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My DD is nearly a year old (OMG what?!) so it's party planning time! I'm doing a Bee theme cause that's what her nickname was in utero and I had a Bee themed baby shower. I've made an event on FB and invited all my Mothers' Group, family and friends with kids. I'm just wondering how far to cast the net? Should I stop there or invite my single, childless friends who I catch up with regularly? Or even my married childless friends who I see weekly and who love DD? KWIM? What do you all usually do?
We invited all the family (but only to her first b'day) and anyone who was a part of our life regularly during her first year.
At that time some if our closest friends didn't have kids but they were a huge part of DD's first year.
DD1 had over 100 people invited to her first b'day with about 80 coming... It was insane!
From then on its been immediate family & friends we see all the time.
For my kids 1st birthday parties I invited family, old school friends (all were childless), and any ladies I'd made friends with whilst pregnant and their kids
The first birthday party is for you and your partner, for surviving the year - it was for us anyway. So, we had all family and friends who could come. I didn't invite my mother's group, cos i didn't see them outside of MG. People i would be happy to have dinner with were on the list.
We invited quite a few people to DDs first birthday. I think the list was at 60 odd (and we catered for them all, of which 30 to 35 actually showed up! Which was a bit dissapointing tbh, but hey we had fun!)
Like the previous post said, its more a celebration of surviving the first year!
we are having DS this weekend and we have invited family and a few friends. Even with just family it is over 30 ppl (hubby has a big family) and i just didnt want it bigger than that lol. just way to much to organise and too much money lol.
i plan on doing the friends with kiddies parties for the next year and so on when DS can actually enjoy having the kids to play with a bit more. ITMS?
Think we invited about 80 to both Moo and Buster's very first birthday parties, basically family and friends that we are close to, childless included. For us the first is the big one so we go all out!
Wow! Time flies. Who would you like there? Your daughter won't really care who comes, so it's really about who you want to celebrate the first year with, I think.