Crazy early for kids party?!

[sofedupandtiredofthis]

9.30am on a Sunday morning.

Thoughts on whether this is a reasonable time or too early for a kids party?

I’m now panicking that I’ve given your DC an invite to my DD’s party next weekend 😂

Our local soft play offers 9.30-11.30 and 1.30-3.30 parties, and the afternoon slots book out far too fast, but we’re much more reliable in a morning as DD still has quite long naps in an afternoon. We’ve missed a few things because of this!

It's early but I'd prefer that to midday or afternoon so my 2yr old could still nap. My only issue would be travel time, our nearest soft play party places are 30min drive away, so I'd be rushing in the morning as LO normally wakes about 8am

Are you giving them breakfast?
we went to a soft play party at 9.30, didn’t know the mum well enough to ask so I took loads of snacks just incase she was hungry. Turned up to piles of sausage sandwiches and fruit… was perfect 😁 but perhaps something on the invite to let everyone know

Would be perfect for us! DS is an early riser anyway. We’re up and ready by 7am at the latest 🙈
At that age it means those that still nap can have their nap after and hopefully won’t mess with night time too much 😊

Just don’t be like the last one we were invited to…3rd birthday (one of the older ones in the group so most kids attending were 2) being held in a gymnastics centre a 40 min drive away from home…6-8pm 🙄🙄

That's a totally normal time for a kids soft play party. They are usually 9.30 or 10. We have one next week that's at 2.30 and it seems very strange!

Not everyone has early risers, mine had to be woken daily at 6.30 latest to get to childcare at 3 and not home till 6.30 so wouldn’t be awake before 8.30/9 at weekends.

Soft play parties always include food surely? But it would be halfway through the party not on arrival. What 2 year old ears breakfast at 9.30??

Awful time to do a party but not as bad as 6.30-8.30pm weekdays that the local soft play to us offers.

We had one of these (it was the only slot the trampoline place offered for 4 year olds) and people seemed to like it, it got it out of the way. Also by the time they’d finished trampolining and were eating, you could see why it wouldn’t have been appropriate for 4yos to be part of the later slots.

Everyone’s different. We had a friend that regularly suggested 9am play dates at the weekend, I’m more of a 10/10.30am kind of person. Difference was her kid was up from 5.30am and mine happily lay on until up to 9am!

At that age fine imo- our local softplay held parties that early and I could see the parents having coffee and pastry- win win for me

Those saying awful time, what’s awful about it really? Surely no one has 2 year olds that lie in til after 9am?

I’d be perfectly happy to attend a toddler bday party at 9.30am on a Sunday, I would be glad to be up and out of the house. My DD turning 3 party is booked for 10am-12pm on a Sunday.

DS was invited to a party 10 am to 12 noon on Mother's Day. DS really wanted to go so I missed my Mother's Day lie in and breakfast! I was absolutely fuming with the school Mum that thought this was a good idea but I took DS and treated us/me Mother's Day lunch on the way home!

Oh shit. I’m worried now. My DS’s party is soon and starts at 9.30. It’s the cinema though and there were no other times for the film TBF

Most under-5s are at their best at 9.30am in the morning. I think it's fine.

What time do you class as a lie in?

Aside from that, could whoever was facilitating your lie in (DH?) have taken DS to the party?

I've got two 9am soft play parties this weekend. I guess it gets us up and out!

I think it's a fab time. Leaves the rest of the day free.

Mine used to regularly sleep till 8.30/9, then there’s getting up dressed, breakfast and getting there. No one wants to rush at the weekend to be somewhere for 9 / 9.30 surely?

It's early but doable. It wouldn't be too much of a hardship as you'd be up from 7am (or 6 or 5!) In any case.

I clicked away from the thread feeling nauseous as soon as I saw 9.30…

Poor you!

It’s quite early but I’d have preferred that to an afternoon party, where you can’t do anything beforehand (maybe just me but I was always clock watching!). 11-1 was always the best time as it covered lunch.

Fine for 2-3 year olds, they don't tend to lie in!

We hosted ds 4th birthday party at 9.30-11.30 last year, private hire softplay only had that time and it was a complete success. They had the rest of the day to do what they liked and children are usually up a few hours before then anyway.

I'd say it's too early. People who have older siblings to the invited kids might not want to be up and out for then.