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? )))

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I think it’s quite inappropriate to bring a toddler to a restaurant/pub for NY.
If its a private function or a party at someone’s house/your house/rented venue then fine.

I like that people think you need soft play for a toddler... its not unreasonable to stay up, go out, enjoy company across all ages. Well, except in the UK, apparently.

Other people don't want to "enjoy" your toddler's company at a NYE shindig, Academic. What are you failing to grasp?

Restaurants tend to have a party & welcome families, also my uncle and aunt used to go to the local Caffe Rouge with all their friends with kids & said it was a wonderful NYE - not London style night out but best you will probably get with kids - much to my own dismay

There's one in Clapham specifically for toddlers and families. Google.

It's not that odd to want to do something with your kids on NYE... Whirl-Y-Gig used to do a family friendly NYE thing and Cecil Sharp House still do a NYE Celidh that's OK for anyone over ten :-) www.cecilsharphouse.org/component/content/article/229-shared/shared-events/csh-featured/3684-new-year-s-eve-ceilidh-31-12-17

Ergh; just remembered being at an adult party where there were children. The parents were blind drunk and oblivious to the thirsty kids draining the wine glasses. Not that you would do that; just an all age NYE is kind of a non sequitur, adults snogging and boozing hmmm

Glad I grew up in a village where kids at NYE parties was totally normal and accepted! Having said that, the village hall was about £5 per head, with a rubbish DJ and cheap snacks! 😂

Big Fish Little Fish events are doing a baby and toddler friendly NYE party in Clapham this NYE but it’s all sold out already. You could do it next year though?

To all those who say that “in Europe” children are welcome at every occasion. I haven’t lived on the continent so can’t picture this, but do they never swear over there? Want to bitch while tipsy about their mother in law? Talk about sex or the lack thereof with their partner? Discuss politics? Do anything which we don’t want little kids repeating/overhearing/being bored to death by thus causing constant interruptions by?

When my kids were that age I took them to daytime picnics and evening events were it was meant to be all ages. But I wouldn’t have taken them to a fancy evening do.

A friend of mine has always brought her pfb to every event and the kid expects to be the centre of attention and is not unpleasant but is fairly boring as she is not old enough to contribute on any topic outside of an 8 year old’s interests. Which gets dull over the course of a few hours, especially when combined w parental tutting over adult bad language and the restricted conversational areas.

Drunk adults snogging strangers, vomiting and utterly legless - unaware of the toddler that doesn’t come up to their knees and falling on top of them - perhaps not the best combination!

Unless you're 21, New Years Eve in London is horrid - full of crowded bars where you can't get served, people puking and couples fighting. Plus you pay more than you normally would for the pleasure!

I think we finally have it sussed this year! My friend with a big house is hosting. We are all taking a dish and a couple of bottles so no-one has to cook or is out of pocket. Every couple is bringing an eligible single guy for all the single women coming (why are there always more single women than men?!) and, best of all, we are only paying £10 each to share a babysitter to look after all the kids (ALL NIGHT).

They will have their own DVD/sleepover party upstairs after partying for a bit with the grown ups. We will have a great time downstairs while the babysitter takes care of them and then sleeps in the same room as them while we dance the night away downstairs! SORTED!

(Now, if only there was a way that the babysitter could sort out our hangovers for us too.....)

The whole 'on the continent' thing is rubbish. I've been out more times than I can count on NYE 'on the continent' and never experienced toddlers at NYE parties unless they were private ones.

Jiggly
Same here. Lived in France, Belgium and Germany.

I'm French and I am not aware of this supposedly kid friendly thing going as claimed by others... It's no different to here and I would agree that a full on NYE party isn't for young children. Having said that it's not for me either, I find the idea quite horrid! Rather stay home or alternatively go out in a quiet place with DH and have a baby sitter.

I would HATE to go out for NYE and have toddlers there. That's what family parties are for, not an event I've paid decent money to attend and got doled up to the nines for.

The best new years eve we had with kids was at Butlins - and I thought I would hate Butlins! Costs an arm and a leg but maybe save up for next year. Even a NYE dinner at a hotel may sound civilised but trust me it definitely won't be! Or hire a lodge with a hot tub for you and friends x

When our DCs were all little we used to all get together at someone's house on NYE. We'd all have a drink (or four), cook a big pot of chilli, and take it in turns toddler wrangling until they all crashed out at about 9pm. Then we'd drink a bit more and see in the New Year.

It wasn't ideal but it was okay. You have to cut your cloth accordingly when you have young children [shrugs]

The last few NYEs all our DCs have been teens, so they all hang out upstairs or in other rooms and wander though to grab a sneaky can of cider - while the adults get drunk and rock an Eighties Disco

One of the teens is now old enough to taxi all us drunk parents home at 3am which is fantastic, and one of the main reasons for actually having children surely?

Have your own and allow todflers to stay over.Noone wants over tired toddlers spoiling a party especially if they have a babysitter themselves.

ffs ar you that obsessed with nye?

stay at home with your family hav a drink an go to bed

peopl dont want to go ot and celebrate with a toddler

YABU, I have never kept my DS up to see in the new year

I do think that there is a point in keeping toddlers and young children away from environments where alcohol is being served. It’s not a great environment for them to be in. I know that a cosy restaurant, kind of Italian style where there aren’t going to be groups of people getting drunk, are more child friendly, but on NYE there are bound to be lots of drunk people.

However, somewhere without drinking might be better, but you’d still be faced with really tired toddlers, which again isn’t particularly fair to them.

You must be looking at the wrong types of places if they are 18+.

Usually local small pubs, social/working men's clubs are more family friendly and are more likely to have family focussed events. Or organise a family party at someone's home.

If I had a child free night and forked out for a nice NYE event I would be annoyed if there were kids running about.