Mom guilt of the week

i cant speak for your kid, but as a child i would have killed for a party at all. i think that your girl will have so much fun even if its just a few friends, and perhaps she will grow up to value quality over quantity in her friendships. all you can do is your best

I've just been through this in July and October!! The guilt is real! Main issue was the lack of RSVPs. My son kept asking how many of his friends were coming and I felt awful. I couldn't tell him because no one RSVPd! I got 4 replies but in the end 7 kids showed up!! Same with my daughter in July. 4 replies and 6 kids showed up!! Its impossible to know how much food to buy, what games to plan etc! The guilt I felt when I couldn't tell my boy how many kids would be coming.

Awwww. I could imagine. As a kid we all want just kids. We get lots of adults and a couple kids. That's why I joined this app. I need to make friends so my baby can have a party with babies and we can do baby stuff. lol

I always throw a invitation in the neighborhood group 💓 its the best time to know new neighbors and its guaranteed to have kids because I go all out on parties lol

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@Ana Moore this is best advice !!!! Taking notes

@Ana Moore our nearest neighbour is 3kms away lol

@Lauren ouch! Well, you might be surprised, maybe they would love to go 🙆🏽‍♀️

This is one of the reasons we don't do birthday parties anymore. We'd rather take the kids in a short holiday somewhere nice and make true memories

I felt awful for my little one it was only her 2nd birthday so I guess she won't remember it down the line but she asked me for a party and I said okay. Invited maybe 15 people 🤔 didn't do rsvps as didn't want to put any pressure on anyone and 3 people turned up 🤦🏻‍♀️ and not until half way/to the end of the party time slot. So I had to distract my little girl a LOT at first running round with her and getting her to ride the Hoppers and go on the bouncy castle etc. She kept asking me "where's my friends!?" And "when are my friends coming?" And I felt so heartbroken for her 💔 😞 I have so few pictures of her with those who showed up aswell and she asks me where they are as there's loads of pictures of her alone 🥺 I'm not going to bother for her 3rd I'm just going to have to convince her that we can do something else instead but I know how obsessive she is about birthday parties so I think it's gonna be near impossible 💔 xx

One year we invited 7 kids and only 1 showed up.. this year we invited 1 kid (the same kid that showed up a few years ago and now lives next door) and he didn't show up or even bother to say he couldnt come. Depending on the age of your daughter and how she handles rejection it's all up to you. My son was happy one kid showed.. he was 8. Now at 11 and has dealt with rejection.. he is still friends with the kid next door and I'm happy for him. He was sad but he got over it well. But if this was years ago like maybe 8 and younger my heart would break because he wouldn't know how to handle it. Good luck to you momma!

This is me EVERYTIME something comes up who am I going to invite

I feel this! My daughter turns 5 on Jan 2nd, she has asked for a party but I've recently lost contact with people I believed were my friends and their kids made up most of the numbers, she doesn't really have any school friends or family around her age to invite and the time of year really doesn't help either!

Update thank you all for all the advice unfortunately none of the kids can come which sucks. We usually do special trips like the zoo or a museum. This was the first year she expressed wanting a kid party. She is 8. I didn’t tell her we would do the party just in case no one could come I just had a feeling. I told her we would take a trip so she’s super excited about that . Thank you all for the advice! ❤️

My oldest has a July birthday. I always plan her birthday party before the school year ends so we can send invites to her entire class in hopes at least a few of them will show up. This last year she had 1 friend show up. She was so bummed. And then her sister is in Oct and we again send invites to the entire class and this year she had about 15 kids show up to her party. It disappoints my oldest so much. My 3rd daughter is also a summer birthday but she's only 2 right now so she hasn't realized it's mostly adults for her party. And my youngest is a march birthday but he's only 8 months old still. But it's so heartbreaking as a parent watching your child be disappointed when they don't have friends show up to their party. I take my kids to every party they are invited to even if they aren't that great of friends. It makes the birthday kid feel better either way