My daughter will be turning 1 in September, her father and I are set to be part of a wedding that falls the day after her birthday (a Saturday), the issues are - there is a rehersal dinner on her birthday (Friday) and we will be spending the night Fri & Sat (an hour away from home) where the wedding is, so it's looking like the whole weekend will be a wash as far as her day is concerned, I'm not sure what to do, I hate to celebrate bdays too far from the day, and our family lives 1-2hrs away, so planning and timing are key, I know she won't really remember it, but it's still important, any ideas would be appreciated.
Also, as far as food goes, feeding sugar laden cake to my 1 yr old doesn't quite sit well with me, any healthy infant friendly recipes for a cake/cupcakes/frosting?
SO I had the party on the 8th and had our immediate family here and a former roommate/friend, I baked a carrot cake using raw sugar and unbleached flour, with pineapple, raisins, and walnuts, and I made a brown sugar cream cheese frosting that only called for 1/4 cup of sugar, on her actual birthday her dad & I made her a special breakfast with a candle and sang her happy birthday and said happy birthday to her all day, she was extremely happy with that :) thanks so much for your comments!!
have it the weekend before or after her bday.. she really won't know the difference.. You can make her a carrot cake, angel food cake with strawberries or if you google healthy snacks, you will probably come up with something that you are comfortable giving her for cake..
HI N., I think you should just have your daughter's b-day celebration either the weekend before or the weekend after the wedding. You're right, she won't know the difference, she'll have fun whenever you do it. Try making some making her something like homemade carrot cake muffins/cupcakes, or apple spice. Something like that. You could buy her a healthy muffin and make or buy a cake or cupcakes for your guests. Good luck.
Have a small mommy-daddy thing in the AM. Give her 1 small gift ect. Then have a party for her when your able. (Isn't this something you thought of when you were asked to be part of the wedding?) It's her 1st Birthday...I get that you don't like the whole "sugar laden cake" idea but it is her 1st b-day. I think a little bit of spoiling on a bday even the 1st bday with a little frosting is fun! Just MY opinion.
Mommy of 2. 1-5yrs 1-2yrs
Children at his age dont know the diffrence in time, so wheather u have her birthday on her birthday or a liitle before or after, will make no diffrence to her. For a healthy cake i would suggest a carrot cake. Good Luck, and Happy Birthday to the little one.
We didn't celebrate my son's 1st birthday until he was 18 mos. old because I wanted to wait for my mother to be well enough to attend. I understand that you want to make it special on her actual birthday but really she will not know the difference and just make it extra special for you and your family when you do have it. You can always make cupcakes and have one without frosting for your daughter or you can use whipped cream instead. Hope this helps. Good luck with everything.
Morning N.,
I totally understand you wanting to do something special for her actual "BIRTH DAY"! I am the same way with my children and they are 8, 5 and 6mns. Yet, I am selfish and don't want to have an actual party for them on that day (unless it falls on a weenkend). What we usually do is just a little cake and ice-cream (or some other healthy choice you may find to use), with just the kids and us. This way they have something special always on their DAY, and we do the parties on the weekend either before or after (which ever is closest to the day).
Shes is only turning one, so making a big deal out of it is more for us parent's benefits and those around us who want to spoil our kids hehe, she won't remember what you end up doing. So good luck with the wedding, but most of all good luck in finding a solution that will work for you and your little one.
Your daughter is lucky to have parents who enjoy spending time alone together. That's a great present for her. As far as celebrating her first bday, just do it as close to the day as you can...she'll LOVE whatever effort you put in for her! I agree about the sweets for babies. If you're willing to make cake/cupcakes/cookies from scratch, I suggest following the recipe and just halving (or even thirding!) the sugar.
I would celebrate her birthday when you are able to have all the people/family there that you would like. She is so young and won't really know the difference. As for a healthy option, I gave my son a cupcake with Gerber vanilla custard on it. He loved it. He turned 2 yesterday and I let him have frosting and ice cream!! Good luck with everything!
K.
One year old birthday parties are for the parents and family. The kid will never remember. If you can get over your guilt about not celebrating, it'll be fine.
