Megan Papas shares her hilarious trick for getting her baby boy to sleep while guests are over

Every parent will know it’s not always easy getting your little ones to go to sleep, especially if there is something cool going on that they think they’ll miss out on.

Well, Megan Papas has come up with a cute trick to help get her 18-month-old son off to sleep without any tears.

Megan explained that if there’s a party going on, if the family is over, or even if it’s just one person, her baby boy doesn’t want to go to bed.

"So he has his bottle and then obviously it's bedtime, but he doesn't like going to bed when people are there because FOMO, right? He thinks he's going to miss out on a massive party,” Megan said.

“He doesn't know that we're not party animals. So he won't go down. Well, he'll cry. He rolls around he bangs cause he wants to get up and play.”

So what’s the solution? Well, the trick that Megan has started to try, is literally a trick!

Megan has all her guests pretend to go home before her son goes to bed, and then they can sneak back in once he’s asleep!

“What we have started doing is when he has his bottle before it's bedtime, everyone has to leave,” Megan explained.

“If it's one person or a whole family, everyone has to say goodbye and walk out the door. 

“And then he waves believes that they've gone and we put him down every time it works a treat, he doesn't pack a big tanti because he believes that everyone’s gone home and the party's over.”

“I don't know if he could be going to be able to trick your older kids, but for our 18-month-old,” she added. “This is working a treat and everyone just has to stand out in the cold for a little bit. [Then we] tell them they’ve got the all-clear and they can come back in. 

“Seriously, try it. I think [we’ve done it] three times now it's worked in absolute charm.”

Do you think this trick could try on your little one?