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To ask parents to leave?

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Lalunya85 · 19/01/2017 08:43

Ds will be 3 at the end of the month and we have invited some of his friends and his nursery group to a party. The party is at our house and we've hired an entertainer for 1.5 hours.

The thing is, I miscalculated how many people would confirm to come! We currently have 13 kids confirmed including the birthday boy and his baby sister. We live in a terraced house with a large ish living room and dining area, a small kitchen, and a little extra room on the ground floor. Plus a small garden at the back. Two bedrooms upstairs.

I'm worried about space! I'm thrilled that so many have confirmed but what do I do with all the parents? At this age, would it be unreasonable to suggest to parents that they could leave the child at ours and pick them up in a couple of hours? Some of the kids will be 4 or nearly 4.

Any ideas??

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JackLottiesMum · 21/01/2017 09:16

I've had 3 years old left at parties. I was a bit shocked - one lady mentioned she had just changed his nappy so he would be fine! But in truth they were all used to it so were largely fine.
You could send an email saying parents were welcome to stay but if people felt comfortable leaving their children they were welcome to too. Might cut your numbers down.
To be honest, if people want to stay they don't mind the conditions - it's a kids party after all not for them.

LadyBusDriver · 21/01/2017 09:21

We have a terraced 2 up, 2 down but a decent enough sized garden so for my DS birthdays we put a gazebo up in the garden and even though it rained one year we could still go outside.
We managed to squash 40 people in our house (I have no idea how, haha!) so don't worry too much!

Roversandrhodes · 21/01/2017 09:33

Would you want to leave your 3 year old with a stranger ?

DrinkFeckArseGirls · 21/01/2017 09:39

Just send them an email that knly one parent per invitee can attend due to soace constraints.

londonlurker · 21/01/2017 11:44

We have a similar-sounding house and about this many came to our christmas party (including both parents). I had last minute doubts about space too but it was absolutely fine - everyone just squeezed in.
Having said that I would very happily leave my 3 year old with anyone who offered to have her.

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