Baby Schedule vs. Life Obligations

I have two LOs (3.5 and 1.5) when they get moody we just leave family events. People understand that we are on their schedule not them on ours at this point. We go and enjoy ourselves until the kids are done and then we just leave. That’s how we balance at the moment.

I would just leave when you need to leave and have baby fall asleep for the car journey home x

I agree with the above statements, but also if your baby can just fall asleep anywhere, like a 90's nap, then that can work too. The worst you can do is try and go and if it doesn't work out you leave early. People who love you will understand

We adjust. It doesn't happen often but when it does we skip bath time that night and just go straight from car. We have milk. Get our jammies brush our teeth. Do a story and go to bed. If it's a family event, especially if I don't want to be there, I just say hey baby fussy we got to go but that doesn't usually happen. My son goes to bed at 5:30 usually because he refuses to nap in the afternoon and likes taking his nap in the morning and that nap could be an hour. It could be 3 hours. Either way, the boy likes to go to bed early. It works for us

20 months old here! Very flexible, just 1 nap pero day since 12 months, now she is very fine with changing for example her bedtime if we are in a birthday party, with friends, etc.

Everything gets better, I promise you 🥰

We love socialising. So baby got used to putting to bed wherever we are, whosever house we were at. Sometimes it’d be in a pram at a restaurant. Or someone’s bed sleeping. Or I’d bring the bassinet into the house. Or baby would sleep on the way home and we’d transfer him in. Our social life is quite busy but I’d still put baby to sleep when he’s tired I just didn’t have to go home to do that, he learnt to sleep on the go and with noise