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Toddler b-day question
We are having a party at our house for my 4-year old son and - since this is our first non-family b-day party - I was curious if on the invitations you list what you are going to serve to eat? His party is from 10:30-12:30 and we were planning on having hot dogs and hamburgers but I wasn't sure if we should be putting that on the invite.
Re: Toddler b-day question
I'm not sure what is standard practice as far as food on invites.
But a couple thoughts:
- Are you expecting parents to stay? Do you think some will want to?
- How familiar are you with the families and their eating habits? (religious dietary requirements, vegetarians, etc.)
I fully admit that I am overly anal about certain 'food things' but I would be furious if someone fed my kid a hot dog. ewwwww. (not trying to bash your menu, but I am a vegetarian so I probably have a different perspective)
A Little Bird and a Monkey Butt
At my nephew's bday (he was 4 in December), his mom sent out invites with a menu and invited the parents to stay.
I think you could add a note with the invite that says something like, "We will be grilling for lunch (then hamburgers and hot dogs are assumed, IMO) and parents are welcome and invited to join in the fun. Please let us know if your child has any special dietary concerns and we can discuss and alternative meal."
Then, parent's would be open to telling you not to feed the kid a hot dog, etc, but you could suggest them bringing a lunch along.
This sounds good to me.
Back in the day when I was a kid and going to birthday parties, it would have been perfectly acceptable to not list the menu and just feed kids anything, but now there are so many dietary/food allergy concerns that it's probably better to let the parents know what food will be served. I have nephews with severe food allergies, and I'm not sure they would have known enough about what to stay away from at age 4, so the parents need to be aware. It would be awful to have to rush a kid to the hospital in the middle of the party because he accidentally ate something he's allergic to.
Mr. Sammy Dog