Random 2nd birthday question

littleredfish

So we switched DD from a center to in home care. She goes there with 3-4 other kids her age depending on the day. I only see the parents occasionally in passing, but DD knows and loves these other kids. I was thinking of inviting them to her birthday party this year. Maybe a chance to meet the other parents and for the kids to see each other outside of daycare. Is that silly? If you received a birthday invite for a daycare kid would you RSVP? If so should I give the daycare teacher the invites to put in the kids bags? Also the kids that go, there is 2 exactly her age group, 1 a little older but DD sees her EVERY day and she's the older sibling of one of the kids, and another is only there part time and is about 4 years old. Would you invite her as well or just the core 3 she always sees?

GromMom

I would invite them but to me the more the merrier and I never have an expectation that someone will come. Ifigureif someone is free they'll come and if they can't it's no big deal or any reflection of how they feel about us.
That being said I'd invite all the children but only expect about 1/3 to accept. I find with people you know well, even then only about 2/3 are free,, or want to attend

littleredfish

Should I invite her daycare teacher? I know she has gone to events like kindergarten graduations and such for her kids, and I don't want to be rude asking her to give out invites but not invite her.

GromMom

littleredfish said:

Should I invite her daycare teacher? I know she has gone to events like kindergarten graduations and such for her kids, and I don't want to be rude asking her to give out invites but not invite her.

I guess for the teacher I would if I could accommodate another person, that one is tough because personally while I'd be happy to have more guests I wouldn't want the teacher to feel like she had to come just because she was the teacher.  But if you can take another guest or two I'd just invite her to be polite and let her decide if she wanted to come.  But that's just me, I almost always err on the side of inviting too many rather than feeling like I excluded someone, but in my experience I've never had 100% attendance at any party

bellelamb

Personaly I only invite family but we have a lot to the party, that's all I can fit in my house, 10 kids, 20 adults

If you want to invite them that's sweet and invite them all especially if the ones part of a sibling set! Or what do the parents do with the other kid if they come? I would ask the teacher if you ask all the kids but make sure to say you understand if she's busy.

Don't feel bad if they don't come I know Personally I hate going to parties of my kids "friends" it's akward not knowing anyone and no one knowing my kid plus the birthday kid is normally so over whelmed with family they don't spend much time with other kids. That being said I'm thinking of having a play date to celebrate with our mommy and me friends at a different time than the party so the kids can play and have cake.

mamathompson7

We had just been at our in home day care for a month or so and my then 5 month old was invited to a 3 year old's party. We went b/c Hunter was closer to her age, but the parents were so excited that we all came, and now when I see them (still mostly just in passing), we can converse and it doesn't seem awkward! Now Hunter also attends this in home day care as of January, and we plan to invite the kids as well

I would invite them! 

littleredfish

That was more or less my thoughts mamat. I figured it would be a really fun way to get to know them and the kids better, and if we're renting space at a ranch I figure why not give more kids the chance to enjoy the petting zoo.