Who has a kids party at 10:30 in the morning?

[notanotherschoolrun]

Off to DD & DS friends party this morning on my only day of rest 😩 and it just made me think who in their right mind has a kids party at this time?

Their having chips & nuggets and pizza at 11:30!!

Is this the norm or am I just not a morning person?

Seems normal to me.

We have a couple in the next few weeks at 9.30am 🙃 it makes me so mad but DD wants to go so what can you do

Sounds fine to me and I'm not a morning person either. You could have declined the invitation!

Aye, that's weird. Maybe it's the only time they could get the venue.

It's Dd's birthday today. Her party is from 2 till 4.

They were the only slot you could get if you didn't book early enough! I don't miss making conversation with parents before I was fully caffeinated on a Sunday.
It will pass.

People trying to save money. That slot is cheaper.

Yep weird!

Seems really normal to me, it’s not as if you get a lie in when you have small children anyway!

Don't think 10.30 is that early for a party. Would rather get it out of the way and have the rest of the day to rest!

I love early parties as it frees up the rest of the day for family activities.

If it is at a venue eg. a soft play, laser quest, football etc it will be what time was available. Personally I like early ones as they leave the rest of the day free.

I would be pleased with this. Keeps the rest of the day free.

I love an early party too. 10.30am would be fine.

Totally normal for little childrens parties. They'd play for 1.5 to 2 hours then have food and cake and go. I preferred it to the afternoon where you needed to give them an early lunch before going and then they weren't hungry for the buffet.

Whatever time they chose it won't suit everyone.

We have one in a couple of weeks, on a school night, 6.15-8.15pm. Youngest kids are 6.

I am not a morning person either but that time seems fairly standard to me and 11:30 is when our nursery start lunch so that also seems a fairly normal time to me.

How old are is the birthday child? I think when very young that parties in the afternoon generally impact nap times so mornings tend to work better.

DSs party is at 10am. This time of year most venue are hosting Christmas parties of events so you kinda take what you can get!

DC has been up since 6:30 so a 10:30 party wouldn’t be early since I have no opportunity for a lie in anyway.

Normal, at least you have the afternoon free. With youngish kids they’re up early anyway. Might as well wear them out with a party!!

I've never been to a morning party before, but I think it's actually better, get it out the way and have the rest of the day to chill. And the food is just an early lunch surely?

We often have birthday parties at 'off-peak' times as my son has sensory issues and can't manage soft play etc when it's rammed.

There could be a ton of quite logical reasons e.g.

• Availability of preferred venue *Accommodating the availability of family members (maybe there are shift-workers in the family?) *cheaper rates

Is it really worth bothering about?

Weird, but I’ve seen it before once or twice. Just nap when you get home.

It's fine. Go with the flow. I'd eat chips and pizza at 11.30am.

I think it's normal. My grandkids have been loads of parties that start at 10 . 30 or 11. If you are giving them lunch it makes perfect sense. Especially as most kids I know seem to wake up very early anyway

Perfect for young kids.