| |||||||
| Social & Relationships Social skills, friends, dating, sex, seduction, monogamy, polyamory, marriage, alternative relationships, soul mates, parenting, children, family life, education |
|
Welcome to the Personal Development for Smart People Forums, the place for lively, intelligent discussion of all personal growth issues -- physical, mental, financial, social, emotional, spiritual, and more. You're currently viewing as a guest, which gives you limited read-only access. By joining our free community, you'll be able to post your own messages, access many members-only features, see the new messages posted since your last visit, and of course remove this header message. Registration is fast, simple, and free, so please join today. If you arrived here from a search engine, you may want to explore the main site first, which includes hundreds of deep and insightful articles on a variety of personal development topics. |
 |
| | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
07-17-2008, 09:46 PM
| #1 (permalink) |
| Member Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 68
 |  How would/have you celebrate your childs first birthday ? ?
Guys, I am about to celebrate my daughters first birhtday party.As this is the first birthday for my precious daughter,I am very excited. Can you share with me how you have celebrated 1st birthdays of your children or how you want to?What favors did you give/recieve ?  |
|      |
|
07-18-2008, 02:39 AM
| #2 (permalink) | |
| Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 155
| Quote:
I made her a cake and pretty much invited over all family and a few close friends. I didn't bother trying to find other kids her age to invite over which eliminated party favors. She is too young to really care about that. We had it in the late afternoon and just had snacks. I made a really awesome slide show of pictures of her from birth til 1 year and put background music behind it. We opened presents. She was kinda overwhelmed from all of the people, but she had a good time. You can't really go wrong for a first birthday! Do whatever works for you and your family!. | |
|
| |
|
07-18-2008, 03:53 AM
| #3 (permalink) |
| Senior Member  Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Charlotte, NC
Posts: 1,136
|
With my first son I realized the first birthday is more a celebration for the family as a whole, than just for the child. To a one-year-old, it's just another magical day in a series of magical days. We invited grandparents, aunts & uncles & a few friends (adult friends). My son was (and still is, at 15) a little overwhelmed with lots of people, so it was very brief. Being there for him was my goal, not doing some kind of celebration that didn't even take into consideration his developmental level or temperament. For us, low-key was the key!
|
|
| |
|
07-18-2008, 08:18 AM
| #4 (permalink) |
| Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007
Posts: 865
|
Birthdays are definitely more for the family than the object that happens to do a ++age. I am always the most bored person at any birthday party, doesn't matter if it's my own. Everyone just uses the day as an excuse to get together and talk about stuff and eat stuff. IMHO birthdays are meaningless. Just like any holiday it's just an excuse to slack off and waste money. This year I decided that there'd be no celebration, but some family still showed up and I had to give up working on my project. At least I got some chocolate for the trouble...
__________________ "We're here for a good time, we're not here for a long time." - Colin Mcrae “It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” - Jiddu Krishnamurti |
|
| |
|
07-21-2008, 04:40 PM
| #5 (permalink) |
| Member Join Date: Apr 2008
Posts: 95
|
My kids first birthdays, their favourite parts of the gifts were the boxes! And I let them have their cake and eat it themselves. very messy, but cleaned up in good cheer  We just had family. I think that party favors are overrated. These days, I hold a kid's party and they can play games and each pick out a prize to take home at the end. We have a family party as well, on a different day. Mostly because our family is huge and we love an excuse for a party |
|
| |
|
| Bookmarks |
« Previous Thread
|
Next Thread »
| Thread Tools | |
| Display Modes | |
Linear Mode
| |
Similar Threads | ||||
| Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
| Birthday Goals | InterfaceLeader | Personal Effectiveness | 8 | 07-18-2008 03:44 PM |
| Erin's birthday | Steve Pavlina | Erin Pavlina | 19 | 07-11-2008 08:38 PM |
| i Hate my birthday | Angelwings | Emotional Mastery | 6 | 03-11-2008 03:02 AM |
| My birthday sucked!!!! | coollikeme | Emotional Mastery | 6 | 02-10-2008 11:08 PM |
| Valentine's Day for Singles: How do you celebrate? | C33 | Social & Relationships | 12 | 02-11-2007 04:55 PM |
All times are GMT. The time now is 01:34 AM.