help dd1 is 11 5 days before new arrival is due.

[sianyc18]

DD1 is turning 11 5 days before new arrival is due. She is my only other child and so would love to do something special for her but also am wary of booking something e.g limo or bowling and having to cancel it and lose lots of money.She is quite happy to have a couple of friends over for a sleepover but I am then worried about going into labour and having 3 other 10 year olds to worry about.Any ideas what I could plan that would suit us all?

Could you have something a couple of weeks before your due date and then just a birthday tea at home on the day for DD plus one friend? Then you only have to worry about getting one child home if things start to happen and I am guessing you have a plan re whay happens with DD when the moment arrives. Bowling is great and usually somewhere to eat in the bowling place or nearby. Frankie and Bennies is great for taking kids to eat. Good Luck

I had this my DS1 turned 6 five days after Baby3 was due and with previous late babies I knew it would be close! So we had a soft play party a week or so before DS3's due date, as I knew that I would probably be ok but if not then it wold be an easy party for someone else (like the grandparents) to take over, as all you have to do is sit there pouring out squash! In the end DS3 arrived ten days after DS1's birthday and about three weeks after the party!

Could she have a few friends to take to the cinema and out to dinner, with the proviso that if you're in labour it will be rescheduled?

That way you won't have anyone staying over, and only have to be responsible for them for about 4 hours!

Book the Big Event stuff for a week or two weeks before her actual birthday (depending on how confident you feel on likely arrival time of baby) and then just do family stuff on her actual birthday.

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