My Baby Girl Is Turning ONE!!! Please Help!

A family membership to the ZOO!

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Start a savings account or college fund At one your daughter won't know if you gave her a toy. Another thought try a zoo membership. I have 3 granddaughters and our favorite Sunday outing is to the zoo.

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Something special and unique...why not a semester of Kindermusik classes! The classes are a great time for you and your duaghter to bond and just have time for the two of you without interruptions. Plus she will grow and learn so much in class! I'd love to talk to you more about the classes and our Demo Days we are having this week. Call or e-mail me ###-###-#### ____@____.com

K.

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At one she doesn't comprehend the significance of special days. Christmas, birthday, Monday, it's all just days of wonder at whatever is in front of her. So whatever it is you give her doesn't need to have significance, just be a good thing for a one year old. At 3 she'll get what her birthday is and maybe start to get the idea of some things being more significant than others, depending on how important "special" is in your ongoing vocabulary.

Enjoy this very significant day J..

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A friend of mine did the neatest thing for her son's one year old birthday party. She did a time capsule. She merely asked that all guests brought something that represented the year... ie: a favorite current CD, an article of clothing, a newspaper or magazine, anything that may be fun to open out of a time capsule when the kiddo is in their adult years.
Good luck.

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I have just made a friends son turning one on the 25th as well and my son turning one on the 31st ABC Board Books. You add photos to each page of a digital book. I did photos for each letter of the alphabet. Sounds hard, but it is NOT. Example - M is for Mommy with a picture of me and my son. D is for Daddy. G is for Grandparents. For X, I scanned a photo of his sono and put that in the book. It is soooooo neat. I can read it to him, and it will forever be a keepsake. If you want to know how to do this - please email me at ____@____.com.

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My little girl just turned one and you're right, they're going to get more toys you won't know what to do with!

My suggestion is to open up a savings account and contribute what you would spend for her. She's not going to know any different.

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How about classes such as Kindermusik or Little Gym? For my son's 1st b-day I enrolled him at The Little Gym. His birthday is also close to Christmas so in lieu of more toys, I spent some money decorating his bathroom with a cute rubber duckie theme for him.

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Have you ever done a TIME CAPSULE? You could put a pacifier, favorite toy, favorite blanket, a write up about the headline news the day of her birthday, the weather the day of her birthday, a picture, her height & weight... to name a few ideas. You could also google time capsule ideas, if you want to get more creative adeas. Put a date on it for when she is allowed to look inside.

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We started a tradition for our son years ago. One his first birthday we took him to Toys R Us and he choose his own toy. That first year he choose a firetruck with lights and siren. We still have it and each year he can't wait for the excursion to pick his gift.

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This is not to be mean but for Pete sakes she is only 1 . She will not remember the day or what she got . I recommend you buy a savings bond and a little toy she can play with now. She will have a little cash once the bond matures and a toy for now . You can spoil her with hugs & kisses now later she will want biggggg toys. Just love her while you can.

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At 1 year old, anything you give her is going to see WONDERFUL to her. :) Take LOTS of pictures of her eating her first birthday cake, and get her a precious baby doll that she can sleep with (cuddly and soft) and keep FOREVER. Congratulations!

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A little wooden rocking chair is something that they will grow into and give to their little one. You can personalize it by painting/decorating and she can have it forever!!

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check out www.lillianvernon.com and click on the kids section

they have lots of personalized items that are keeksakes

K.

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What if you just opened up an ERA (Education mutual funds account that grows TAX FREE!!!) or other mutual fund account on her behalf.

Explain to everyone that you want to give a gift that will be lasting and benefit her education and that any cash given to her, instead of gifts, will be going into an ERA for her future security.

Investing NOW will mean huge dividends later in her life.

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When my daughter's turned one my husband went to Things Remembered and bought each of them a silver jewelry box that he had engraved.

I also bought them each collectible Barbies, that they will never open!! but one day might be worth something!

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