What's the deal with birthday parties? Our oldest was invited to a birthday party by a mate in daycare, along with 17 other kids. She was the only one to show up, apparently only 2 even replied with a "no". The kiddo had family there, but none of the aunts and uncles had kids of their own.
This seems to be a trend I've noticed. Maybe its always been like this for 3 or 4 year olds, but I haven't had anyone tell me the contrary. Not sure if this is a covid development or what...
My kid's in that age range, and all of the birthday partys we have visited have been pretty packed.
We're gearing up for the first "big" (i.e. not just the immediate family at home) birthday party next month and we're hoping it won't be a ghost town. She also doesn't usually like to be the center of attention, so I'm hoping the day of ends up going well. IDK we'll see how it goes in the future lol
Right now (about to turn 3) we are not planning big invite birthday parties until after 6 and haven't been invited to any either. We just do small family events. Most of the ideas we had for a birthday party would just be more elaborate versions of what they already do at daycare everyday (get into a room together and run around)
What's the deal with birthday parties? Our oldest was invited to a birthday party by a mate in daycare, along with 17 other kids. She was the only one to show up, apparently only 2 even replied with a "no". The kiddo had family there, but none of the aunts and uncles had kids of their own.
This seems to be a trend I've noticed. Maybe its always been like this for 3 or 4 year olds, but I haven't had anyone tell me the contrary. Not sure if this is a covid development or what...
Just feel bad for the kiddo.
My kid's in that age range, and all of the birthday partys we have visited have been pretty packed.
We're gearing up for the first "big" (i.e. not just the immediate family at home) birthday party next month and we're hoping it won't be a ghost town. She also doesn't usually like to be the center of attention, so I'm hoping the day of ends up going well. IDK we'll see how it goes in the future lol
Right now (about to turn 3) we are not planning big invite birthday parties until after 6 and haven't been invited to any either. We just do small family events. Most of the ideas we had for a birthday party would just be more elaborate versions of what they already do at daycare everyday (get into a room together and run around)