My 2yo was invited to his first birthday party at a soft play gym by another boy in his daycare class. My husband and I both want to go to meet other parents, but we’d have to bring our 7-month-old. The boy's mom asked for a headcount, so I said 2 adults and a baby. Now I’m worried that was a faux pas since it’s a paid venue. Is it rude to bring the whole family to the party? I don't want to make a bad first impression!

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There is probably a limit on number that can play on the equipment which would not include the baby, so very unlikely an issue. I have 3 kids and do a lot of birthday party hosting and attending. The more the merrier is always my mantra when hosting, but I do generally confirm whether siblings can attend when RSVPing (only a couple instances over the years of there being firm number limits, and the host always just said as much). Just ask in the future and enjoy the party!

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Parents and a baby are fine (paid venues like that don’t normally charge for adults supervising their kids, and babies don’t count either). The host may or may not provide food for the adults too but for a 2 yo party, they usually do (and that’s probably why they asked for headcount).
If the invite doesn’t say siblings are welcome, I never bring siblings (but again, a baby is fine).

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For a baby, I think you're fine. For any child old enough to play, I'd recommend asking if it's okay to bring an additional child and offering to pay for them separately. As a party host, that ensures it doesn't get awkward. If I booked a party for 15 kids and it was full from the initial guestlist, I'd be really annoyed if someone assumed I was paying extra for their other uninvited kids. But in most cases like our most recent one, I booked a 20-kid party for my son's 22-kid class (knowing I could add-on if needed), but then we only got 14 yes responses, so even as people were dropping off their kids, I was offering for their siblings to stay too because we had spots already paid for.

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exactly this.

It’s fine with an infant, as they get older I generally ask to confirm. To that end, I’m extremely specific on our kids’ party invites and say “siblings are welcome, please let us know ages and how many!” so we can plan and have appropriate activities.

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Nah my whole family goes to every birthday party

No!

Not at all; it's a family event at that age

At our kids' parties, it was usually only the mom that attended. Can your husband deal with the baby for a few hours?

I’m asking because social practices on this front have changed a great deal - most parties we go to have both parents in attendance for the 5 and younger crowd.

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