nursery nativity and siblings not welcome

[Carameli]

Has anyone else come across a problem like this. My dd is in her school (nursery and KS1) nativity play. But we have been asked if at all possible not to bring younger children to it.
My problem is that I don't have anyone who can look after my ds(nearly 1). I spoke with the head this morning who said they were just worried about babies shrieking out and disturbing children. That's fair enough but if I don't go then dd will be so disappointed.
The head said I could bring him but asked if I could sit near an exit(in a Church).
So I just have to keep my fingers crossed I can get him to sleep through it or feed him with rice cakes!

same at our school
no siblings

I can see why tbh as you can hardly see what's going on at the front of the church anyway abd when lo's are talking or crying it makes the whole thing pointless.

Our school run a creche during the nativity.

Well I can see the schools point. They are trying to discourage lots of babies so everyone can enjoy (or at least hear!) the show.

They have said it's fine for you to bring baby if a problem off-loading him but asked that you sit near an exit and remove your child if he does start spoiling other peoples enjoyment. (likewise parents standing up totally blocking view for ages to take countless photos and video footage!)

No doubt you would be considerate anyway but not everyone is and can seem oblivious to the fact they are affecting the enjoyment of the performers and the audience.

Hopefully he is old enough to be entranced with the show - make sure he's hungry and go for the ricecakes, I also find little boxes of raisins distract for quite a while!

Don't really see what the problem is - but I do hope he lets you enjoy the whole performance!

Our current nursery don't have the space to accommodate something like this so instead are having a church service where the children will be singing and everyone is welcome to watch.

Last year we were at a different nursery and they invited everyone, although they were also running the raffle and might have wanted to draw a bigger crowd for that. DD2 loved watching the show but some of the other siblings got fed up and wanted to run about shouting which turned the whole thing into chaos.

I always make a point of sitting near an exit if I'm on my own so I can whisk them out if they play up, but some other parents just don't seem to think about that which makes it harder for the rest of us.

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well he is 1 next week so maybe I'll have a test run on the raisins this weekend and see how he goes with them. I like the idea of squashing them down into the packet

take a bag with some food in he will LOVE, his snuggly thing if he has one, a drink and some quiet toys.