1st Birthday Question

meggers102 · May 2012

What time are you planning on having your LO's birthday? Will it be between their 1st and 2nd nap or will you wait until after their 2nd nap?

Also, what are you serving if your party is over a meal time?

akayf · May 2012

We are having the party most likely 12-4 or 1-5. He takes a nap in the AM and then another one around 3:30 but is okay if his second nap gets pushed back.

I plan on having lots of food. There is no such thing as too much food at a party!

For nibbles as everyone arrives....

Pretzel nuggets with dipping sauces(tray from a local pretzel company)

Goldfish(Suess theme...this will be our goldfish buffet)

Popcorn(Hop on Pop popcorn!)

Spinach dip in a bread bowl

Then for lunch.....

Meatballs

Sausage and peppers

Rolls for sandwiches

Penne in vodka sauce

Tray of pinwheel wraps

Potato salad

coleslaw

tossed salad

chicken nuggets

tater tots

This is normal for a party in my family. I will be making the meatballs and sausage and peppers ahead of time and reheating in a crock pot. For the pasta, I'll make the penne right there at the party(location has a full kitchen) and dump the reheated sauce over it(sauce will also be made ahead of time) Nuggets and tots will just get tossed in the oven. Salad is simple to make. We'll be ordering the wraps, cole slaw and potato salad.

swimiz500 · May 2012

Since DD's schedule basically changes every day, we just decided to schedule it for 3:00, and when she gets tired, she can go nap.

As for food, I am not completely sure what we are doing. My grandma and aunt are going to make a few things, and we might to a taco bar, just because it is easy. We are still in the process of firming up the menu though.

nfrtny · May 2012

We're doing the party from 1PM to 3PM. Just cake and icecream, and a few snack foods probably. DS naps in the morning and usually goes down between 9 and 11, and he's really not taking a consistent afternoon nap, and it seems like it's getting later and later these days. Today he napped for half an hour at 4. But, no matter what I think we're safe with 1-3

jk4ever · May 2012

We're doing her party from 1-4, and if she ends up needing a nap then she can go take one. As for food, we will probably do:

Shredded BBQ chicken with rolls for sandwiches

Salad or Asian cole slaw

Chips and dip

veggie tray

fruit tray

Cup cake tower

We are actually going to end up having 2 parties because we will be out of town visiting the IL on her actual birthday and I want to have on here with my family and our friends.

jssica2 · May 2012

My LO's 1st birthday is july 20th i dont know what we or going to do we dont do parties. i live whith my IL so we mite just do cake and ice criem.

AMcLaws · May 2012

We haven't decided on a time yet. Undecided on whether or not we'll do food. We're doing a bunch of homemade ice cream, so we're going with an ?ice cream social? theme. I still have quite a bit of time to think.

akayf · May 2012

AMcLaws:
We haven't decided on a time yet. Undecided on whether or not we'll do food. We're doing a bunch of homemade ice cream, so we're going with an ?ice cream social? theme. I still have quite a bit of time to think.

We were just at an ice cream themed party yesterday. Party was 12-3. It was for a 6 year old. They did burgers and hot dogs on the grill and all the topping(including some hot topping like chili) And then several side dishes...mainly salad but she did have mac and cheese for the kids.

Another guest at the party said she always has her kids' parties from 2-4 so the only thing she needs to serve is some nibbles like chips and a veggie tray and then cake.

landosmommy · May 2012

I'm planning on doing it from 2-4, that way we don't have to serve a whole meal if we don't want to.

IrishEyes0530 · May 2012

Ours is from 1-4. We're having cake and ice cream and fruit salad. It's too expensive to feed everyone a meal and i think it's tacky to have people bring food so no meal. Plus I'd like it to be short and sweet and this way people have to leave to eat. DH's family tends to overstay their welcome sometimes.

tmwishful · May 2012

I was thinking of having mine at 2 but wonder if it's too late. Will definitely have food (sandwiches, salads, BBQ) and cake. If she's tired, she'll nap. The sound of people talking will put her to sleep.

fancynewbeesly · May 2012

We are doing it from 1-4. My daughter rarely, rarely takes an afternoon nap--however she loves her morning nap. She tends to nap between 9:30-11:30 or 10-12. So I figured one will be perfect. She also tends to go to sleep early--like around 6:00-6:30, so it will give her enough time to wind down from the party.

We are going to grill. However our back up plan is pizza if it rains.

We plan on having hot dogs, hamburgers, potato salad, coleslaw, pasta salad.

Abbe2b3 · May 2012

2:30 and we're gonna cook out. Easy Peasy with cups cakes and ice cream.

futuremrsmcnichols · May 2012

We had DD#1's birthday party in the evening when all of her naps were over with. We had supper, which we had fried turkey, meatballs, fruit & veggie trays with dip, cheesey potatoes, cake and ice cream. It was nice to have it in the evening because we had all day to prepare and people could stay as long as they wanted. We had her party at my parents house, as almost all of my family lives in the area and don't get to see her often. I didn't want people to feel like they were on a time limit to visit with us.

jeweliabella · May 2012

We will be having ours at noon and the menu will include:

Spring rolls

Egg rolls

Fruits: apples, oranges, strawberries, watermelon, pears, plums

Vegetable tray

Pickles

Swiss cheese and crackers

Juice

Water

Granola bars

Fruit snacks

Fried rice

Sandwiches

Pizza

Chicken breast nuggets

Cake

The theme is The Very Hungry Caterpillar so we incorporated some of the foods from the book. Our baby usually sleeps when she is tired weather there are people or not.

mattsgirl515 · May 2012

Our party is 11:30am ? 3pm. It's after his first nap and before his second nap. Our theme is Jake & the Neverland Pirates and we are serving round sub trays (captain's wheel), goldfish & potato chips (fish & chips), gummy fish (catch of the day), grapes (cannonballs), pasta salad (Shipwreck Salad) & then cake. We will also have (pirate) beer, soda, water and (Mr. Smee's) iced tea. It's a pool party with mostly adults.

lisamoe · May 2012

We are doing 2pm and doing a meal that includes:

salad, pasta salad, fried chicken, rigationi with sausage/meatballs, pizza, party potatoes and a variety of apps and of course cake and cake pops for dessert.

I'm not really worried about nap time. There will be plenty of people there and he sleeps way better in someones arms rather than the crib, so I'm sure if he's tired he will get his nap in.

DenverBride2005 · May 2012

I think we are going to wait until after what is now his 2nd nap (late afternoon, 3-5 or something). This way if he drops his am nap and starts to go with just the afternoon nap we should have napping out of the way for the day.

I plan to serve something fairly light since it's between meals--maybe some light sandwich makings (lunchmeat, cheese, rolls) and fruit, veggie tray, and cookies and cupcakes, plus a small smash cake for DS of course I think we are keeping it to just family--I had a longer guest list going but it was starting to stress me out and I realized I shouldnt get so stressed over his first birthday--it's supposed to be fun and happy--I have plenty of years to throw a bigger party with other kids! I think I'll have my hands full enough with managing my family and ILs--not the best dynamic there.