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KELLILOVESJOSH
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Not really a Baby Shower q? But wwyd
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I'm due Dec 7th and my DD will be 2 Dec 22nd
Here is the dilemma
I want to have a party for my DD, I'm going to be tired and sore and trying to recover and get ready for Christmas. My DH will not be around Christmas Day or three weeks after because he works offshore. So I don't want to wait and do the party after Christmas I know DD will not really remember. You y'all think its ok to just have the grandparents over for cake and maybe a cousin or two, just do cake and maybe order Pizza or something...we had a huge themed fun party for her 1st bday. And I would usually always do something fun for the kids, like rent a bouncy or have pony rides, also I usually make a ton of food and homemade treat bags..but Im already dreading this and it's only June lol
Here is the dilemma
I want to have a party for my DD, I'm going to be tired and sore and trying to recover and get ready for Christmas. My DH will not be around Christmas Day or three weeks after because he works offshore. So I don't want to wait and do the party after Christmas I know DD will not really remember. You y'all think its ok to just have the grandparents over for cake and maybe a cousin or two, just do cake and maybe order Pizza or something...we had a huge themed fun party for her 1st bday. And I would usually always do something fun for the kids, like rent a bouncy or have pony rides, also I usually make a ton of food and homemade treat bags..but Im already dreading this and it's only June lol
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Re: Not really a Baby Shower q? But wwyd
~Benjamin Franklin
DS dx with celiac disease 5/28/10
my bday is christmas and it was often birthday cake with family after christmas dinner.
when i was old enough to have a party with friends, we usually did it a few weeks before.
if you want to do a "big" party, I would do it in early december or mid november. I think the cake with grandparents (and pizza) sounds very nice.
When you've been married this long, you need a ticker to remind you.
Baby Boy M - 08/01/2013
Expecting Baby Bean February 2017
I learned the hard way. It may sound mean, but set the expectations low, early on. My daughter is grown and if I had it to do again, I would just have nice small parties. If you go big, then you get in a rut of feeling like you always have to go big cause that' what they know and expect.
I agree with PP about kids getting overwhelmed and miserable at these big parties. What you want to do is perfect. As they get older, just change it up by maybe having a couple friends and going to a park or someplace special. I think it's fine to do this and cake and ice cream with immediate family to include them in something.
Actually, having just the gps over for cake is a GREAT way to handle any 2nd birthday party.
Let's face it -- the 1st bday party is really for the adults around the child to celebrate the child's milestone. The baby doesn't know or understa ind what's going on.
By the time the child is 4, he or she has preschool or neighborhood friends, and you can throw an actual "kid" party at your home or at a bounce place or gymnastics center.
2 and 3 year olds are somewhere in between. They sort of understand what a birthday is, but they can be freakish about typical party stuff. I've been to more than one party for a 2 y/o that involved the guest of honor crying most of the time. A great solution to this is to have the grandparents over for dinner, cake/candles/birthday song, presents, and an early bedtime. The child will never know the difference.
I think the grandparents with pizza and cake is great.
I as well don't understand this need to have a b-day party every year for the kids. I think I had 2 parties my entire life and they were fun but so were just the quiet b-days with just family as well.