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December 2010 Moms
A Birthday Party Etiquette ?
We were invited to a 1st birthday party for one of my IRL Friend's daughter. Her nephew is only 1 day younger than her daughter so they are having a joint party. The invitations were labeled as "John and Jane's 1st Birthday Bash"
So my question is-do I have to bring a gift for the other baby too?
My friends daughter and O have pretty frequent playdates, but I have NEVER met the other child or his parents....
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Re: A Birthday Party Etiquette ?
That's a weird situation.
If it were me I would bring something small, just to be safe, and I would sign it from my LO so when they opened it would maybe be less weird that it's like "ohh and this gift is from that adult over there we've never met". But if you only bring a gift for Jane then it's like "this is for Jane... and nothing for you, strange baby." I say less than $10 on the other baby's gift, just as a nice gesture.
I'd probably bring a token present like a peg puzzle or a board book. I would keep it under $10.
If I was the host, I wouldn't expect strangers to get my kid a gift, though.
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I am always the person asking etiquette questions because I'm. . . . well . . . . pretty clueless sometimes. I imagine there are going to be a number of families invited to the party that know one child but not the other, and I doubt that, when the parents planned the joint party, they expected every invited guest to bring a present for both children. In this circumstance, it makes perfect sense to me that you buy a gift for the child that you know.
Maybe someone will chime in with some gift ideas that could be shared amongst the kids. . . . . ?
Yep, this too! And if I don't know the child well (it's happened once or twice) then I always make the gift from C and not from our family.
Ditto. It would be nice to give the other kid a gift, but you've never even laid eyes on the kid before.
I think you've been put in a very awkward position. I remember another Bumpie posted about a joint party, but she knew all of the kids (they were her cousin's kids). I remember thinking that it would be very awkward if someone was invited, but didn't know all of the kids.
I would just take a gift for the child you know.
We went to a birthday party a couple weeks ago. It was for a little boy and his cousin and we only took something for him. I actually didn't even think about taking anything for her until after but we don't even know the other people.
Thanks everyone!
This is the first non-family joint birthday party and I have to say it is pretty awkward.
I will probably bring a puzzle or something for the little boy because I would feel bad showing up with nothing-but I love the suggestion of being from Oliver and not us as a family.