Anyone not have a bday party for LO?

Ashnmike528 · September 2011

I am pretty much positive we won't be having a "party" for DD's bday this year. I feel awful about it, but by the time I got around to looking for a location, everything was booked, or way too expensive. We have a ton of bills we are trying to take care of before DD2 gets here, so money is very very tight. Our house is too small to have it here, and outside is iffy in October.

I'm sure my family will stop by and bring gifts for her, but we won't be doing a party party. I feel like this is the last year we could "get away with it" because she honestly doesn't fully understand the concept yet. I am having such mommy guilt over this. Worst mommy ever?

dle927 · September 2011

We're not having a party for Claire this year. My family will come over (parents, sister and her family) but no one else. Everyone came to visit Evan when he was born and brought gifts for E & C, then we had E's baptism and had a dinner for the godparents (my cousin and her DH), my Aunt and Uncle and my family. I figure it's enough for this year. C will just be happy to have her cousins, aunt and uncle and grandparents.

jnk062602 · September 2011

If we didn't have so many local family, I would have done some fun family activity for dd for her bday. I worked on her actual bday and my parents took her to the buffalo zoo - how fun is that!?! Maybe you could do something fun on her bday - apple picking and a hayride, go to bounce it out or Kango, or even just the 3 of you go to a playground and bring a lunch - she will love it. DD had a blast at her bday party, but what she talks about on a weekly basis is our seabreeze trips or playground times on the slide.

Oh - and a party to a kid is balloons and a cake (or cupcake in dd's case). So just do that for when your family stops over, she won't even know a difference. We still have 3 balloons floating from her bday and she sees them and says party.

ArcticFox · September 2011

Last year we didn't have a formal party for DD. We invited over DD's "grandma" as well as 2 of grandma's friends, and that was it. We still celebrated, but it was just on a small scale. It was nice instead of having people over like 1x a year just for her bday.

Bianca42 · September 2011

The boys birthdays are close together at the end of Jan & beginning of Feb. Last year I didn't do anything for either one of them.

We don't have any local family and by the time I got around to thinking about a friend-party for my oldest it was too late.

We did cake with the 4 of us for both of them and they got to pick a special birthday dinner. We even bit the bullet and went to chuck-e-cheese for lunch on Mike's birthday.

Irisheyes1247 · September 2011

My sister and my birthday are within 2 weeks of one another and mine generally falls on or around Fathers Day, so my mom would either bring a cake over to my grandma's (we have dinner there every Sunday) or have them over to our house instead. It was always very low-key, we very rarely had friend parties. I don't think they are that necessary. I think something fun for the 3 of you would be nice. Let her choose what she wants to do, or if she wants something special to eat.

TinaL99 · September 2011

We're not having a 2nd birthday for Stella. We decided that we'd do a "big" 1st birthday and only do family party until they're in school and want friends to come. It runs into so much money and time for her to just get a bunch of "stuff". We'll have our families over for dinner and cake and that's it.

Ashnmike528 · September 2011

Thanks everyone! You have given me some great ideas, and now I don't fee AS guilty. :-) Happy Friday!!

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