Daughters 5th birthday

[Meme1990]

So my daughter turns 5 in october. She will have been in reception for about 2 weeks before i would send invites out for her party. Its the first party shes having and really wants it at the local soft play which is good because I will have a 1 month old by then too so makes it easier has they do everything. The only thing is I feel awful has it will only be for 15 children. Her reception class is split into 2 groups when she starts so will have around 40+ children all together. I assume she will want to invite children that went to her nursery has will have only known the other children a couple of weeks. I just feel bad for not being able to invite everyone. Even though its what she wants the soft play and its easier with a newborn i cant help but feel awful

I would just invite the nursery children to begin with and then after a week or so of teen ask the teacher if there are any children she is close to from the new starters in reception and if it's just a couple, invite them too.

It is an awkward one with a birthday early in the academic year. Sounds very similar to my situation, my DD is 5 in October and I'll have a 4 day old by then (planned section so know the date!). We've arranged her party for a couple of weeks after her birthday so I'll actually be able to go and will be inviting her whole class. But last year, when she started nursery, I only invited 3 friends from nursery as she'd only been there a few weeks and those were just the mums I had actually spoken to

Why would you feel awful ?
Just ask her at the time you want to send out the invitations, who she wants to ask - it might well be new friends.
If you have a newborn, I wouldn't be inviting 15, I'd be asking about 8, myself.
4 yr olds can get quite overwhelmed at big parties. You will have a lot going on in your life.