Mummy business cards...really??

[HoneyStepMummy]

I was just on Vista print looking to get some new business cards for some side work I do. They offer you the option of getting what they call 'Mommy Cards' which is like a business card with your name on top. Beneath that is says "So-and-so's Mommy".Yuck. So twee. Who the heck uses cards like this?? What's wrong with just swapping mobile numbers at the school gate?? AIBU??

People round here would still roll their eyes at the use of the word playdate. I can imagine I would be the talk of the village if I gave out these

A card with your details is perfectly acceptable. A mummy card is a wee bit daft really. Also I generally try to distance myself from my dc in public

I know someone who must have shares in Vista-thank you cards, business cards, stickers for envelopes with their child on and the dog and the cat...

It is essentially a good idea but with mobiles just type it in although I do have to put child - adult name or I would forget whose Mother is whose.

I'm on the fence about this one, actually.

I normally hate all the twee "mummy" stuff. Mumpreneur, mummy-blogger etc.

But I can actually see the point of these. If you're arranging things for your child, it's actually the other child you need to remember, not the mother. If someone gives you a card with their contact details on, you then need to remember whose parent they are. If you wanted to arrange to have a child round to play, you could just give a card with contact details and the child's name, so that when your DC say "can so-and-so come to play", you have the details available.

Having said that, I hate the "Little Jimmy's Mummy" idea. I wouldn't object to a bog-standard card with contact details and (Jimmy) on it somewhere.

Maybe you could just have a card with the child's name, with the mum's name and mobile number underneath. That might be less twee!

I used to have business cards in one jobs, which were useful for putting home contact details on for playdates, etc.

So I would be happy having a contact card that just had my details on, with space to write notes, such as for playdates, or for passing on details for adult stuff (I'm helping out on a stall for DS's Scout troop tomorrow evening).

I wouldn't have the cards printed up with "DS's Mummy", that's just far too twee.

I did buy a small pack of contact cards for DD to hand out (to whoever she wanted) when she left primary school. This was because previously the vast majority of kids at her school went on to a very local secondary. But her year group was splitting up all over the place as this secondary had closed and she wanted to be able to keep in touch with them.

I'll do the same for DS when it's his turn to move on.

We're pro-cards, but anti-twee.

Child's name
My name and phone/edress
DP's name and phone/edress.

I was just exchanging details last night, and even though we both had [allegedly]smartphones, it still took time and was intrusive to having a nice chat. I'd rather just take a card and go home and fill in the details.

A good idea for those who forget to take their mobiles out with them.
Or those who never remember names.
Would be better without Mummy though, just your/ dh name/ family surname and name of dc.

I have just looked at Vista under Mummy cards and they are not all that bad. Under name says parent of soandso and has address and allergies etc.
I think I may succumb...

I don't think they are a bad idea, but I can't remember to carry my business card let alone one of these, so I just muddle along writing my details on bits of paper at the bottom of my bag.

Ordered them. Put both our names on front and parent of ...and a map on the back which is so useful as no one can ever find us and the Sat Nav just leads them down the wrong lane.
Went for the butterflies.

Well done imnotmymum, considering doing the same myself

This is actually a thing?

Do peoples children actually go on so many "playdates" that it requires an actual business card?

I am so glad mine are older and organise their own stuff because I cannot think of anything worse than a mummy card.

And people pay actual money for these things?

Judge away, I have these Someone made them for me for a christmas present and they are great for shoving in Christmas cards for the relatives that can't remember your DC names. I don't use them at school because we all have class lists, but for anyone else it's much easier just to toss 'em a card and say "call me" give them a card.

Imnotmymum - I think I might get some of those. We're also hard to find.

My problem is that I do high-speed 8am and 6pm drop-offs and pick-ups, so if anyone ever expresses a mild interest in getting the kids together to play, I only ever have time to make "oh that sounds nice" noises before legging it.

If I could hurl a card in their general direction and make a poncy "call me" gesture, my life would be easier! Maybe I could put a note on the back saying "Sorry - not actually anti-social, just burdened with a double drop-off and a 19 mile rush-hour commute."

@ "i'm an individual in my own right" are people really that insecure and clinging onto vestiges over a piece of card with helpful information on it?? there are a million more twee and barf inducing things in the world

youmeat

I think most people are saying the same but can see how handy these cards could be. I don't think the mummy of x bit is compulsory

My dd doesn't go to school but meets so many people and I wouldn't want her to have people contacting her directly, so I think its a good idea. As long as the parents can keep their individuality.

I have business cards from work that I only give out at business events etc. I also have plain calling cards with just my first name and email address. I can then add my phone number or any other details. These cards work for giving out to anyone else other than people related to the industry I work in.
So yes, I'm pro cards. But the Vista Print ones are so horribly twee...
I know I'm probably being U because they are very convinient but somehow they remind me of women with bouncy highlighted hair who go on and on about being a "mummy" while the poor underpaid au pair does all the grunt work.

I've seen someone give these type of cards to a new mum in my family. I guess it was a sweet gesture but my cousin was a bit taken aback!

And by 'give' I mean they had the cards created for my cousin just after she'd had her baby. Bit creepy, no?

I think they are a decent concept, as some other people have said: it's actually quite helpful to have a card with [parent's name] [contact info] [kid's name] because otherwise you find yourself phoning up and going 'Is that Timmy's mum/dad/deaf grandparent/big sister' and feeling not only twattish but impolite. I just don't think they need to be twee and icky.

I think poisenedapple & teamedward have got the right idea, cardboard is so lass century.

I see why they're a good idea, and why people find the execution twee. I like the idea of:

Child's name
my name and phone number
DH's name and phone number

It would really help me to stop having to call other parents "X's" Mum etc. I have a terrible memory so I could use the cards for revision

Ooh and what about a lovely Cath Kidston business card holder to keep them all in? Just think of the merchandising opportunities!