Childs Birthday party on Mothers Day

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For the last 2 years we have attended a child's birthday party on mothers day. Last 2 years have been friends at nursery my DH has taken DC1 to. This year is first school year and one of the first full class parties. Don't want DC1 to miss out as they are friends with child whose party it is. But why oh why is it in the middle of the day on mothers day? Who books that! Means the whole day is taken up. If you really have to do that day do it in the morning not take up the whole middle of the day. Rant over.

Surely that’s what diaries/calendars are for. There is no excuse for forgetting.

Wouldn't bother me at all.

It's always three weeks before Easter, and Easter is late this year.

It wouldn't bother me. I file it in the same category as Velentine's day and avoid the nonsense. It's a bond if I get a lie in and a home made card from the kids.

You already share the day with millions of other women so its not just your day. Im sure millions of peoples birthdays and deaths equally fall on the same day. Im a mother and have never once been celebrated or thanked in my role. Its just another day. Were lucky to spend everyday with our children and thats what matters.

And this is exactly why I have booked my child's party for the weekend before. I don't want my child to be disappointed if hardly anyone turns up, because they are celebrating Mothers' Day, or are travelling if their Grandmothers live a distance away.

For various reasons, I ended up having to schedule DD's party on Mother's Day one year but then had it later in the day from 4-6 so as not to interfere with plans for breakfast/lunch/brunch. Only one person was unable to make it who was going out of town to visit her grandmother for the whole day. It was her 8th birthday party so the later finish wasn't an issue.

Maybe your just grumpy because no one has made you a card out of pasta...

Wouldn't bother me at all. And parties are normally arranged further in advance than the point where I'm aware of when Mother's Day is so I could easily do this without realising.

Im surprised at the number of people who wouldn’t be inconvenienced by this. Every year we travel long distance so that the children can spend the day with my partner’s mum. (I pick a day of my choosing and celebrate then)

Do Mothers Day the weekend before or after?

Do it on the Saturday?

It's not a public holiday

Yes it would bother me. We don't do anything extravagant on Mother's Day and see it more as a special family day. Usually have a picnic and go for a walk.
I would probably decline the invite, there will be more parties.

I wouldn’t plan it for then but I think I’d be fine with taking a dc to a party. It depends on various things, eg if it was the only day we could do what I wanted for MD.

Wouldn't bother me at all, and if dosent bother the person that organised the party clearly. I mean some people make much more of a thing of it than others - you don't have to go there will be loads of other parties, you'll end up missing some for various reasons.

It wouldn't bother me, we just do cards chocs and so on. I have done lunch that weekend for my own Mum but she wouldn't mind at all if it was a different night so long as she got a card or flowers.

It's a bit concerning that invites for a Mothers Day birthday party have already been given out. It's January 😳

I wouldn't go on mothers day. When my mum was able, we always went out for lunch.

It’s quite annoying, yes. I suspect a lot of people have partners who don’t really make any effort and therefore would be happy for the distraction since dad is off golfing or cycling anyway.

But me personally, Mother’s Day is a special day we spend as a family doing something and lots of families go to see grandparents that day. I have a nice lunch and a day of doing things I enjoy on Mother’s Day and things I enjoy definitely aren’t birthday parties. If it wasn’t over lunchtime, I might send Dh with a child and have a nap, but I’d probably be inclined to send our apologies.

That's really shitty

Would never occur to me to check when Mothers Day was, when planning anything.

Maybe your just frumpy...all that pasta....

The UK Mothering Sunday date moves every year, in-line with Easter, so people won’t necessarily know when it will be. This year it is particularly late.

When I was trying to set the programme for a children’s group to include a craft activity for that week, I asked my Alexa as a quick way of checking the date, but it insisted on giving the May date of the US/ International Mothers Day. Some families go with the May date anyway so plenty of reasons why it may just be completely off a family’s radar. If the child wasn’t actually born on a Mother's Day they may not make the link.

Go or don’t go. Better still, send Dad or a grandparent instead and enjoy a couple of hours just for you.

Wouldn't bother me either, for mother's and father's Day we do a nice breakfast and a takeaway/restaurant for tea (appropriate parent's choice). A party in the middle of the day would fit into our routine easily.

Mother’s Day is different each year…so why is the kid’s birthday always falling on MD? His birthday should stay the same.

How do you manage to attend weddings and the like?

Apologies, I don’t consider the party of a random child in my 4 yrs old class as quite as important as a wedding.