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↑ yo'ma

Fri, May 02 2008, 12:52 pm

Squash wrote:

yeah ruchel - enjoy it

those were the days.....

when my 1 and 2 year olds would sleep for 12 hours straight, no matter when we'd put them to bed. if we had a late night and they went to bed 12 am on motzei shabbos - no sweat. we knew they'd sleep till 12 the next day.

My kids didn't even at that age. It takes them a few days to getting up late (vacation) when going to sleep early, but 1 day for getting up early (school).

Fox

Fri, May 02 2008, 12:59 pm

Koshermomma wrote:

They could stay up as late as they wanted - at some point during the meal, they would get their crib blankets (even though they had outgrown them!) and their pillows, lay down on the floor at the end of the table, and fall asleep listening to us talk and sing. When we finished the meal, we would carry them to bed. Friday night was something they looked forward to.

This is basically what we did. Although we did it primarily as a way to accommodate both small kids and later Shabbos seudas, my kids apparently have very fond memories of it. They are teenagers now, but this is always something they mention whenever they "reminisce" together.

↑ greenfire ↓

Fri, May 02 2008, 1:06 pm

I think throwing off kids schedule even 1 day a week can cause havoc ... however when the kids were little I believe we kept them up for kiddush - they get excited about shabbos and you don't want them to miss out ... now they also napped on shabbos afternoon ...

amother

Fri, May 02 2008, 1:17 pm

What I do is make a seuda for the children earlier at regular time to eat. They are all ready for Shabbat and I set their little table with a tablecloth and give them kiddush cups with grape juice. They wash and have lechem mishna with two rolls. Then they have the shabbat meal with all the courses. I let the oldest "mak kiddush" and hamotzei. They love this summertime schedule. If they are not too tired they will stay up later than usual but this makes them feel like they are not missing out when they go to bed.

↑ greenfire

Fri, May 02 2008, 2:02 pm

let them take turns making kiddush ...

Helani

Fri, May 02 2008, 3:04 pm

I think from age 6 or 7 there is the issue of chinuch-kids of chinuch age are obligated to hear kiddush (I am assuming at the right time) and eat the seuda. Before that age you have to know your kids. my oldest dd (5) gets up at 6-6:30am no matter what time she goes to bed, so I try to send her off on time. My middle one likes to sleep late so I will probably start keeping him up soon, since he'll enjoy it.

mumoo

Mon, May 05 2008, 7:08 pm

GetReal wrote:

Ruchel, many little kids will wake up at the same time every day, regardless of when they went to sleep.

and some will be really crabby, too

Tila

Fri, May 09 2008, 2:07 pm

He wants them to stay up. It is trying cuz everyone is tired and cannot behave. The kids eat an early dinner before shabbat, so by the time kiddush is heard it is bed time. I prefer winter shabbat Tongue Out

Mimisinger

Fri, May 09 2008, 2:15 pm

Oy, we tried that. No way. I could not survive with ds being a kvetchy bunny the next day. Bedtime is still 7:00

crbc

Fri, May 09 2008, 2:39 pm

Older 2 - ds 8 and dd(7), stay up, we make early Shabbos most of the time in the summer. At one time they used to take a nap on Fri afternoon.

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