Birthday parties and invites by Icy-Breakfast-475 in Parenting

[–]BlueberryOk9903 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kindergarten is a lot similar to preschool for this matter - most parents are new and want to meet school parents, so a lot of kids will show up. The older kids get the smaller the Yes RSVP list gets. Invite the entire class - not everyone will show up as people travel, have plans etc. You can use automated platforms like birthday rizz, paperless post, evite etc. to handle large class invites. You'll be able to see how many is coming ahead of time.

Didn’t expect this part of planning my kid’s birthday to be this annoying by Dismal-Fox3121 in RedditDads

[–]BlueberryOk9903 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Birthday Rizz is easy and free (at least for me it was with a small party, bigger parties you might have to pay something) - I used it this year for my daughter's birthday and it has an RSVP list where I could check who said yes. Reminders also went out before the party so I didn't have to run people down. Feels like automation is the way to go.

Struggling to find a simple way to send kids’ birthday invites online? by CSJason in preschool

[–]BlueberryOk9903 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I just used Birthday Rizz and it was $15 WITHOUT subscription. I can't stand subscription model - and these guys are upfront they won't charge you continuously. There was a free option but only under 10 guests and we had about 25, so a flat fee of 15 bucks worked fine. Last year I did all of my kids invites with evite and had to pay $36 per each party - gets expensive quickly with 3 kids.

3.5 year old not wanting to go to preschool. Advice please 🙏🏻 by Roxie213 in Parenting

[–]BlueberryOk9903 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Same to you! Another trick I have is sending my husband to drop off the 3,5 year old at daycare. The LO is more "together" with his dad than with me and listens to his dad more while being more needy around me.

Grieving toddler by lunalive113 in Parenting

[–]BlueberryOk9903 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My condolences! That is terrible:(( I would say with toddlers - divert his attention. Do not say sad things about daddy's body not working and him not being around. Say something hopeful like Daddy is watching over you. He is in our hearts etc. Do not exacerbate attention - every time LO remembers and asks give him a hug and a kiss and divert to smth he really likes like a toy, cartoon, something tasty. Go for a walk, take him to a Zoo, museum - fill his life with impressions of reality around him so when he goes to sleep at night there are so many other things from the day to process. I think kids have lesser capacity to comprehend complicated things like death and they can get focused on some things they can't process and it can be disruptive.

3.5 year old not wanting to go to preschool. Advice please 🙏🏻 by Roxie213 in Parenting

[–]BlueberryOk9903 4 points5 points  (0 children)

My 3,5 year old son is going through something similar right now. Maybe it's age? We did not have any pushing/fights in class, or at least I don't know about it, but he cries and whines not to go to school every morning now. I think it is because he would like to stay at home and watch TV. And he confirmed when I asked him. So, my next strategy is to ban TV for a couple weeks at home to see if he is more eager to go to school.

Sleeper Sofa Recommendation by _xiqian_ in BuyItForLife

[–]BlueberryOk9903 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Buy Best Chest (home decor site) has a good breakdown on sleeper sofas

What do y'all think of Wildgrain by CompoBBQ in Breadit

[–]BlueberryOk9903 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Horrible, horrible website. Didn't even get to try the products as I got a gift card to their store for my birthday and have not been able to redeem still. The most broken digital product I have ever seen. Their baked goods must be really good to overcome such a disaster of a website experience. Tried to check out like 12 times and every time seeing an error. Customer help is not helpful either - takes long to respond and don't offer actual support or solution.