anyone have any september birthdays?

[shelley72]

just wondering what to do. DS birthday falls between leaving him nursery (lots leaving this week) and starting reception on 6 sept. we have previously had whole or half class parties but with everyone leaving there will only be a couple of his good nursery friends to invite, and we dont know anyone at all at his new school .

i am pretty sure he would like a party of some description, but not sure what to do to make it feel like a party with potentially just 3 or 4 guests (if they are free)! i feel a bit sad for him that his birthday falls where it does. the only thing i thought of would be to postpone it until the end of september so that we could invite some new classmates, but then it may be too far away for him for it to still feel like his birthday IYKWIM.

any ideas? thank you

I have a second September baby (now 8) and we always have the same problem, it's getting better now as she has more contact with good friends outside of school but when she was your age we used to have a late party mid to end of the month.

I've got two in september. they both 2/3 weeks into term, so I just wait and see who's in their classes, what new friends they make and send invites out at the last moment, 3-4 days beforehand. we only do at home parties though so no need to worry about bookings.

thank you both. exactly like you BenedictsCumberbitch DS is v early sept. Added complication is that theyre not FT in school (as in whole class) until the last week in Sept so Im not sure how we would know who to invite twinklytoes! would also need to book something or somewhere - what passes for a 5 yo party these days?

i suppose it will get easier as he moves through school and makes friends. my birthday is same time of year, i dont remember my mum having these issues - or maybe i just didnt have a party!

Yes, I have a similar problem with DTs. When they moved to the school they're at now there was no way we could get a party organised in time, so we did a Hallowe'en party that year instead. They loved it.

Depending on what you are wanting it could work to your advantage, some soft play areas offer much cheaper parties during the daytime, so you could do that after the half day, as long as you wind it up in time for parents to collect siblings, 12.30-2.30 with lunch at the begining, or probably those with older siblings will juggle children between them.

Does your ds mainly play with boys or girls or both? I know it is no guarantee (dd2 started reception barely acknowledging the existance of boys, and ended it with 3 best friends who are all boys); but if he likes boys then just invite the half of the class who are boys - a good excuse for the parents to sit down and have a chat over coffee.

My ds is at the end of September, but if we are at the same school, most of them will have older siblings due to bulge classes, and many will be in the nursery so we'll probably invite them all.

i have a end aug so know the problems - we used to have a late party a few weeks after

My youngest 4th birthday is 27th Sept and her party is on 22nd Sept.

She doesn't start school until next year and because she is one of the eldest she's friends with a lot of the younger children who are starting this year.

Her pre-school has also shut so she will be starting a new one come Sept..so we handed out all the invites before they broke up for summer hols and most have replied (18 so far) theres 22 coming altogether at present so waiting on roughly another 7ish...

She may also invite some of her new friends from pre-school but she doesn't start back until the 10th so not too sure what we're going to do yet.....