No kids at 1st party

Nichole1121

Anybody not having kids at the 1st birthday party?   None of our close friends or family have kids and the only kids we do know are the kids from our small church.  I was going to invite all of them but that started getting bigger than I wanted.  I don't think it would be right if I only invited a few and not all since the church is so small.  So I don't think we will have any kids there.  I kinda feel bad for Thomas not having other kids at his party. 

doremi29

It will only be my niece and nephew as far as kids go.  DS has a lot of little friends but they all have either turned 1 or will before him and everyone just seems to be doing small family parties, so we'll stick with that.  I'm thinking that next year, we'll do a friends and family party where he'll have his little buddies over.

greengirl0909

DS is the first grandkid on either side of our families.  He will be the only person under 30 at his party.  I think he'll be okay, Grandpa is pretty funny!

DaisyFull

I still stand by the belief that the 1st birthday is more about the parents anyway, so I honestly would not think twice about not inviting any kids.

tobereich

The only other kids will be my nieces ages 3-10. At this point I don't think it matters that there aren't any other children... maybe when he's 2 or 3 and has friends from daycare.

ashnoelle

I think it's fairly common. I know there weren't any kids at my 1st birthday. We don't have any close friends with kids either, so we'll be lucky if there's one other kid there.

dangerkitty102

I'm hoping to pull off a party with no kids! We are actually friends with several people with babies right around the same age as ours, and if we invite them all we'll have a ton of kids in the house. Mine is only 9 months now, but still a year old just seems still a little too young to really "play" with other kids, understand activities, etc. I don't even know if DS will be walking by then, you know? I'm thinking of having the party in the evening just an hour or so before his bedtime, so we can sing, do cake, put him to bed, and commence the "we survived a year of parenthood party" with our friends (who hopefully will get babysitters...)

homebird

We only had a few kids at the party (family), and they are all much older than E. I really don't think she cared if there were kids there or not. I don't see how it's possible for a 1 year old to have friends, lol.

I think it'll be fine!

lasa4641

There will be no kids at my DS's party.  I'm just inviting family.  I want to make sure that the family (especially g-parents) get to spend the most amount of time with him.

missal5

we just had my sons 1st birthday and there were only My best friends kids..one was 3 and the other is 2 weeks younger then him...They wont remember it...and we had family there so most of his time was spent with his grammy and pappys dont stress!

Nichole1121

Thanks ladies!!  I don't feel so bad anymore!!