Are you opening gifts at LO's party?

Jimsgirl5821 · May 2010

Or just saving it for later? I dont know if people want to see the little ones try to open or does it take too long and save it for after party? I think we are having a pretty big party. WDYT?

katypresson · May 2010

Oh yes we will open gifts at the party. Everyone wants to see what he gets!!!

CJB8 · May 2010

probably not. I may do it later in the day with close family around but not at the party. My sister had a major issue one year bc kids were all over my niece and fights started amongst the kids, it got ugly!

jenna0627 · May 2010

It will probably be my husband or I opening them since Trent is likely to be more interested in the wrapping paper, but we will open them. I think it's rude not to, almost like you could care less that people brought gifts and you will open them when convenient to you.

pharmacygirl · May 2010

We will open gifts after the party. Like pp, I don't want kids fighting over the new stuff and our party is going to have over 60 people so I think it would be too time consuming.

Jules G · May 2010

Yes, we will be opening DD's gifts at her party. I think you kind of have to, I know if I were at a bday party & they didn't open the gift that I brought, I would think it was rather rude. As much as I would love to save all the chaos & open them later, I just don't think that would be possible.

Jimsgirl5821 · May 2010

jenna0627:
It will probably be my husband or I opening them since Trent is likely to be more interested in the wrapping paper, but we will open them. I think it's rude not to, almost like you could care less that people brought gifts and you will open them when convenient to you.

I just remember being at BFF's daughter's 1st bday and husbands laughing and making comments about not wanting to watch gift opening...I didnt want people doing this at DD's party...LOL.

ivs112 · May 2010

I really don't know. I have to see how the party flows. We're having a lot of guests so we may just wait til the end when family and a couple of friends are around.

jenn_darrin1515 · May 2010

our party was officially 4-6 pm and we didn't get cake out til 6:15 and after that the girls were done...so after we got them into bed, dh and i ended up opening gifts with the family and friends who were still there...it worked out quite nicely actually...the girls wouldn't have enjoyed present time as much as they enjoyed crawling around and "playing" with the bigger kids...

jenna0627 · May 2010

Jimsgirl5821:

jenna0627:
It will probably be my husband or I opening them since Trent is likely to be more interested in the wrapping paper, but we will open them. I think it's rude not to, almost like you could care less that people brought gifts and you will open them when convenient to you.

I just remember being at BFF's daughter's 1st bday and husbands laughing and making comments about not wanting to watch gift opening...I didnt want people doing this at DD's party...LOL.

Ya, I can see your point. We will have a big party as well and looking at other family members 1st birthday parties the men tend to be off to a side anyhow so I am assuming that is how ours will be.

jolis_petits_bijoux · May 2010

We are planning on it. The party will be a very casual outdoor-type party in our yard, and our pool is open (but it's only 70 degrees so far

). I don't expect everyone to sit around and pay attention... if they want to watch, fine, if they'd rather sit on the deck and play cards, that's fine, too.

FlaCourtney · May 2010

I think it feels a little too much like a shower when people open gifts at a party like that -- it's different when the kid is older and you can see his reaction.

FWIW, we'll wind up opening them because our party will just be us and the grandparents. I was going to tell people "no gifts" if we had had a larger party w/ friends because we really don't need anything, but I know the grandparents won't listen to that.

jbl126 · May 2010

We will not be opening gifts at the party. We are having too many people and only have the room for so long.

I have been to a few 1st birthday parties and the gifts were not opened. And that was fine by me. I will have family and close friends over later after the party and will open them then.

deeanneharris · May 2010

katypresson:
Oh yes we will open gifts at the party. Everyone wants to see what he gets!!!

We are for this very reason. I think people that come (in my family) would be upset if we didn't do it.

janjag · May 2010

i posted about this last week before their party. i'd intended on opening, but honestly there wasn't time! we had a 2hr party, and i was just too busy socializing and taking care of party stuff. it flew by!

Jen&Joe06 · May 2010

I have never been to a party where they didn't open them so that is what we will be doing.

NewMrs52106 · May 2010

DD's party was last weekend (she turns 1 tomorrow) and we opened gifts; everyone wanted to watch her tear the paper and show how much she liked each gift. But, we also had a pretty small (family only) party. It would've been different if we had had 50 people over or something I think.

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