My DD's turn 3 at the weekend and I'd organised a little party for them tomorrow.
They are both not particulary good at sharing their toys/being around lots of children. One in particular is quite shy and gets quite thrown by big groups/isn't hugely keen on other children.
I invited a couple of friends who couldn't make it and therefore invited some other friends. First friends have now come back to say they can come so tomorrow we have 8-9 toddlers, 2 older siblings and 2 babies arriving at our house for the afternoon. I had originally planned for just 4-5 other toddlers plus a baby.
I'm panicking that this will completely throw my girls and I'll end up with two sobbing children clinging to me and pulling their toys away from other children and mass crying! They are fine with having 2-3 friends around but I don't know if they'll cope with this number in their house playing with their things.
Can anyone help me come up with a strategy to help deal with this?
Ideas I've had so far are:
Agreeing with my girls what toys it would bother them most to share and which they are happy about..putting away the toys that they are most precious about..
Cancelling the whole thing? (Is that ridiculous - I am pregnant and very tired and hormonal and may well have lost all perspective)
Bribing them to share?
If they get really cross, letting them go and play upstairs in their room and having some time out.
They're not unpleasant or unkind little girls but they aren't keen on big groups and tend to get a bit phased by lots of noise and people. I hope I don't sound like the world's worst mother, I just don't want to make them unhappy but cancelling it seems a shame when they'd probably enjoy some elements..I don't know whether it's better for them to have to cope with other children or whether it's a bit overwhelming for them..
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Oh god, how do I stop my DD's birthday party being a disaster?
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hattyyellow · 06/08/2008 15:36
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