Missing DD's Bday

ss265 · April 2014

@dashofreality, I just wanted to add my voice to those that support your decision and I hope that you get this amazing opportunity. And FWIW, to me birthdays are a big deal but I personally don't think that you need to be with your daughter on her actual birthday as long as it is celebrated at some point. I have so much respect for military wives because I think it's incredibly hard when your spouse is deployed for such long periods of time and I don't think you should make a huge sacrifice in your career to be with your daughter for a couple of hours on her actual birthday (assuming she is in some sort of pre-school/care on the day itself).

And for a completely random change in topic, I made your Chicken Florentine recipe on Sunday and it was a big hit in my house. We will definitely be adding it to the recipe rotation! Thank you so much!

dashofreality · April 2014

@ss265 Thank you so much. That always makes me

to hear!

mexicolombiana · April 2014

theresat858 said:

kmh2201 said:

I think @theresat858 should have posted her feelings on birthday treats in an FFFC. I have to agree that cupcakes to celebrate a birthday are not going to result in/contribute to childhood obesity.

It isn't an issue one day out of the year. But suppose your LO is in a class with 30 other kids, and every parent brings cupcakes. That's 30 days out of the year, not one. Then add in sweet treats after sporting events, because apparently an apple isn't enough any more and you have to bring in cookies, etc, etc...it quickly gets out of hand.

I actually agree with you. I feel like we're at kids parties every single weekend full of cupcakes and cake. While I don't think my particular child will suffer from obesity since we're a very healthy family, it is kind of annoying to have cupcakes and cake for every single kid's birthday in her class at school for lunch (several times a month) PLUS all the parties. PLUS if you want to give them a treat during the week then they may have had cake 3 or 4 times that particular week!

That said, kids love cupcakes and cake and I think it's our job as parents to make sure they're only eating those treats on special occasions and being very active throughout the week. I really get annoyed at all the sweets kids eat but we deal with it.

And OP: missing my kid's party would probably not be a deal breaker for me. Kids are versatile. Just go out another day with them and they probably won't even care.

kristennd · May 2014

b0710 said:

Total side note, but with all the cupcake convo, I thought I'd add....at DS1's school, we aren't allowed to send in any food treats (even store bought). If we want to do something to celebrate the birthday, we can send in some sort of trinket (dollar store buys, pencils, erasers, stickers, etc.). I wonder if more and more schools will go to this over time. I honestly was shocked when we found out the policy, I assumed at least store bought would be ok, but between allergies and concerns over obesity, it was not allowed.

I've been assuming treats won't be allowed at DS's schools due to allergies. That's how it was in the last town we lived in.

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