New Year's Eve is approaching and we all want it to be a perfect party, as it seems to give us optimism and strength for the coming year. But, how to get a perfect New Year's Eve with young children?
Next we offer you Ten tips for a perfect New Year's Eve with young children that will make them be able to have a good time as we do at the farewell of the year and welcome next.
Choose where we will spend it
In each family there are different traditions to spend in one house or another the family meals of the Christmas Holidays. But, despite the tradition, when a baby comes home or when there are small children, it may be necessary rethink things and choose well where we will spend New Year's Eve.
If you have a newborn or a small baby, the ideal thing is for the party to be at your house to rest and not walk afterwards, but of course, the same is not possible, the house is small, there are other children, there are grandparents who They cannot come, or the family is not very flexible.
You have two options, go but leave soon or sleep there, or this year you want in a quiet house, that the world will not end because of that.
Prepare a space for children
These family dinners are usually lengthened and children, if they are at the table for a long time, get bored. Is important to have a space in the living room free of furniture and adapted to the age of children so they can play.
Have a place where children can rest
Also, if you calculate that your child is going to sleep, it is convenient, if you leave home, that those who receive you have a room with a bed so you can rest. The same if you breastfeed and prefer to do it away from the hustle and bustle.
Have a menu suitable for children
On New Year's Eve, an elaborate menu is usually set and many entrees that are not always liked by the little ones. To avoid problems it is always convenient to have, if your child does not eat everything, prepare a dish of his liking so that he can also enjoy. As if it is a hamburger or spaghetti.
I believe that there are no rules about what is rich or what should be eaten at a party. If cooks get upset (how about everything) it is always better for an adult to bother your child to suffer.
Grapes
You already know that about swallowing grapes is dangerous. Very dangerous with children, which can be choked. Ideally, if they want and they are old enough to participate in that rite, it is to put a plate with very small peeled and boneless grapes, or pieces of grapes. Or, nothing happens, a single grape that they will eat chewing. safety first.
Break
For example, if our son falls asleep at eight it will be difficult to have him dance until twelve. Let's try May that day rest and take a good nap so that at least it is fresh and not depleted. Let's consider if you are ill or have a few emotionally complicated days too and let's put this as a priority.
We ourselves should try to be rested this day to be able to enjoy it and be willing to attend to our children or to handle the most complicated situations that can arise when many people sit at the table and there are children of different ages.
Alcohol
Logically don't drink alcohol, especially if you then have to drive. Even if you don't drive, keep in mind that alcohol usually causes conversations to increase in volume, there may be some tension and it will also prevent you from being lucid to attend to the child with the right humor.
No tensions
If you go to dinner with one of those relatives with whom you do not get along too well, take it easy. Do not speak ill of them in front of children don't even enter disputes that night.
If they make comments that bother you (of the upbringing or of your life in general) then smile and change of subject, that you actually meet because you want or want to make important people happy. Above all, children do not have to feel tensions or listen to arguments, not because of hypocrisy, but because they have to be consistent with what we are supposed to be celebrating.
Gifts or toys
It is not necessary to give gifts that night but I would advise you to prepare some surprise for children, some detail or games already prepared so that they can actively enjoy the party: costumes, theater, puppets, songs or board games in which the party incorporates them. That leaving them aside and following adults eating and chatting is not always an idea that works and also, if we have a party the party should be for everyone, right?
Ultimately, if we do not plan anything special for children we should remember to prepare toys, an invisible friend of crafts. movies or stories to our children so they can take them to the house where we are going to go so they can get distracted if they get bored or tired. How will you spend New Year's Eve with your children?
Prepare a night appropriate to your needs
The children have a series of natural needs which, if we stop them, can spoil the night. They need to play, have fun, be treated correctly and not be exhausted. To make New Year's Eve perfect with children We must take your needs into account.
