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Baby Shower in a Box Ideas
Asked by M.R. from Rochester
on December 9, 2010
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My younger sister lives several states away and is expecting her first baby at the end of December. I have some gifts to send her but found out she's not really havin...
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- Matching shower caps.. I love your idea.. Must share..
- Put jelley beans in a baby bottle for them to guess how many. Get a few saftey pins to fasten two outfits. A baby book with her baby picture in it. How about making...
- You sound like a fun sister. I would throw in some diapers for sure (be sure you melt a snickers bar in one so they get the whole "guess the candy poop shower game...
MIL Performed Religious Ceremony on My Baby and I Got Upset. Overreacting?
Asked by L.B. from New York
on May 9, 2011
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First of all, Happy Mothers' Day, All!
My MIL is here from India. I am Christian and my husband is nonreligious. I realize that can cause problems, but what's don...
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- Of course your MIL isn't going to do anything to harm your son and has the best of intentions! But I don't think that's the point. Because you believe so strongly in...
- I know you have a ton of varying responses, but i just wanted to chime in that I think i would have had the exact same reaction if anyone was doing a ceremony sprinkli...
- it sounds to me like she has her own religious beliefs and maybe the "ritual" she was trying to perform was just to give the baby blessings.(like their version of a ba...
Recommendations for Baby's 1St B-day
Asked by C.R. from Dallas
on July 13, 2010
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I have a huge family, not to mention my husbands, and all of our friends from church. Im looking not to spend to much on my daughters first birthday, and looking to cu...
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- If the birthday is during warm weather- rent a picnic shelter at a local park (this is usually pretty inexpensive) and throw a giant summer potluck picnic/birthday par...
- i understand completly where you are coming from! in the past we have had family only for the kids birthdays until they turn 3. (only immediate family! siblings, their...
- For my oldest son who is now 9 we did all of our family who live near us and friends for his 1st birthday. It was quite overwhelming. With my next 2 children I did j...
Babies 1St Bday Party
Asked by S.K. from Dallas
on April 29, 2008
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hey moms!!
its my sons 1st bday and we're having a party for 2 hours. What are some activies we can plan for if there will be some older aged children (infant to 5)....
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- I asked the same question about a month ago and got some great idea's. First, buy a plastic baby pool $8 at Wal Mart and get a bag of balls at Wal Mart to fill the poo...
- If the weather is going to be nice, you could set up a sprinkler and bubble machine and give them some bubbles or squirt guns as their party favors to play with. A pi...
- I agree with letting it be child-directed if under 5. What I did for my son's birthday was have it at a park so the kids could play in the spray and playground. For my...
Party with over 20 Kids- Any Entertainment Ideas to Prevent Home Destruction?
Asked by E.L. from San Francisco
on March 17, 2010
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Hello mamapedia network-
My daughter is turning one and we invited pretty much everyone... it turns out there will be over 20 kids at the party of varying ages fro...
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- People tend to forget in this age of technology, that kids still like the simple things. A good game of red light/green light, mother may I?, musical chairs is a real...
- Some of the other ideas mentioned seem very time & parent involved & I can't really see that being easy w/ a 1yr old who you need to focus on - it is HER bday after al...
- You have lots of great ideas there. I would definitely do the bounce house. Then I would also have some crafts to keep the kids busy. For my daughter's bday one yea...
Ideas for Mix of Kids at First B-day
Asked by M.L. from Austin
on June 6, 2008
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We are having a backyard/house first bday. We have about 30 adult and 10 kids -- the problem is it's in late June - HOT - and there are 4 babies and 6 kids (3-7). I'...
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- I had some crayons and coloring books at the party and the 5 ~ 7 year olds really liked doing that. My son's birthday is in December so we had to have it indoors. Th...
- what about a slip-n-slide for the older kids. you can find them now for next to nothing. they may not even want to be out and about, so why not put in a kid friendly...
- I did something similar for my son's 1 year bash and there were older kids to entertain. My son's b-day falls at the end of the summer and I happened to find one of t...
1 Year Old Birthday Party
Asked by V.P. from Dallas
on November 8, 2010
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I am in need of some entertainment suggestions for a 1 year old birthday party. I will have kids from 2 to 5 attending the party and I want to make sure I have someth...
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- I had Jolly the puppeteer from DFWKidsParties do a puppet show, balloons and some dancing/music. She was amazing. I had about 40 kids in the age range of 1-10 and the ...
- My sister is wonderful for kids this age! She is in Fort Worth and I think could travel to Carrollton. She does amazing balloons, face painting and a magic show. Here ...
- hi V., I'm with Dallas Face Painters and I live very close to the carrollton area. You can view us on the web at DallasFacePainters.com We are the official face painte...
Party for Teens
Asked by M.O. from Provo
on August 11, 2011
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My 14 year old daughter wants to have a party with friends before they go back to school. They have a great group of friends (about 20) including boys and girls. She...
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- --Tiki torches (keep away from the party area, perimeter) -little white lights -have a mini radio playing (ipod in docking station etc) -pizza or mini pizzas -bowl...
- We used to hold a "Farewell to Freedom" party just before school started. Everyone had to wear crazy clothes that didn't match and had holes and were stretched out or...
- Don't try to micro manage what they do in the backyard. I would set up maybe the bag game and a volleyball net. then set up some tables with pop and ice and water an...
Looking for Used Toys for 1 Year Old
Asked by N.A. from Chicago
on May 31, 2009
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Hi Ladies, I am in desperate need of outdoor toys for my one year old daughter, I went to alot of stores and seen alot of wonderful outdoor toys for her but its too ex...
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- Craigslist and garage sales. I actually look for garage sales on craigslist, just type in garage sale and your town.
- I have actually been on Craiglist this past week looking for the same thing. There are a lot of listings-a bunch of houses, a couple of Little Tikes climbers for todd...
- You can also register with your local Freecycle group. www.Freecycle.org I have been doing this for a year now and the gist of it is: One person's trash is anot...
Tips for Terrible Two's
Asked by A.G. from Sarasota
on August 16, 2008
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Now that I am getting closer to the end of my second pregnancy(so close but so far away) my 22 month old tantums are getting much worse. I know that part of my problem...
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- I think some sort of daycare would be good for her. You can at least try it and you might be surprised. She could totally act the opposite of how you think she will....
- Please feel confident that it's not the new baby at all. It's simply her AGE. Almost all two yr. olds go through the same exact thing. I am a mother of two, moved ...
- My son is 6 now and did the same thing, he went to daycare. He only acted this way towards me & sometimes my sister the people close to him. I even went to a parenting...
