AIBU to be really annoyed that most NYE parties in/around London do not allow toddlers?

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I really want a propert NYE party this year and DD is still sleeping during the day so we can put her to bed later in a day and then she'll be able to stay awake until midnight. So I was trying to find some nice place with a NYE party for about £50 per person around SW London which would allow a toddler but could not find any (( all nice places seem to be either too expensive (£100+ per person) or for 18+ only…

I feel so annoyed about it! All I want is to have a good time and celebrate the NYE with my family!

Anyone has any ideas for NYE party near London with toddler? )))

Sorry but, 'crotch monkey'

Come on OP. You're pulling our collective legs now.

www.shake-rattle-roll.org we've been to this child-friendly New Year party and it was great - Cambridge is a bit far from us so last year we had our own smaller version: craft, game, buffet, box of outside fireworks (watched from inside house), watched the Snowman. Everyone happy, job done!

If this is real, take your £50, pay a teenager to babysit then go get to an appropriate party to your taste.

All these parties are expensive to cover the cost of booze, not Ella's Kitchen.

Kids get loads of holidays where they are integral to them culturally. Christmas, Halloween, Easter etc etc. Let grown ups have this one night to get wankered and tell sweary stories without having to check there aren't any toddlers about

You won't be popular. And you can't expect people to make allowances for her, not swear, not be drunk, watch where she is so they don't trip over her, or welcome her presence.

Everyone else there will have paid for a babysitter and be up for an adult night out at great expense. Stay at home or get a babysitter.

Do not rock up at a "nice party" with your crotch monkey. You WILL be asked to leave. There is no age restriction because nobody can believe anyone would be stupid enough to take a toddler to a NYE party.*

Yep^^ maybe you should check before shelling out money for tickets. Nobody wants toddlers around when out for a posh do.

Don't pay out for a posh event then rock up with a toddler. FFS. People have paid a fortune for the tickets and their own babysitter. They don't want your toddler there.
Hire a property for the weekend and invite people round? At least your child can get some sleep when exhausted.

Just take a moment to think OP. What you're suggesting is selfish, you don't get to have it all when you have young kids. Shit like that goes on the back burner for a few years.

Even if not clearly advertised, there will be an age restriction in the small print. I can't believe any insurance would cover toddlers at a posh party with an open bar in NYE

No one wants toddlers at a NYE party.

Go stay in a family friendly hotel? Places like Bedruthen in Cornwall do a NYE party with a band. Lots of kids running around (adults take the hit as kids are contained and they can drink). Expensive option though!

When I was younger and my parents were renovating, they wanted a Nye party. The back of the house (bottom floor) quite literally wasn't there. They took all the plastic sheeting off, strung up fairy lights and lanterns, added some music, swept the floor and ENJOYED THEMSELVES. Although I was young I can remember a lot of happy people and us 'small people' weren't in the way at all. Think outside the box a bit, op. You're not finding anywhere that'll welcome your DC because nobody else wants them there.

Rivoli ballroom (mentioned up thread) has a family NYE event, but it's for age 6 and up.

OP - do NOT just rock up to a posh party with your toddler and expect to be let in. Even if no specific age restriction is shown on the website, these will be licensed events and they can just refuse entry on the door. Any venue hosting a NYE party would be out of their mind to let your toddler in, and you won't get a refund either.

Do what everybody else does. Get a babysitter, celebrate at home or with friends or family, or just wait till your child is older!

Agree a hotel would be a better option.

Although I don't really understand what you mean by a paid party? Is it in a pub or restaurant?

I do not want a toddler beside me at a New Years Eve party. You cannot possibly be so deluded.

We had this exact thread last year, but it was a baby in a sling and a group of friends.

Apparently the friends wouldn't know the baby was there.

The people there will be paying £50 to get away from their toddlers, not to be beside a screaming over tired one they don't know

Bloody hell, I adore my toddler more than life itself but at Hogmanay they will be tucked up at home with the grandparents while me and DH get wankered at friends' house party as per annual tradition enjoy a glass of champagne and watch the fireworks and catch up with people we don't see all year. NYE is for adults and it's wonderful for that precise reason.

We used to go to the rugby club.They were better than me at staying awake

How about somewhere like legoland or chessington, Alton towers, Butlins etc?

I’ve just read my original post again and don’t understand why people think that I necessarily meant a posh, drunken type NYE party? Something like what Phineyj suggested above (I.e. proper child friendly party) would be great, I just need it to be closer to London and I cannot find any((

Having said that, I have just called one of those nicer places with £100+ NYE parties and they confirmed that toddlers are welcome and they have a fair number of them every year (mostly tourists though)) so this remains an option if I cannot find anything else))

Please share the name of the £100 plus toddler friendly places.
So we can all avoid it.
NYE isn't small child friendly. I don't know many toddlers who wouldn't be bloody miserable or dead on their feet if kept up until 1 or 2 am.

I would not take a toddler to a loud, noisy booze fuelled NYE party. I doubt people will want toddlers there if they are paying £50 ph, to be able to have fun, mabey be loud, swear a bit, or talk about adult topic, not have to watch themselves as a toddler is there. Host your own, or find a small community hall type party.

Is this a wind up?

I would be upset to spend X amount of money on going to a NYE do, to find it overrun with babies and toddlers.

NYE is for adults.

Thanks toomany! This is really what I wanted but Chessington is sold out(

We can’t afford over £400 for legoland, and buttons and Alton’s are too far (I will have to work on the 31 so it has to be close to London)!

Yes, Thanks, OnePersonWhoAgreedWithMe!