Not many RSVP’d to 6th birthday party

[Iamannabelle]

I sent invitations out to 30 kids (the whole class) 2 weeks ago with the RSVP date of next Sunday 13th. We have had 10 yes and 2 no so far which is fine but given that it’s only a week away to the RSVP date, I feel like this is quite a low rate and might be the final number as I personally let people know 2 weeks before rsvp. I expected to have at least half confirmed by now.
It’s started making me anxious and stressed bad as this is my boy’s first party and all he asked was a party. He was gutted and upset that he didn’t have a party last year so I thought I am going to do a big party as he’s mostly been to big parties and he wanted the same.
I hired a hall so not pay per head but to me, it’s more about he wants lots of kids to be there to celebrate his birthday. I did invite some family & friends’ kids but I think he will realise not many kids from school have turned up if 11 is the final number. I don’t know maybe i am panicking!!
Do people tend to confirm nearer the RSVP date??
Do people just turn up without confirmation?
I am in the class group chat where I think about 10 parents are in so I may send a chase message nearer time but not sure what to say haha any ideas???
I don’t have any mum friends from school so it’s a bit of hard one for me!

With a week to go to the cut off date, I think you have a good response so far. Try not to stress and don’t chase up. If they want to come they will reply.
Im sure the party will be fab.

You’ve asked people to rsvp by the 13th. It’s not the 13th yet.

It’s a really tough time of the year. With all the end of year stuff happening, especially for parents with older ones (leavers, secondary school) or younger (transitioning to school), it’s really busy. I haven’t looked in my dc’s bag in a couple weeks!

Give it another week and then you must have numbers from parties in the past, just follow up with people after the 13th if you haven’t heard from them.