Xmas

Children are flexible, one disrupted evening isn't going to be the end of the world. And you can always excuse yourself if your little one gets too tired x

Personally we like to stick to our evening routine, bedtime is generally somewhere between 7-7.30 depending on the naps that day so we leave events around 7 so we can get home and settle him.

You know your child best so especially with the next day being Christmas you need to consider if a later bed time might lead to throwing your morning / day off or if they'll handle it okay. Your family won't be the one dealing with a grumpy child if the day gets thrown off so trust your instincts and do what you think is best 💙

Usually we stick to our routine and one of us goes back home with the kid for bed time but when we felt like it was an important event then we put our daughter to sleep in a travel cot in one of the bedrooms at the normal bedtime and then when we wanted to go home we transferred her to the car seat and then packed up and went home. Sometimes she was asleep and sometimes she was just chilling in the car seat cuddling her bunny 🤷🏽‍♀️ We never knew if it would work, so we were always ready to leave if she didnt fall asleep or complained too much. (She falls asleep independently since 8 month though)