Not allowed to take birthday cake to daughters party?

CH27

krustylouise wrote: »

I have to say I have never heard of educational difficulties with summer babies. To be honest there's a statistic out there for everything, and whether you believe them or not is entirely a personal option. For me we have proven this "statistic" wrong. I think it's very sad that certain people would base the times they would conceive a child on a statistic. I mean, once upon a time did the "experts" tell us to put our babies to sleep on their backs, ten it was considered dangerous on their backs so on their fronts then sides then backs again all down to research and statistics? I think people should stop reding into mindless carp and live a little more. Please don't take this personally, as we all have our own opinions and are entitled to these.

However can I point out you have mentioned various times throughout this thread about summers babies I can't help but wonder you were waiting for a reaction??

Seriously? You mustn't be very observant.

krustylouise

CH27 wrote: »

Seriously? You mustn't be very observant.

That's a rather curt message. Would you care to elaborate on how you have come to this presumption about a person you have never met?

daisiegg

krustylouise wrote: »

However can I point out you have mentioned various times throughout this thread about summers babies I can't help but wonder you were waiting for a reaction??

Not at all, I am sorry if it has come across that way. I have mentioned it 'several times' only in responding to others and continuing a conversation, nothing more than that. If you remember, it started when someone congratulated you on having a summer baby. I asked if they were being sarcastic and it was a genuine question, because I thought they were commenting on the perceived educational difficulties a summer child could face. I didn't actually realise that not everyone had heard of this. It has been in the news quite a bit recently particularly after a study was done showing that comparatively few summer born students get into Oxbridge. I didn't realise I was talking about something not everyone was aware of - my apologies.

POPPYOSCAR

krustylouise wrote: »

That's a rather curt message. Would you care to elaborate on how you have come to this presumption about a person you have never met?

Perhaps the poster was a little curt but it is a well known fact.

(I have a summer born daughter)

seven-day-weekend

If I ran a catering business I wouldn't let people bring their own food. What if people were taken ill as a result of it? It would be my business that got sued!

Let the little girl have her cake at home, if she is looking forward to it that much. Or have the whole thing at home. Save some money!

daisiegg

krustylouise wrote: »

That's a rather curt message. Would you care to elaborate on how you have come to this presumption about a person you have never met?

I think s/he means because it has been in the news quite a bit recently?

CH27

CH27 wrote: »

Seriously? You mustn't be very observant.

It wasn't meant to be curt.

There have lots of threads on here about summer children finding it hard to settle into school & struggling to achieve.
It's also been fairly high profile in the media recently too.

krustylouise

CH27 wrote: »

It wasn't meant to be curt.

There have lots of threads on here about summer children finding it hard to settle into school & struggling to achieve.
It's also been fairly high profile in the media recently too.

I mean this in a genuine way, I don't have time to watch tv. I wok full time and am a single mum so as soon as I pick dd up its dinner time bath time bedtime (if us not ballet time swimming time or homework time!) then it's time for me to clean get the lunches ready for the next day shower and bed. The only time I watch it is with dd at a weekend and that is either children's tv or a film. So forgive me for not knowing it or being very observant but I genuinely never heard anything about this.

Kayalana99

krustylouise wrote: »

I have to say I have never heard of educational difficulties with summer babies. To be honest there's a statistic out there for everything, and whether you believe them or not is entirely a personal option. For me we have proven this "statistic" wrong. I think it's very sad that certain people would base the times they would conceive a child on a statistic. I mean, once upon a time did the "experts" tell us to put our babies to sleep on their backs, ten it was considered dangerous on their backs so on their fronts then sides then backs again all down to research and statistics? I think people should stop reding into mindless carp and live a little more. Please don't take this personally, as we all have our own opinions and are entitled to these.

However can I point out you have mentioned various times throughout this thread about summers babies I can't help but wonder you were waiting for a reaction??

Well my personal opinion is it only affects them really early on...by time they are 16/17 a year is nothing but obvouisly when they first get to nursery a year is everything!

But I think its pointless debating something that can never really be proven....I was born in april and my sister in sept..I have always been the smarter one out of the two (I am not being big headed shes a complete airhead although we love her!) ...I might not be quite summer babies but EVERYONE is differnert and these stupid tests can only prove that someone's theory is correct...

I put to you now...that perhaps the less organised parents had babies in August by not planning ..and the ones that planned for september + are wiser people which makes the kids smarter as they get it from thier parents...so it has nothing to do with thier birthday but the parents planning skills..!!

Kayalana99

krustylouise wrote: »

I mean this in a genuine way, I don't have time to watch tv. I wok full time and am a single mum so as soon as I pick dd up its dinner time bath time bedtime (if us not ballet time swimming time or homework time!) then it's time for me to clean get the lunches ready for the next day shower and bed. The only time I watch it is with dd at a weekend and that is either children's tv or a film. So forgive me for not knowing it or being very observant but I genuinely never heard anything about this.

I'm really interested if the party place get back to you and allow you to have your own cake - at the sake of losing the whole party.

Please update when you find out if you don't mind.