foodwise my girls are happy. We have a Wii & the girls play that or else watch movies, do hair, manicures, etc like u've planned. Also sometimes making ice cream sundaes is fun for my older one then ydd likes to play Polly Pockets w/her friends. We've also taken the older ones out to the movies then come home & hung out...as far as bedtime we don't really do that except to tell them they have to try & be quiet after midnite so we can sleep ;-) And yes, my girls are always junk the next day so we try not to do much lest the crankies take over!



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Edited 9/12/2008 4:34 pm ET by ang2gals

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Fri, 09-12-2008 - 11:26am
DYK I think you have a typo "When she was 19 I made wind down time at 11" I assume you mean 9 ;-)

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Registered: 02-07-2005
Fri, 09-12-2008 - 11:27am

Good idea about the homework...I think she will have an assignment or two. I'll make sure those are completed before the girls arrive at 6.


Thanks for the tips. I am the same way about movies and I will be sure to ask the parents before they leave. I plan to take the girls to Blockbuster with me...or should I just take Jasmin beforehand?


I will go to the store when

 

 

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Registered: 07-26-1999
Fri, 09-12-2008 - 11:47am
Other than picking up a movie that Jordyn and the girls may want, or taking them to the video store, and making sure there are snacks and drinks, and usually pizza in the house for them, I don't do anything, the girls pretty much entertain themselves.
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Fri, 09-12-2008 - 11:49am
I think I ment to hit the 0 ;-)

 

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Fri, 09-12-2008 - 12:34pm
I think it sounds like you have a great time planned, and the activities sound like enough. I have done it both ways with enforcing a bedtime. We used to have an upstairs/downstairs...as long as I didn't hear them they could try and pull an all nighter if they wanted, but now we have a one-story and I can hear them! So, I usually give them til midnight/1ish, then they need to chill! The only time the girls have ever done a craft at a sleepover is when its a birthday party. This year I had them make picture frames for Sami's birthday and sent them home with pictures as a memento. I am not crafty at all....like at all, so I was pretty proud of myself, but then again, I didn't make them...lol.
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Fri, 09-12-2008 - 3:41pm
It sounds like you've got plenty planned to me. My daughter had a sleepover a few months ago and I took all three girls to the movies, but after we came home they mostly entertained themselves -- doing hair and makeup, playing games, etc. All I really did was order the pizza and hang around in case they needed something. At about 11 p.m. I told them they didn't have to go to bed, but they did have to stay in DD's room from that point on, and they decided on their own to turn out the lights and get into their sleeping bags to talk. The giggling stopped around 12:30, so I assume that's when they fell asleep. :)
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Fri, 09-12-2008 - 4:03pm

First of all, I'd like to congratulate you on managing to avoid hosting a girls' sleepover for 11 years! How on earth did you manage it?


The good news--and this is really, really good news--is that you don't need to run anything. Girls at this age run their own parties. As long as you have a lot of food, they will entertain themselves.


You will need to let them know your house rules as soon as they arrive though, including bedtime expectations (and yes, you must set a bedtime or they will screech all night and Jasmin won't get another sleepover until she is in college.) You may also find yourself making up some weird rules such as "no, you don't need to take a shower to get the make-up off your face. Just wash it."


We say lights out at 11:00 and total quiet by 11:30. You could go earlier, but I find these times give them a greater chance of succeeding. I tell them non-compliance results in parent pick-up, but I've never had to call anyone's parents.


Make sure you have some Advil in the house. You'll need it.


Have fun!

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