AIBU to ask for help with a 3rd birthday...

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Hello!

Please help a mum with no friends with children....

My little girl will be turning 3 this summer and is desperate for a party, I don't know anybody with children!! She goes to nursery full time and has a long list of friends that she plays with - but I don't know if this is too young for a party?

If you got an invite at nursery from someone you've never met would you attend? LOL!

Its only going to be a local venue with a bouncy castle & face painting...

How far in advance do you send birthday invites?

I would come if I could. I always try to go to birthday parties if I can. My daughter turned 3 in Dec and had a little party which she loved (bouncy castle in local hall). I would send invitations about 6 weeks in advance.
Do you see any of the other parents at nursery drop off / pick up that you can invite in person?
I had some nibbles for the kids and adults, and a few bottles beer / wine to relax the grown ups, I think parents and kids all had a nice time.
Good luck!

Yes I'd go, it's a good way of meeting other parents, and have gone to parties from people I've never heard about before, it's nice to see the kids playing with their friends.

Yes my son’s the same age and if a nursery parent invited him/us to a party I’d definitely try my hardest to go. I like seeing him play with other children and like meeting new people.

No, definitely not too young! 3rd birthday parties have been the first 'not a baby/toddler group chum' parties that my kids have all gone to.
Since she's having a summer birthday I'd be tempted to get the invites out reasonably early (maybe a couple of months ahead of the party) as people might be planning holidays.

DD just turned 3 and we had a fab party. Combination of her local friends - she’s not in nursery - and our friends with kids or older or younger ones.

Can you use this as a reason to start organising play dates with her nursery mates so you can meet their parents? You’ve got loads of time to try and make some connections, if you’d like to.

3 is a great age for a first party. Go for it.

We've just had an invite for my almost 3 year old to go to a 3rd birthday of a little boy he goes to nursery with. No idea who he is or who his parents are and Ds says he doesn't play with this child (although he says that about everyone). But he says he wants to go to the party so we will do. It's unusual, this is the first party invite we've had. But we'll still go.

3 is perfect for a nursery friend party. We did soft play parties at a local
Leisure centre at that age and then you got a room for food too. Wouldn’t put too much expectations on party games or stuff like that. I remember after food all the kids wanted to do was run around with balloons and Music on.

If her birthday is summer holidays book way in advance to avoid no venues and send out invites a month or so before. Some people may be on holiday or will make in advance so short notice parties might not get many attendees

DS is 4 and goes to nursery 2 days a week.
He's just had his 4th party invite since Christmas. I think if Covid hadn't happened there definitely would have been 3rd parties last year.
Go for it!

My little one turns 3 shortly and we are having a party. I've invited a few of his nursery friends that I've never met - so far around half have responded positively! I asked him who he wanted to invite, and I also asked the nursery to give me a list of names to go through with him to make sure I didn't miss anyone that he really liked. He really wanted a party (to be like his big brother who has just had one!) and I see it as a great opportunity to meet some more mums. We haven't had any invites via nursery yet, but if we did I would definitely go!