best piece of advice for planning a first birthday party

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My first I did 1st bday/baptism. Is was a lot of work and they don't remember. My 2nd, we took for a photoshoot with smash cake then went to the buffet. My 1st wishes I did a photoshoot instead. Year after year, I take my 1st to different places when birthday comes. I don't have friends so it'd me me and my sister or hubby. (I'd invite a friend too if there were any)

Baby will probably get overwhelmed if there’s lots of people and lots of sounds so keep the party short or warn people that baby may need a break halfway through

Here for the comments 🤗😊 this is such a good question - I’m in the process of solidifying a plan for my twin boys (they’re almost 11 months)

so true i gotta think about that bc my guest list was looking a little long 👀 @Victoria~

ooh so exciting! i hope it’s a fun one 💙💙 @Alicia

Two things. First thing I did was bought things from Amazon instead of renting. I returned everything I wasn’t gonna keep and decorations I didn’t end up using and got more than half of my money back! Second thing is Your baby isn’t gonna care how much of what you have or what you did or didn’t get. Don’t stress yourself trying to make the party perfect they’ll have fun either way. Good luck mama!

Go all out, yeah they won’t remember but it’s more for you and your memories!! You’ll never look back and think you did too much, don’t wanna look and think you should’ve done more. I wish I went a little more crazy and got lots of cute pics of both of them at their 1st 😩

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Make sure you make a list of things you want to happen and ask someone close to you to help you keep to your schedule (if you invite a lot of people). For example if you want to take photos with every guest, get cute cake smash pictures, get a video of you singing happy birthday or whatever, make sure someone else can help you keep your time frames straight. I have done small, medium and big birthday parties and one of my issues it’s over planning and not getting to everything I wanted. Less can be more, just have fine. Bubble machine and a ball pit have made all the kids I invited have a great time.

Its the big 1st birthday but I wouldnt mistaken that for you needing to make it this big extravagant day with a party planner and try to make it look like how the celebrities or influencers make theirs look. Obviously you can go all out of thats what you're into but don't feel pressured into breaking the bank for just one day or trying to impress people. Its okay to keep it small too. For the first couple of birthday its moreso about you the parents than your little one as they won't remember so focus on quality more than quantity. More of a thank goodness we made it through the first year and high five to us as parents. Most importantly, have fun with it, conserve energy and capture every moment.

Plan ahead lol there was an issue with my Amazon order of decorations and the order got cancelled and I couldn't get anything here in time. And the party stores had NOTHING for our theme (Dr Seuss). I ended up with coa bunch of red and white stuff that looked lame and no real theme outside the cup cake toppers 🙃

Oh also get yourself a cake! It’s been a whole year since you brought life into the world, you should be celebrated too!

We kept it small and initmate. We invited only people who had shown up for me in PP and who checked in our on little one. We didn't have a caterer. I cooked and I listed the menu on the Evite and gave a deadline for allergies and if anyone missed that deadline they'd have to eat before or after the party. We took a photo with everyone that came. When singing happy birthday we asked everyone to gently sing and not shout as it might overwhelm her and she was SO happy with everyone singing. In the playpen we set up a soft climbing structure and so we all got to eat and there were 3 kids were playing in there. We had little games for the babies that could walk and grab things. I also wrote my wife a card for her first year as a parent. For 2nd bday we sang happy birthday first! And actually I'll do that every yr because the kids are awake, still a little shy so they want to stay close to parents, and they get a sweet treat and run around and then get to eat food and continue playing.

THANK YOU ALL! wonderful tips & advice 💜💜

My Lo b day is in aug and I’ve stared to plan. I’m trying to keep it at around 1k give or take. Here for the comments

I’m currently planning my boys birthday. One turns 6 year old and the other turns 1 ( their birthday are two months apart.. 🙃). To be honest, I wish I had someone help/guide me on planning the 1st birthday. My husband and I weren’t sure who to invite and/or overall plan a birthday. Although, the birthday party/gathering had some hiccups but it overall came out great. The second, third, and so on planning for my son’s birthday got a lot easier. I, now get to do it all over again but with more experience to plan my second boy 1st birthday! ☺️☺️ All the parties, I go all out but on a affordable/low cost budget. Edit: every year I make a registry that is both for their birthdays and Christmas. I make a registry of anything of educational/learning books, toys, bigger size clothing and shoes and if they have a room with a theme, to add onto the registry. So far, both families have been respectful of my requests. It’s also not a big deal if someone get something different too 🫶🏼

I think parties for under 5s are about the child feeling loved and having fun, not themes and photo ops. Provide some snacks, only have their (and your) favourite people there. Don't get in stuff your kid won't get anything from (toys, entertainment etc) Make the most of the simple times because once they are school age child birthday culture gets ridiculous!! 🙄 And, always ask for help with set up so you're less stressed at the start. Tidying up is much less stressful when you think about it 😉

Have a designated person film during the singing of the birthday and filming it so you can actually be in it with your baby that is something that I would’ve changed