1st Birthday Party Advice

Veittobe · July 2012

Now that my little girl's 1st birthday has passed, I have one piece of advice that I thought I wish someone had stressed to me before the big day. Just like at your wedding - TAKE TIME TO ENJOY THE DAY!! Your LO only turns 1 once. I made the mistake of having a large party to celebrate and had a blast planning and decorating and all that. And everyone had a great time. Except me. I was way too busy playing hostess to be able to sit back and enjoy my daughter turning 1. I even found myself in the other room cutting cake for guests and making coffee while my daughter was eating her cake for the first time!! What the heck was I thinking?! I wish I had made the dang coffee, cut the cake and made sure everyone had their cake BEFORE we sang happy birthday and had DS eat her cake. I did manage to catch some of it - but I wish I had scaled down the party or asked my Mom to take care of more of the "work" during the important parts of her birthday. If I have a second child, his/her first birthday party will be small.

kellydw · July 2012

Thank you for your post, you just took away my guilt for not having a large blow out birthday party.

SoxFan777 · July 2012

I agree... We're doing a BBQ and while it will be SLIGHTLY larger than our normal birthday parties, I'm not going overboard. Grilled chicken, burgers, hotdogs, lots of prepared salads (AND I'm having people who offer to bring the salads!)... I'm even hiring a baker to make the cupcakes and desserts. I was so into making my own cake, etc, but I want to ENJOY the day and NOT stress... so we're doing 25 people and I'm going to have fun!