Feeling so guilty!!

[CuntyMcBollocks]

My DD started school in September and quickly became close friends with a little girl. It's my DD's birthday soon and we've organised a party at a soft play centre.

I can be quite disorganised at times and literally left giving out the invitations until the last minute ( last day before the Christmas holidays) and I left this girls invitation at home by mistake. Not all of my DD's class were invited, just the few who she is actually friends with, but my DD said that this girl was so upset not to get an invitation. I feel awful!! I have no way of letting her parents know that she is of course invited to my DD's party, but she is going to spend the whole of Christmas feeling left out.

Realistically, I know theres nothing I can do until they start back in January, but I can't stop feeling guilty that this little girl thinks she has been excluded from her best friends party

Facebook? If she’s not on it then ask if anyone does know her parents. Or message someone else in the class. You’ll be able to track her down somehow I am sure!

Surely in this day and age you can find out the contact details of her parents?

As above, is there a school or village fb page you could post on?

Try Facebook as above. Our schools have a Facebook page for each year group set up by Mums and also various what’s app chat groups. You could probably find someone who knows her if you start with a “does anyone have the contact details for.....’ post.

She’s 4 or 5 and it’s Xmas!
There’s a fair chance she’ll be pretty distracted from this anyway.
Any parent with a child already invited, message them and ask if they have contact details. (and the Facebook suggestions already given) But I really wouldn’t worry too much - it’s not like she’s going to miss getting the invitation before the party.

You'll be lucky to get anyone there anyway at such short notice so close to Xmas!

I don't even know her mums name or last name, or else I would have tried facebook. Nobody really speaks to each other at pick up/drop-off, which I find quite strange. I suppose I could ask my DD if she knows her last name, other than that I'll have to give her the invite on the first day back, but I just hate the thought of the little girl feeling left out

Surely you don’t need any more information than -

“Hi, does anyone know the contact details for CHILDS NAME’s parents/guardians in YEAR ... at SCHOOL NAME please? Trying to forward on a misplaced invitation to my daughters party!”

on your local town/village Facebook page?

There's not a Facebook page that I know of for the school. Possibly there is one, but I haven't been informed of it. I'm going to try and see if there is one now.

If it’s her best friend, your daughter can probably remember her surname. If not (or even if) worth asking about older siblings. More likely to get a hit via Facebook if you can say “looking for parents of Lily Y4 and Mae YR”.