Am i the only one who ISNT having a big 1st B Day party?????

after reading what some of you ladies are doing for your little ones im feeling like a really bad mommmy

i mean you ladies are doing entertainers and booking places and im just keeping it small at my house and i havent even thought about invitations yet let alone cake or food

please tell im not winning worst mom of the year award im definatly feeling that right now. is my son going to miss out with me not doing a big b day bash?

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I am not doing anything lavish!

No entertainers,
No big favors,
No food!

I rented a hall only because I cannot fit more than about 5 people in my house!

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We probably won't. We will have a family party in our yard....but there are no other kids excpt my neice and DS in our family who would enjoy entertainment, etc.

Plus we have ipods and a docking station as a DJ

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I am planning to take the grandparents and aunt and uncle out for dinner to celebrate with us. We did the big christening (even though I didnt want to) and neigther of us enjoyed it too much. So dh gave into me and decided to keep the first birthday small.

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I am trying to solict playmates at local parks so that I even have people to invite!

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I wanted a big first birthday party, but DH did not since we already had a big Christening. So, we will be having immediate family only, at the house. I wrote out regular invitations from the store (not specially printed ones). We will order food though, because I can't cook for more than 4 people!

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We only did the big 1st b-day because we didn't have a briss or christening. But let me tell you, that will be DS's last big party until his wedding. From now on it will be immediate family over for pizza and cake, and then a small chidren's party.

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Nope. We just went to our niece's 1st B-day and it was her mom and dad and us and DD at Benihana and then presents and cake at home. So 6 people total and it was a perfect day. I called to ask my SIL about what her DD was wearing and my DH thought THAT was going over-board so you know how he feels about a big party.

Our DD will be similar event except we aren't even going to go out. I will make dinner at our house, the cake will be made by my best friend who loves to bake and will be about 8 people total max. There may be ballons.

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We had a small backyard party. BBQ food, homemade cake, nothing crazy.

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Nope, we're not doing much at all. I totally dropped the ball on this one. I wanted to plan a big party with friends & family in NY (we live in Chicago now) but it was too overwhelming & was going to be so expensive (our guest list was huge) so now we're doing nothing. Her birthday is on Saturday and it's just the 3 of us here. We may take her to the aquarium and out to a nice dinner. We're going to be in NY in 3 weeks so we're going to celebrate with family then. I feel awful. We were at Cheesecake Factory last week and they were singing Happy Birthday a few tables away. DD got so excited. I feel so bad it's just going to be us singing to her. We don't really have any friends here yet.

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We are having a big party but no entertainers, jumpy-things and the like.

Our families live in Minnesota and we'll be there for Christmas and DD's 1st bday party. Her party is our opportunity to see everyone in our families (aunts & uncles & cousins) that we haven't seen since our wedding and their opportunity to meet DD for the 1st time.

We didn't have a christening party either.

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I wanted to have a big thing until I realized that no one would come. My entire family lives out of state and while I have some friends here, I don't really think I want to have a big to do just to have a dozen people come. I was thinking we would just go to WDW instead.

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Don't be silly! You're a wonderfully Mommy!!! He will have an amazing party!

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I didn't have a party for DS's 1st birthday, and prob. won't have one for DD. I personally don't see the point in them for the child, they are for the parents and family. They have no idea what is going on and Ryan was perfectly happy having a piece of birthday cake and calling it a day.

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We're probably not doing anything big. I'm constantly on call and DH's family is having some major feuds and I would be ticked if someone didn't show because someone else was. So, we're keeping it real and with friends at our place...maybe a pizza or something.

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You are not a bad mommy!

We are not having a big party either. It was agreed to keep it immediate family.
DS' Bday is in January, so, obviously are not going to have it outdoors.
We are not renting a hall, or a restaurant, nothing. It's going to be here at the house with hero and a few dishes catered. I'll do favors for my nephews and niece. They will be the only children here.
We don't have the money or the room to do anything huge.
I will make up the invitations myself and the theme is actually a no brainer..LOL..DS LOOOVVEESSS Elmo, so, we are set with that (a tablecloth, plates and napkins) OOOhhh and the cake.

We did a HUGE Christening and to me personally, that was the party to make huge (and this was just a backyard party).

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DDs bday is 3 days after Christmas so we are gonna be BROKE!!!!!! she will get pizza and cake at our house with the family......DH is 1 of 5 so we have a big family there will be 10 kids here and and 10-12 adults and thats just his sibs their kids and our parents

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You are not a bad mommy. We decided to do something a little more intimate for our son at home. Invited family and our friends, ordered food and cut a cake... there were maybe 15 people there. For us it made more sense to have the petting zoos, entertainment, etc... when our son is old enough to enjoy some of it.

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I can say for sure that it wont be a lavish affair..Just a BBQ

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You are not a bad mommy. I had 20 people at my house last year, ordered 2 hero's and called it a day!!! I figured I'd save the money for a bday he would remember. Dont feel bad.

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We had a joint birthday party with 3 of my friends, our babies were all born within a few weeks of each other. We rented a church hall and just did our own food, all in all we spent about $70 each and we had about 70 people, it was a great party and everyone did a little bit. I got a cake from Costco (that cost £10) and we just enjoyed all being together!!!

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thankyou for all your support ladies it definatly has made me feel better. i think we are going to be just fine with a small intemate thing i think i was totally losing sight of the real meaning of the day and that is my adorable son and his big milestone

thanks ladies

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no.. you're not the only one. since moving to the land of the living brain-dead.... we have no one here. so my parents and grandma are coming to visit and we will just go out to dinner or something. i am really upset over it though...i wanted to have a nice party for her. i am blaming this on my dh since he is the only one who wants to be here.

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You're not being a bad mommy at all!!
We had a BBQ backyard party at our house for Jared's 2nd and at Eisenhower Park for his first. I don't have the $$$ for a huge party like that..