If you have children in nursery, do you send Xmas cards for them?

[1concernedmummy]

DD is 2.5 and in nursery while I work PT. She is starting to get to the age where she talks about the other children she plays with.

Due to the pandemic, I've never actually seen her in the room with the other children and as we are masked and distanced at drop off I barely even recognize the other parents.

Nursery has said they can do Christmas cards if they want, but I think this is aimed more at the pre school aged children. I am thinking of doing Xmas cards on DD behalf to the 4/5 children she says she plays with and including my phone number and a message to say it would be lovely to have a playdate some time if the other parents would like to, is that an okay thing to do?

That’s how I met someone who is now a very close friend through her getting in contact through nursery so I would definitely say do it. If you don’t hear back then don’t be too worried as you never quite know whether the kids receive the cards but it’s a nice gesture

We've done cards for DD's friends - she's 2.5 too. I think your idea is great. I contemplated doing it for 1 mom I've spoken to a couple of times but wimped out. I don't know why!

I don't because the expectation seems to be yo do a card for everyone and I don't do Xmas cards at all due to the environmental impact. My older dd does her own so that's up to her. We have a class Facebook group do I can contact parents that way for play dates. In private day nursery I just approached parents or asked nursery to pass on my number but to be honest they all part ways when they move on to school so that's when I focus on friends etc

Thanks so much for the advice Have been brave and delivered cards with a note about my number/ playdates to nursery. I might get no response, but I will know that I tried.

I appreciate the comments about sustainability. I don't normally send Christmas cards for this reason, but in this case I feel like the potential benefits outweigh the small impact of the handful of cards.

I didn't include all the children as I don't know all their names.

I would love a parents Facebook group but our nursery are not keen. They are very mindful about respecting children's privacy/ GDPR but sometimes I think it goes a bit too far.

Tbh I just waited until parties started and got to know a few parents that way. I didn't do cards until the dc were old enough to tell me who they wanted to send cards to and have a bash at writing in them (they wouldn't have had the stamina to do cards for all the kids).

I work in a nursery and I wouldn't bother. Cards come in and either get put in their bags ( if they have one ) or their tray. Most are still there in January and I've also found cards buried at the bottom of bags weeks later aswell

My DD brought two home with her today from nursery, so I've duly bought a pack to send to her class - I don't usually bother! I like the idea of putting my number in to facilitate play dates.

I don’t bother tbh. Dc4 bought home a few cards over the last week from nursery but I won’t be writing any. Seems a little pointless at this age.

I would love a parents Facebook group but our nursery are not keen. They are very mindful about respecting children's privacy/ GDPR but sometimes I think it goes a bit too far.

They likely know of too many examples where it became a nightmare.

A local nursery had to close their Facebook page down after one parent complained about their child being bitten. It ended up with 5/6 parents absolutely skating a toddler (going through a stage that many do!), their parents and the nursery staff. It was horrendous.