TTMA July 4th Fireworks

[Bluedaisy]

We're in Canada so ours are on the first for Canada Day but they aren't until midnight so LO won't be going for at least a few years.

[jillywilly]

Fireworks aren't until around 10-ish around here normally. DS is in bed no later than 8 99% of nights. We won't be going to fireworks for a few years probably, but that's honestly not a huge loss to us, we normally just partake in more the backyard BBQ type activities the 4th most years anyway.

[3dimesdown]

We got children's noise cancelling headphones to take MM to football games last October/November. She was less grabby back then obviously, but she didn't seem to mind them. If we were going to see fireworks, she'd definitely be wearing those.

We probably won't go because I think fireworks are pretty boring, but it wouldn't bother me to keep her out late for a special occasion. She's not a stickler for bedtime though--she's usually happy and then just passes out when she needs to. If she was going to be a fussy hellstorm when she got tired, that'd be a big no-go.

[3dimesdown]

Highly recommend the headphones, besides being a health issue, they helped a ton with over stimulation. But this was a while ago, so no guarantees on how it goes over now.


ETA: Sorry for the giant picture, I linked it from the interwebs. Don't have it on my phone.

[periwinkledaydreams]

We'll be at a backyard party on the 3rd, one of SOs friends annual thing, which we skipped last year because 2 week old baby. Its an all day thing but they have a shit ton of fireworks at night, and we'll be bringing LO. I will just make sure we're nowhere near the launch point, like inside the house, if we're even still there when they start them.

Theres a baseball stadium down the street from our house that does fireworks every weekend all summer. Last summer I was cursing those damn things with a newborn, but so far this year she's slept right through them. So hoping if we are at the party when they got off we'll have got her down in a pack n play inside the house before they start.

Basically playing it by ear. I wouldn't be surprised if she's still awake and ends up loving them, but also wouldn't be surprised if she hates them with a passion and we leave immediately after they begin.

[billyhorrible]

LBB was 8 months his first 4th and we had planned to go to watch fireworks from the lake while he slept. But the lake was closed so we ended up going to dinner instead and watching them from the parking lot. He ended up sleeping through mossy of them.

The next year I took him to an amusement park that did fireworks earlier than anywhere else. He did a late nap and we went to the park after nap, so it wasn't too much of a stretch for him to stay up till 8. (And he was over 18 months)

Ever since then we've stayed home and watched the fireworks from my neighbor's lawn. It's later,but LBB is older. Last year we had planned to put BH to sleep and bring the monitor with us, but he woke up, so we just brought him. We'll see how it goes this year. Ideally the monitor will work out.

My thoughts with this kind of stuff is to bring the kids. It's one night. But I wouldn't wake them for it. If they fall asleep, they can always see it next year.

[Widget123]

LO attended public fireworks last year at less than a month old. I'm pretty sure he was asleep.

This year, like most years, we will be doing our own fireworks at a family member's house. H and FIL love setting them off themselves and try to compete with a neighbor who always has a huge party. One year a different neighbor's blanket caught on fire, but other than that we have been fortunate not to have any accidents or incidents.

Meanwhile, the youngest kids are either outside with parental supervision or asleep inside the family member's house. If my kids are tired enough, they can sleep through almost anything, including someone screaming two feet away from them.

That being said, assuming your LO isn't a light sleeper, you might be able to go see fireworks somewhere, just don't expect him/her to be awake to enjoy them. And if the LO is awake he/she probably won't be in a good mood unless he/she stays up that late normally ETA or took a late nap.

[belle0720]

We have fireworks downtown which we can walk to from our house. Last year we took G and she slept through the entire thing. She doesn't usually go to bed until 9:00 now and will generally stay up later if we let her (like at her birthday party, she was a total party animal) so I imagine she'll be awake for them this year.

I love fireworks although I HATED them as a child. They terrified me! I thought they were going to hit us so my dad would pretend that we were shooting them down which seemed to calm me down. I'm hoping G enjoys them! I'll wear her in the Tula so she can sleep on me if she is tired.

[erbear]

Our community had fireworks last weekend and we didn't even know about them until they were going off. Oops.

We used to go downtown for them on the 4th but it's past lo's 7 pm bedtime, so we will likely watch on tv.

[mrsmonogrammed]

We attend a party at MIL's house very year and just watch from her front yard....DD will probably be asleep in the house and we'll just bring be monitor. I'm curious if she'll sleep through this year....

[tiffbot]

For us the closest real fireworks show is almost an hour away, and it's not dark enough here until around 10:30, so it's just never been super convenient for us to go. I would have been interested in taking them this year if we weren't going camping the next day, DD doesn't get as overwhelmed at these kinds of things as DS did as a baby. I know he would love them now though.

With most events though, we're pretty relaxed about when we should take them home. They seem to be ok to go off routine once in awhile.

[Deleted]

It will be my first Canada day so not sure what to expect. The town we are in has a bunch of activities planned. If we can get our shit together with cleaning the new house we will also have a July 4th BBQ because at heart I'm still an American:)

[mcp6286]

We're going to give H a late nap and give it a try. She's not scared of anything to date so hoping it goes well. Her cousins will be there which will def keep her awake and should help incentivize her to enjoy it. We'll see...

[wegrowsheep]

We don't do fireworks (expensive +fire hazard most years). But we do target shoot and trap shoot. We didn't last year because T was so little, and we probably won't this year because Mom is still in treatment and the ranch doesn't make a great family get-together venue right now. DH also works that day.

Basically not celebrating the 4th this year. But when we do, kids stay away from the guns because safety (duh) and they're pretty loud.

[silv3rlining]

We just haven't done fireworks yet with the kiddos. Bedtime is usually 7/730ish (with exceptions obviously). Where we lived for DSs first 2 years fireworks weren't allowed so it was basically a nonissue. We did see some at Disney back IN April but DS was passed out and LO was just beyond exhausted. DS saw a few from his bedroom window last night. We have no plans this year though. I remember being so excited about them as a kid but just don't care much about them anymore. Maybe next year we'll plan something for/with the kids.