(new mom) Please help me with some ideas, I want it to be special but I am unsure about what other mothers do to celebrate the first birthday. My son's birthday is in June.
2007-03-13 23:00:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Parenting
Warm B'day Wishes to ur son in advance.
Even i was going through a lot of questions when it was turn for my daughters 1st b'day.... mind u , u will go through this phase for each of his b'days , 1st , 2nd or 10th or...
we had a big party at home. we have a lot of relatives staying closeby, whom we had called for dinner along with our friends. i had kept few simple games for the kids (eg; passing the parcel, 1 minute show, housey and other fun games like blindfolding the child n asking him to stick a 'bindi' on a face i had made on a cardboard....) children enjoy games. there was dance too. u will note that even ur little one would want to be a part of the fun (irrespective of how much he can do). finally there was cake cutting followed by dinner. little ones also get return gifts!
apart from the enjoyment in the evening, we had a puja ceremony in the morning. our child is God's gift to us n what better the day to thank Him than the 1st b'day.
Hope u have a blast!
2007-03-13 23:18:04 · answer #1 · answered by renuka 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think a kids first birthday party is really for the family more than the baby.
For my daughter's first birthday a few weeks ago we invited family and close friends over for the afternoon and fixed kids party food - sandwiches, crisps, twiglets, veggie sticks, dips, jaffa cakes, etc - for everyone and a cake with one candle on the table.
We had wine for the grownups and juices for the kids (my two step kids and a freind of theirs). We didn't do decorations as they'd have been destroyed in minutes if she'd gotten hold of them!
I made sure she had plenty of sleep in the morning and my sisters kept an eye on her to make sure she didn't get over-whelmed while I kept an eye on everyone else to make sure they were all having a nice time!
We opened presents throughout the day, but she liked the paper and boxes as much as the contents!
When she started to look tired I started shooing people off home and put her to bed where she slept like a log after all that contact time with people.
2007-03-13 23:51:31 · answer #2 · answered by Skidoo 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First b-days are easy. They are unsure what is going on so I suggest keeping it at home and low key. Invite close family...a bunch of crying babies will only take away from your special ones day.
I decorated her highchair with helium balloons (her favorite part of the whole thing) and made her a cake (box mix) iced it with pastel frosting, sprinkles and "1" candle. That was hers to destroy as she wished. Which she promptly did! It was hysterical and we all laughed. She had cake and frosting everywhere and ate very little but it made for priceless photos and video.
While I gave her a quick bath and put on clean clothes, my mother served coffee and another cake to the guests. We helped her open a few presents and she fell asleep in the wrapping paper on the floor.
Keep in mind how overwhelming a big deal will be to them. You want it to be special, not traumatic for them. And you would hate to go to a lot of trouble to have them cry or sleep the whole time.
2007-03-13 23:12:07 · answer #3 · answered by SouthernGrits 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Have it at a park or your house going somewhwere like chuckie cheese will be too much for him he is only one. My son will be one wed. and his party is next sat. I got his favorite show THE DOODLEBOPS for every decoration and some to go bags for the older kids. it is going to be simple but a little more because its his first. he probably will fall asleep during his party my nephew slept for two hours of his party if he is walking by then have music and games where he can feel involved but make sure when the cake comes out that all attention is on him so he can sense that its his special day.
2007-03-15 05:38:09 · answer #4 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
hi, we had my son's first last year, we are in new zealand and it was the end of august so the end of winter for us ie not nice weather hehe, we had it at lollipops playland which is a big indoors adventure playground and cafe etc.. there were ten children and they had a great time as there were separate areas of play for younger and older children so was good with age gaps.. we had it at 2pm so that they had finished their naps (could be an idea to check the guests nap times!), and were finished by 4, left the mess for them to clean up woohoo! then we went to my grandparents for a barbecue dinner so that the rest of the family and my friends could come and celebrate it too, it was great fun!!
2007-03-13 23:12:31 · answer #5 · answered by jarellsmom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we had it at a park right next to the beach and barbecued with a whole load of family and friends there. the first b-day is really big in our family. when the child makes it through the first year, it's a big thing! we had two cakes for my son. one for everyone to eat and one for him to just grab at!! it was so much fun!
2007-03-13 23:06:00 · answer #6 · answered by impossiblemama 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My son wasn't adopted by me until he was 3 so I missed his first birthday. However, I think a little party with his grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc., would be nice.
2007-03-14 03:09:37 · answer #7 · answered by spelling nazi 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we had a small get together (Grandparents, aunts and uncles) at our house for cake and Ice cream. I made one of those cut shape cakes....it was a nice time. My son didn't know what was going on at the time, but he had fun with the family.
2007-03-14 02:05:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i always baked him a cake or bought one and had gifts and family and friends over and they make a big to do over the birthday boy and he knows it is his special day...have balloons and make sure there is candle and try to show him and help him blow it out...make sure you take some pictures to because you will always have those memories when they grow up.............
2007-03-13 23:05:00 · answer #9 · answered by sanangel 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
had balloons, streamers and a huge chocolate mud cake I think the adults have more fun but take heaps of photos so they can see it when they get older.
2007-03-13 23:09:43 · answer #10 · answered by purpleorca 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋