What are you doing for LO's birthday? Based off of some people's reaction to the fact that I keep junk to a minimum when giving LO food, I am sure I will get the side eye for not wanting to give him actual birthday cake. Sure, the doc OK'd it but I want LO to have a big smash cake and not just a tiny piece of birthday cake (which is what I would be comfortable with him having). I have read a couple baby-friendly cake recipes that I may try out... but I also want it to look like a cake! Gah! Anyways, do you know what you will be doing? Anyone have a great tasting/looking cake (and maybe even healthy-ish icing) recipe? TIA
PS-- this is the pic of what the cake from the baker will look like...
Re: So let's discuss-- birthday cake!
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With DD1 I kept her diet pretty strict until she was 2, but I let her have cake on her birthday. I made a cupcake which was the top tier of her cake and she only ate a small portion, she wasn't into smashing.
I don't think DD2 will be able to have cake on her b-day. I have her eating purees now, but we have not yet been okayed to give table food so she has no experience with eating. I am ridiculously upset about this I may just give her a cake to smash to pieces, she knows how to do that.
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We are doing a smash cake for LO. Chocolate with buttercream icing.. sugar over here!!
I don't feed him junk, but I have no problem letting him have sweets.. he had a bite of two of my cake I had for dessert tonight!
We're having cake... plus other treats at the party. DD will have a smash cake (a bigger cupcake), all to herself. She'll probably eat it. She's already had cake... we have a 6 nieces and nephews and she's tried cake at one of their parties already, plus a family reunion. And she loved it... of course!
While we make sure she has fruits and veggies and balanced meals every day, I'm not obsessed with keeping things away from her. A little bit of a treat now and then won't hurt her... especially on her birthday.
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I think he'll be too busy playing in it to actually eat any of it. But, I think I will see if we can make the icing a little less sweet, just because it'll be the first sugary thing he has and my aunt is making the cake and her icing is usually super sweet.
There are some recipes on wholesome baby for healthy cakes and icings, they sound pretty good.
https://wholesomebabyfood.momtastic.com/tipFirstBDay.htm#.UGpTnLT3DR0
P.S: That cake is adorable! I love it!
Honestly, I'd be so surprised if anyone side-eyed you about cake. Every family makes choices about what is right for them so why should this be any different? I'd guess a majority of kids will get cake on their first bday. You won't be alone!
Here's the cake I want for DD. Her room is an owl theme, she is being an owl for Halloween, and apparently I have a problem because her bday is owl-themed as well.
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DS2 will get a smash cake-- he's just now starting to self feed so he may or may not actually eat it. DS1 barely ate any of it on his birthday, even though he was eating table food by then-- like PP's mentioned, it ended up on the floor, on his clothes, in his hair, etc.
I think most of us are pretty particular about what we feed our LO's, but I know that the few bites of cake/icing that may make it into DS2's mouth won't ruin his healthy diet. In fact, for DS1's second birthday, we did cake push pops and he took one lick of the icing and handed it back to me. He'd rather eat fruit.
I think the tradition of a smash cake is fun & I want to give my boys treats on their birthdays that they don't normally get. But if it's not for you, that's ok!