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in January 2013 Moms
Is anyone else not having a party for the first birthday? We have no family anywhere close by and with the holidays so close I felt a little weird inviting friends with kids. Plus DH has been away a lot for work and I had enough on my hands being "single, working mom."

We're still going to celebrate and get some photos of the smash cake, but I'm having some mom guilt. :(
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Re: No party

  • 82Sonia82Sonia member
    edited January 2014

    We're having a party but really, just a very small get together (just us and one set of grandparents that live nearby). I am not doing a smash cake but I'll make some cupcakes or something.  I think it's a messy waste (unpopular opinion here) to give her a whole little cake. 

    Don't feel guilty, your child is not going to remember. Give him or her some cake, put on a party hat and take a couple of pictures.  That's still a celebration.

     

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  • OhBaby+2013OhBaby+2013 member
    I agree with @82sonia (especially about the smash cake) celebrating is celebrating, whether it's with a house full of people or with just your family. If we didn't have family near by we wouldn't be having a gathering either. Don't feel guilty at all.
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  • jobiannjobiann member
    I don't think it really matters how big or small your get together is, if it is just you, your H and LO, that seems like plenty! I think it's just popular (and fun, IMPO) to do a big party. We did it because we live in the same town as most of our family (it was family only but we have huge families). Next year will be smaller because we won't have his party along with Christmas gatherings so it might just be the Grandparents and us and I'm just fine with that!

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  • ReeceFamilyReeceFamily member
    We're just doing a family get-together to celebrate DH's 40th bday, my mom's 70th bday, and DD's 1st bday (as well as late Jan bdays for my BIL and MIL) - we're chock full of Aquarians in this family.

    We are getting professional photos of entire family one day, then a celebration that is really just a nice family dinner and cake.  I had a little guilt, too, when I saw the post about bday party "themes" - it never even crossed my mind to have a theme for a 1 year old :).

    I have heard tales of the crazy, competitive, expensive bday party scene in our town.  I just don't want to get caught up in all of that, at least not yet!
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  • ==N====N== member
    We did but dd hated it. We probably won't do one next year.

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  • ungraceful13ungraceful13 member
    We are having a party but only bc our whole family lives so close and want to come. That being said I think it is perfectly fine to not have a party. What I am looking forward to the most is what we have planned for her actual birthday. DH and I took the day off work and we are letting her sleep in, have chocolate chip pancakes, taking her to the aquarium, and cooking her her favorite dinner (chicken and noodles).
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  • this decaf lifethis decaf life member
    I wanted to do a party... but ended up having people over for a New Year brunch and I unofficially made that DD's birthday party. I put up some decorations in the house and had a muffin for her.
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  • AllieMag24AllieMag24 member
    We didn't have a party for DD1's first bday and won't be doing it for DD2 either - but it's because we want to just have our little foursome for the celebration. Though our families aren't nearby, we have lots of friends around who we could invite but the arrivals of the girls into our lives were such special and intimate events for us that we're reserving the first birthdays for a quiet celebration of that.

    We did have a fun birthday party for DD1 this year as she turned 3 - she actually cared about having a party and it was a blast.
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  • ema10ema10 member
    Thank ladies! I feel a little better. I know he doesn't care one way or the other, but it's still his first birthday.

    We're going to go out to eat somewhere just the three of us. His one year photos will be the next day, so that's why I figured I'd go ahead and do the cake. The cake is kind of a waste, but I know he's going to have fun playing, so I'm fine with it. It won't be anything fancy.
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