Would You Go to Two Birthday Parties in One Week?

My kids alone can make us have 2 parties in a week & we do... I don't do the joint birthday party thing for my boys even though their birthdays are only 6 days apart. I don't see why people wouldn't bring the kids to the party if they are given enough time to plan for the party... the only party's my kids don't attend are the ones I'm given a day or 2 notice - since it takes me atleast a week to try to come up with extra funds (rearange what I do and don't pay) for a gift.

I have 3 kids. We are going to 9 parties in the next 3 weeks, some as a family and others with specific children. I really don't like going to these parties as they interfere with "family time." However, we go..... Have fun!

I will/have gone to more than one party in a weekend. However, I can see situations arising where we woudl have trouble making both. I suggest you wait until after the new year. I get that you want the party near her actually birthday, but ultimately she won't care - she'll be busy at other parties anyway and she will look forward to it. I have had my daughter's party as much as 4 weeks later or one week earlier.

Pssht. We went to two parties on the same day in September. Dressed like pirates at one and princesses at the other.

Hectic? You bet! But worth it because these are our children's friends.

Well, *I* would go to two parties..but that's just me. It may be a bit more difficult since you are looking at December. You say your daughter is turning 5? So is she still in preschool? If that's the case then why don't you schedule it in the middle of the week?
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We have done two in one day! I think you should be fine. If you know how many kids parties there are in the class this month, the other parents do too. Most parents know that you have to make an effort to go to other childrens parties for them to come to your own childs :) Especially when they are classmates. I make it a point to go to all her classmate parties.

If you're inviting her entire class then their will be at least a few who will come. Just have a plan B if the group is small.

If you're just inviting a few children, I'd call to invite them so that you'll immediately know if some won't be able to come and you can invite others.

Whether or not I had my child go to 2 parties in one week would depend on several variables: what other activities our family had, the sort of parties they were, ie. if they were large and rowdy or small and calm, my child's temperament and how she could handle 2 parties, how close she is to the birthday girl, and whether or not she wanted to go to both parties.

I would go to two in one week---but not sure about other parents. That seems to be a little bit too much especially if they have a bunch of kids. Could you schedule it a week before/after her birthday?

We went to 2 this past Saturday- a classmate of my daughter's from 12-2 and then my son's started at 330. I think the further you are away from Xmas and Chanukah, the better your attendance would be. However, if it was a bad weekend for us, my kid would probably skip one- case in point: 2 parties next Sunday with both noon-2...picking cousin's party over classmate.

I absolutely would assuming that we could fit it into our schedule -- other parties the same weekend wouldn't be a problem.

We've done two in one day though not from the same class, but usually it just depends on our schedule.

I would and we have!

we just had 13 parties within 3 weeks (none family related), we would go......i hate the parties that are in the middle of the afternoon, like 1-3, 3-5, so maybe consider more people would come if it didn't cut in the middle of their weekend

We have gone to two birthday parties in one day. Yeah, it's rough, but it's when they were born. Last Fall 16 of the 18 kids in my son's preschool class were born between late September and early December - we were pretty busy.

Absolutely. You can't pick your kids birthday, and if the parents are able to make both then that's great. If they are't, then it's okay too.

If we can only do one, I let my kids pick who they are better friends with and we go to that one.

Yes. We've gone to one party on Saturday and another on Sunday. A few years ago, our neighbors/friends came to my son's party for an hour, then left to go straight to another party. It happens. It's not an ALL THE TIME thing, or we wouldn't do it, but yeah, there are busy "seasons" when it seems like everyone was born right near each other.
However, I would suggest "selling" the party like the parents may drop them off and have 2 hours to shop or run errands. (Some will take you up on it, some probably won't). My bff's son has a birthday 12/18 and noone would ever come to his party until she started doing that. Now, they ALL come, every time, lol.

We've been to 3 birthday parties in one day, so we would certainly go to two in a week! I've talked to many parents at parties who are coming from another or have another the next day or are headed to one immediately following the party we're at, and I've done that numerous times, so I think you should go for it!

Yes. I've done it and I know many other mom's who've toted their kids from party to party to party. Do what's right for your child and have fun!

I have done three parties in one weekend before...the birthdays seem so clustered together!!

Go for it...my son's party ended up only having 6 children attend...but you know what? It was great...they were his closer friends from school and all the boys had a blast.

During December... a lot of families also go away on trips.
Typically, I and my friends, send out invitations for any party... at least 1 month in advance.
Because, everyone is so busy.
And being it is that time of year.

Sure! Just had that issue this weekend - my son's party was on Friday and a classmate's was on Saturday and there were big crowds for both. The mom of the classmate even considered booking her party right after mine so everyone could caravan from one party to the next, but decided in the end to book it the day after.

It might be kind of late for this, but what about having a joint birthday party with other kids? When my son turned 5 last year, we got together with 2 other families and did a triple birthday party! Everyone loved it. The parents loved that they only had to attend one party, and we were able to invite more people. The cost and responsibilities were divided into 3 and the kids had a blast! We didn't want people to feel obligated to bring 3 gifts, so we said if guests wanted to bring something, to bring a book that we would donate to Children's Hospital. Everyone loved the idea so much that the next 2 birthday parties in his preschool class were joint ones too, one for 4, and one for 5!

You can't make everybody happy - just do what works for your family.

We try to attend every party the kids are invited to, but we don't ever buy big, extravagent gifts. (I think there's so many things wrong with overloading a kid with expensive stuff.) That helps. Other parents feel differently, and that's OK.

Yes. Now I had several people refuse to come on the same day every year so I would avoid that if possible.

I would. IF i had nothing else planned.