Party question for those with 2 or more kids

sophie206 · March 2013

If your child was invited to a birthday party at a kid's gym for a classmate from preschool, would you assume it was fine to bring your other child, as well? We can have up to 12 kids at the party and I have exactly that amount of kids on the guest list, so extra siblings would increase the rate by almost $100.

ETA--I'm sure parents with babies under 1 would not be counted, but toddlers/older siblings would. There are 3 families with babies under 1 and imagine the Moms will bring them and that should be fine.

hmd · March 2013

I would not, but I have had siblings show up. Fortunately, it was a home party, but that same family did the same thing at another person's jump party we attended. I am not sure how to make sure it doesn't happen. Will it be a drop-off p

sophie206 · March 2013

hmd:
I would not, but I have had siblings show up. Fortunately, it was a home party, but that same family did the same t

Andrewsgal · March 2013

I would not, but a lot of people do, and it drives me crazy. I would put no siblings please on the invite.

penguingrrl · March 2013

I absolutely would never bring a sibling (except a newborn who will stay in the carseat/my arms the whole time) to a party unless the host was a close friend and said we could (Julia's best friend's party is this weekend and Emma was invited as well). If

hmd · March 2013

LOL. Sorry, I should have paid attention to her age. : )

~snoopylove~ · March 2013

I would not automatically assume it was ok. It would depend on who invited us and where it was going to be held. If it was at a friends house then I would bring the whole family, if it was at a gym place I would only take DS. If it was a place

alli2672 · March 2013

Before I got on the bump, I had assumed that my kids were invited. At three years old, I had not been to or hosted any parties that didn't include the entire family.

Personally, for a three year old, I would invite the siblings and

ToBeMrsT · March 2013

JellyBellyStar:
I only have one child so keep that in mind. However, if I was hosting I'd automatically assume additional sib

Andrewsgal · March 2013

alli2672:
Before I got on the bump, I had assumed that my kids were invited. At three years old, I had not been to or ho

LatteLady5 · March 2013

Andrewsgal:
I would not, but a lot of people do, and it drives me crazy. I would put no siblings please on the invite.
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roxy_jj · March 2013

I would not assume that, but I know some people do. The guests attending DD's parties have been pretty good about asking if siblings are allowed to attend.

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KateB1984:
I don't pay for sitters for birthday parties. When invited, if I can't get my H or mom to be available to watch the

Andrewsgal · March 2013

I Heart The 80s:
This topic gets me even more worked up than cash bars and kids at weddings. For DD's 3rd birthday, I sent inv

Andrewsgal · March 2013

It just baffles me that people don't even consider siblings would not be invited, or that people think it okay to bring them even if they pay their own way.

id012 · March 2013

I wouldn't bring another child. Unless there was a issue with a sitter or something, i would talk to the parents hosting 1st, and of course pay that childs own way.

I dont know how to stop it from happening.

carlab44 · March 2013

No way would I assume it was ok to bring a sibling. Even if it was at someone's home I wouldn't assume siblings were invited. But I wouldn't be surprised if some guests do bring them.

DS' 4th birthday party was at a gymastics studio. One of the

Andrewsgal · March 2013

I Heart The 80s:
Is this a new thing? I grew up with 3 older sisters. They had different circles of friends growing up. They d

HarrietNJMommy · March 2013

No, I don't make these assumptions at all. I find it VERY VERY VERY rude to bring siblings to a party where only one kid was invited.

Either find a babysitter for your other kid(s) or DO NOT GO.........

I'm not talking about babies under 1.

ta78 · March 2013

Obviously a lot of people would bring siblings. I would leave DD w DH unless the host said something or was a good friend of mine in the first place. I don't see why that wouldn't be a first thought when only DS was invited to a party, especially at a

HarrietNJMommy · March 2013

And I HATE when moms call me and ask if they can bring the siblings. I DID NOT INVITE them for a reason. Because I DON'T WANT THEM THERE!!!!

Calling and asking just puts the host in a really tough position where they can't say "no" since you didn

Andrewsgal · March 2013

HarrietNJMommy:
And I HATE when moms call me and ask if they can bring the siblings. I DID NOT INVITE them for a reason. Becau

eaglesfan700 · March 2013

Before DS started school, all of his friends were friends with DD too, because they are so close in age. So they were always both invited.

When DS started pre-k, he started getting invites to classmates' parties. Some moms would menti

Dochas · March 2013

I definitely think it's rude to bring another kid. But I wonder about it being a "new" problem - maybe that's because people didn't used to have parties for 3 year olds and these kinds of places? I think it might have been more common to have

alli2672 · March 2013

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Laineybelle · March 2013

I would never assume that both of my children are invited, regardless of the location. I thought that was common sense, especially when the invite is addressed to the child that is invited.

peacelove&mama · March 2013

I would never assume I could bring my other kids. If someone showed up at one of our parties expecting their other kids to join I'd be ticked but I'd probably let them, just to avoid the kids getting upset. At the very least, ask first.

Spin313 · March 2013

No, I assume the younger one is not invited unless the invite comes from a good friend...then I would ask, otherwise I've gotten the "why didn't you bring DD?!?"

kcisthebombdotcom · March 2013

i only bring the child who was invited. if the invitation was requested to both my children or the host specifically asked me to bring dd naturally i would bring both.

we recently went to a birthday party for one of ds's preschool playmates. the

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