My sons birtday party is tomorrow & there one particular kids who always wants to open his presents. The mother is there & all she says is "xxxx, don't do that honey." But her kid keeps on doing it & she just rolls her eyes & does nothing. I've tried saying "It's xxx's birthday, let him open the presents," but the kid keeps doing it. I try to take the present from the kid & hand it to my son & say "You open presents on your birthday, now let xxx open his presents please." Still the kid keeps doing it! What can I do other than not invite this kid who is my sons best friend?
2007-10-05 08:03:33 · 17 answers · asked by ♥bigmamma♥ 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
I've tried handing presents one at a time to my son, but the kid literally will either open the present while my son is holding it or take it away from him.
2007-10-05 08:55:51 · update #1
well you schould tell the mom to pull him aside art least because i mean i know that she tells him and he doesnt understand and he needs to start understandin
2007-10-05 08:07:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Make your son be the center of attention...build him a fake "stage" thats set higher up off the floor than everything else. Find some sort of sturdy bins or anything thats about 2 feet off the ground, then cover it with a blanket and put a small chair on it. Announce that the chair is only for the birthday boy and make up a funny rule to keep it kind of lighthearted...like : "Anyone who sits in this chair besides (sons name) will have to clean all the cake off the floor and eat all the forks and spoons." Pretend to be serious and the kids will prob believe it (dont worry, the parents will know youre joking).
Also, set up chairs in front of the "stage" so the kids can watch him open his presents...it will be like his own little audience. This will also make your son feel very special.
Ive seen parents like the one youre explaining and I know how annoying they can be. Take matters into your own hands and set an example...maybe that parent will get some ideas from you.
GOOD LUCK!
2007-10-05 08:17:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know EXACTLY what you mean--this happens at my daughter's birthday party every year and it's so annoying.
When it's time, I put the gifts and my daugther in one spot, then physically make a circle to back kids up while gently telling them to sit down (on the floor--criss cross applesauce or in a chair if you have enough of them) and watch as she opens her gifts. I leave about a one 1/2 or two feet distance between the kids and my daughter...now this takes about 40 seconds or so, your child should not open ANY gifts until you have the other kids settled and seated. I make the annoucement to them to stay seated so everyone gets a chance to see the gifts but if anyone gets up, the birthday girl will have to stop until that person sits down so everyone can see. Put it on the fact that you want what's best for the OTHER kids, all the while it just keep your sanity! LOL
This works great!!! I do it every year.
2007-10-05 08:35:19 · answer #3 · answered by Viennacardinal 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know exactly what you're talking about. This has happened to my son when he was younger. Another child at the party would not let my son open all his presents and the child's mother did nothing to stop him but to say, "Don't do that." I was either video taping the party or at least taking pictures so I simply, but firmly said .....No,xxxxxxx, Let Jake open his presents so I can get the picture of him opening them. Everyone just looked at the mother and believe me she was so embarrassed that she grabbed her child and kept him away from the presents. So my suggestion is to at least take pictures and tell the children that you'd like to have picture of your son opening the presents.. Good luck!!
2007-10-05 16:02:09 · answer #4 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As you receive the gifts just put them into your bedroom or laundry room or any kind of room where the kids will not go into then just bring them out when present time is ready and have a designated spot to the children to watch and keep the presents up high so little hands cant get to it hand it to your son one by one.
2007-10-05 08:15:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Keep the presents out of the little brat's Uh, I mean child's reach and give them to the birthday boy one at a time. If you want to make the child feel happy, then wrap some party favors and hand one out to each guest child after your son has opened his presents. The child will feel like he got a present too. Its not necessary for you to do this, but it is nice.
2007-10-05 08:30:48 · answer #6 · answered by Thrice Blessed 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Place the presents in a secure locked room away from the eyes of the children. When it comes time, just go in an bring out which ones you think he or she should open.
2007-10-05 08:08:12 · answer #7 · answered by Reo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First, give him a warning if he tries to do it. If he doesn't listen, simply grab him by the hand and pull him to the side for time out until your son finishes opening all the presents. Or (you said the mother was there) ask the mother to pull him to the side.
2007-10-05 08:09:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
the place I stay, it fairly is basic for infants to no longer open provides throughout a occasion. partly, as you suggested, to steer away from the hassle of the travelers getting disillusioned that the provides are not theirs (and the hassle of youthful birthday-infants no longer reliably being polite if, say, they already have yet another one in each and every of that present), yet frequently via fact for youthful little ones, a minimum of, sitting around observing somebody else open provides isn't an relatively interesting or relaxing interest, or maybe the birthday baby might relatively be fiddling with their friends than spending fifteen minutes unwrapping presents. My little ones in straightforward terms have a million a million/2 - 2 hour events, and that they like to be fiddling with their friends (and ingesting cake) throughout that factor. whilst the buddies pass homestead and all that excitement has worn off, then we get new excitement by bringing out the present bin. (For longer events, like a sleepover, we do have the youngsters open their provides faster or later for the duration of the occasion). in case you do it that way, the thank you notes are intense. it fairly is effective to take a photograph of your baby preserving the present (or utilising the present) and stick it in the thank-you-observe, besides. additionally, of direction it fairly is stable for infants to income stable manners mutually as observing others open presents, and mutually as establishing presents that they could unlike, yet our infants do prepare those skills establishing provides from family participants on birthdays and yule (and whilst my in-regulations pass to bearing too many presents for no reason ;-) ).
2016-10-10 09:04:46 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
keep the presents in a bag beside you and hand him one at a time, or wait till after the party- just make sure to thank people for the gifts before they go
2007-10-05 08:07:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would directly address the child's mother and say, " Would you hold his hand so my son can open his presents?"
2007-10-05 08:08:20 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋