Now I understand where my mother was coming from all those years ago. My daughter was a terror the day following her first sleepover. Granted, she really was not responsible for how she felt the next day. Nor could she control the amount of sleep she got. My kids really do need their sleep. I thought it would have been manageable, as we have kept them up some nights, but they usually get to sleep in the next day.
The sleepover was with five girls, ranging in ages from five to eight years old. They were all sleeping in the same room, and some of them were sharing beds. This might have been a little overwhelming for my daughter, especially for a first time. The mom said the girls were up until midnight, and woke at 6:30am. I had to come pick my daughter up earlier (although I was on the way out the door) because she was so grumpy.
When I got her, she pouted, and grumpily said she was not grumpy. She just did not want to leave. The other girls were perky and excited. They were bragging about being up until midnight. One of the other mothers said her daughter often stays up late on the weekends. We try to get our kids in bed around 7pm. I feel guilty if they are up past 8pm. My daughter definitely needed to have more sleep.
By the time we got home, she was in full meltdown mode. I had been hoping to take her shopping with me. Instead, I brought my son, and left her screaming in her room while her father finished doing report cards. I was not able to speak politely to me, she could not stop crying, and she looked exhausted. Surprisingly, she did not have a nap while I was out. She probably would have fallen asleep almost immediately had she driven into town with me.
We were still dealing with the fallout of Saturday's sleepover on Monday. I put both kids to bed before 7pm. Hopefully tomorrow morning we will have our children back to normal. I decided I am not answering the phone for subbing, and we will have a somewhat relaxing morning tomorrow.
My daughter reminded me of Grumpy Bird, by Jeremy Tank.
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