New Year’s Eve with children: staying up, waking up or letting them sleep?

We discuss the options.

Countdown at your own time

Easy: if your child has a disturbed sleep rhythm, let him lie down – after all, a grumpy child on New Year’s Day does not make anyone happy. To make it a party anyway, just celebrate your New Year a few hours earlier with Netflix’s special countdown episodes: videos of a few minutes that count down to the new year. Just search for ‘countdown’ and they will appear on your screen. This way you can decide for yourself when your child goes to bed and you can enjoy the bubbles in peace in the evening.

‘Go with the flow’

Do you think it’s nice that your child is there (or do you simply not get him to sleep because of the too much sweetness)? Go with the flow. Your child won’t get any worse if he is fed sugar until the middle of the night for once. in the new year you already have enough resolutions that you promise yourself to keep.

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But how do you get through the evening?

That’s not that difficult either. Put on your pajamas, choose a movie and curl up on the couch with a bowl of crisps all evening. Bet it’s 00:00 o’clock? Or dive into the kitchen, make tasty snacks, desserts and (alcohol-free) cocktails and organize a game night. By the way, if you really don’t have to throw open a whole box of tricks, just take a look at these tips. Also nice: camp with the whole family in the living room, your child can even take a nap in between if he doesn’t last.