DD is 5, in year 1.
Seen on Facebook yet another class party she’s not been invited to, that’s 5 this year. Some are all/most of the girls from the class, some the whole class.
According to the teacher she has friends, is well behaved and is never lonely at lunchtime. We’ve had playdates with friends from school but she’s never been invited back. I invite them to my house, I do nice but simple foods I know the kids will eat, always take note of allergies/preferences and they always say they have fun with DD.
There is another girl in her class with the same name, but the other children know my DDs surname (I know they do as they come up sometimes and say to their parent/carer “this is (DDs name and surname)”) and the surname of the other child with the same name in the class has a surname at the complete opposite end of the register so I don’t think it’s that. I do drop off every morning and pick her up 3 nights out of 5, ExH does the other 2 nights, so it’s not like no-one ever sees me and doesn’t know me/ExH. I talk to the other parents, and although I don’t know their names I know to look at who Sarah’s mum is and who Daniels mum is (obviously not real names). They talk to me back, and I ask questions about them and stuff but maybe it’s me?
She went to a private Nursery with about a dozen kids from her class, so it’s not like she’s not known.
She’s never been to a party of anyone other than her cousins. And it’ll be something else that gets talked about that DD has no idea about. I feel so sad for her. She is NT and school have no concerns over her social skills. She does 2 extracurricular activities with some of the kids from her class so is known through that too (not chosen deliberately but it’s that kind of town).
Is there anything I can do to increase her chances of getting invited?