Two toddler class parties in one weekend?

[Confusedteatowel]

Would you go to both?

(Sorry, boring one I know)

Daughter is coming up to two years old. We're planning throw a party for her whole nursery class (mainly so we get to meet lots of parents tbh, but also think she'll enjoy it), had booked an entertainer for the Saturday following her birthday and were planning to send out invites next week. Unfortunately this morning I found out that a boy in her class also has a party planned for that day. The invitees will be virtually the same kids and his family have got in first with sending the invites 😭

Should we re book for the Sunday? Would people still come do you think? Or will it just be too much for one weekend? Other option would be to move it to the weekend after (we'd need to find a new entertainer and it would be 1.5 weeks since DD's birthday). The weekend before is out as there will be another 2nd birthday party, again with quite a lot of crossover in invitees 😭

So
YANBU - people will come to both, re book for the Sunday
YABU - no one wants 2 X 2nd birthday parties in one weekend, move to the weekend after

Move to the weekend after, a lot of people can’t face two in one weekend.

Personally, I would cancel yours. You can go to the other child’s party and meet parentsn’t need a big event.

personally I would go to both, but I think you’ll get a higher attendance if you move it. That’s really bad luck they clash OP!

Not sure what happened to the end of that! You can meet parents at the other party. Your daughter is only 2, it’s fine not to have a big event.

There are only 52 weekends in a year. Do you really want to spend half of them at toddler parties?

It's a bit difficult to call really! Some people won't care, some mind find it a hassel. Where we are p1 classes were done by age so all the birthdays were between march and late June and they almost all had whole class parties. Most weekends we had 1 party, some we had 2 and we also had a day of 2 parties back to back. Just do what suits your family best but i think either choice is fine.

I’d get in touch with the other parents and ask if they’d fancy splitting the cost and doing a shared party!

fair enough if you find them awful but I really like going to them. I’ll have to do some kind of activity to entertain my toddler anyway and a party is a really good one, my daughter loves them!

There are two kinds of parents in the world - those who hate kids’ birthday parties and those who love them. I’m in the ‘love them’ camp with you - as you say you have to entertain your child anyway so I like taking them to a party where they get to have fun with other children, I think it’s good for them. And I wouldn’t mind having two in one weekend because that would leave other weekends free. But some parents find parties an absolute pain in the arse.

I would go to them both if they were on the same weekend it wouldn't bother me. Equally though it does make sense to move it to the weekend after. Your daughter won't care that it's a couple of weeks after her actual birthday, she won't have a clue.

This. Makes most sense. They are 2yo so two parties sounds just too much.

Move it to the following weekend, unfortunate, but they got the invites out first
personally I wouldn’t mind, I would go to both, but so close to the summer a lot of people will have plans

I would do yours another weekend and next year try and do a joint party with the other child. Half the expense then!

You can't do that once they've already booked and sent out invites. Nobody would know it was your child's birthday unless you sent invites too then people would get very confused.

We've done multiple parties in one day* before so I think 2 in a weekend on separate days is fine.

*a couple of 2 the same day, morning and afternoon and one "interesting" experience in which we attended 3 one after another.

I remember one weekend when my DD was at primary school there were 3 !
Talk about sugar rush !!

Stop with these nonsense class parties

But if you insist for a Whole Class Party for a T w o year old... at least do it another weekend.

I cant believe people do these for 2 year olds

Whats it going to be when they're 5 or 10, tea at the Ritz and then a luxury cruise?

Absolutely cancel yours. Sounds like a win to me tbh.

we have the same situation with one of our DC and one of their friends and seem to have slipped into routine the last couple of years with the other family where we do odd number birthday parties and they do evens.

Thanks all - seems like the next weekend is winning.

Definitely not canceling - we don't know the other family at all plus DH is disabled and can't get to the the other parties/rarely gets to meet other parents unless we have playdates at home.

Cancel yours and meet the parents at the other child's birthday.

That the most logical and sensible solution especially as you were primarily holding it to meet the parents anyway.

Definitely not canceling - we don't know the other family at all plus DH is disabled and can't get to the the other parties/rarely gets to meet other parents unless we have playdates at home.

Cross posted with my response but I would just offer a word of caution that he and you are not actually likely to get chance to talk to the parents at any party you host. You'll be much to busy organising food, cake, games etc to chat to the parents. You're much more likely to have a conversation at the other party.

That is a fair point @Beees

God no, do you really thibk you're going to be in contact still with these parents once kids go to schools?