We're friends with a couple who live nearby and our ds' (6) are at school together. Their ds has a party each year with a bouncy castle with all the kids in their class and the parents fill a 6ft table entirely with sweets, it honestly needs to be seen to be believed. The kids take what they want when and play on the bouncy castle and have races, winning yet more sweets then sit down to eat cake and sweets that they serve themselves. Cartons are also provided under the table. A 6 year olds dream.
Ds went yesterday and I had a medical appointment so nipped out for the last hour (was going to take him early but he pleaded to stay and the parents said to leave him and they'd keep an eye on him) but warning him not to eat any more sweets until I got back.
He got out and vomited in the car and had diarrhoea all night. He says he ate too many sweets when I'd left. I'm raging at myself for not taking him early after managing to distract him mostly from the table. Don't get me wrong, ds does get sweets occasionally, but not an 'all you can eat' buffet of them.
Dh was furious that left him to eat until he threw up but a mutual friend thinks I'm being ridiculous (their dd wasn't invited though so she hasn't seen their 'buffet'.) Aibu to just say no next year, three other parents posted on fb to say their kids were ill last night too so it's not just ds. I told the parents the last two years it looked excessive and expressed concern that I didn't want ds to get sick from eating too much sugar before I left, they just shrug.
Please just tell me straight, wwyd?