Is it "necessary" to have a grand celebration for my only son's 1st birthday?

You don't need to have a grand celebration. just invite a few close friends and family members over and have a easy lunch or dinner buffet!

grand celebrations are never a necessity. if you could afford one, well and good, but if you're on a tight budget, why go through with it, right? turning one calls indeed for a celebration, but you could do it rather quietly, with maybe, just some ice cream, spaghetti, cakes, sandwiches.

hi,ETHAN..tell your mother..as its my first birth day,celebrate within the close friends..its my recommendation to your parents.. hi,miyara...on dec.8th..go to your god.s[church or buddha..i don't know..] place in the morning,pray for some time ..have small and nice party with close near and dear..DO SOME HELP TO POOR ON THAT OCCASSION..all the best.. hi,etan..wish you advanced happy birth day..

yeah, I think so, coz it's the 1st bday of your son

didn't know u already have a baby...hehehe... of course u have to have a grand celebration for him... :-)

I would just invite any close (I'm talking sees him at least 2-3 times a week) family and friends. Any more than that will overwhelm him even if he's an outgoing child. I learned that the hard way

ofcourse it is birthdays are very joyful days! kids have great memories of those and they have so much fun.

He is a little cutie. With regard to his birthday, of course you want to celebrate but do not go overboard as he is not yet old enough to understand what it is all about. Perhaps invite the grandparents and other relations you are close to as well as close friends but keep the numbers down. Remember he will tire fairly easily as it will be a long day for him - parents are all excited and he will realise that something is not "usual". Good luck but whatever you do, at least have some sort of celebration, even if you limit the numbers. :)

You dont have to make the party too expensive for ur son. Though i made a birthday party for my only son too but it cost me not too much. Just invite close friends and relatives, also dont forget invite kids, ur son will be happy viewing a lot of kids happy in his party.

I don't think you have to have a huge party. Your son isn't going to remember whether or not his first birthday party was a smash. Do a small family gathering or invite a few friends.

We didn't it was just the three of us, and then later we went to my mothers who had her own little thing but still nothing major just my sisters and brother, mom and dad and us

Its all on you. if you are really happy on his birth then you should definetly celebrate his birhtday. and the matter of grand celebration depends on your financial capabilities.

oh! how sweet is your baby! i think your baby's 1st birthday must be celebrated well. he is your first and only child so why be thrift on him? anyways i believe that even if he doesn't seem yet to understand what is happening but when he grows old he will be proud that you gave him a grand first birthday. so be sure to have your camera and videos on hand. invite your family and friends to celebrate and be thankful you have a great sweet son! you're blessed so show them that you're thankful. don't forget to thank god for giving you a wonderful child. god bless!

Yes of course you should celebrate it grandly bcoz that his 1st brithday.

you only turn 1 once. yes....get the big cake, loads of film, family, friends, balloons, and food. go for broke!!!

I can see why you want to celebrate. Ethan is cute as can be. I'm with Laureleigh99. He is 1 year old. Keep it simple. Some balloons, a simple menu and only for a couple of hours should do it up grand enough for a one year old. Babies get tired from all the excitement. When they get tired, they get cranky. When they get cranky, your grand birthday party will turn into a disaster. If you have other small children at the party, you and their parents will really be thankful for the two hour limit. Plan your party activities so the party moves along - eating, games, cake and candle, opening presents. Don't forget the grandparents. They love this stuff. Have fun.

What do you consider to be grand? For my nephews birthday and all there firsts, all that was needed was family, close family.

Hi there. I felt under loads of pressure to have a huge party for my little one on her firt birthday but it actually ended up a complete waste of time as she was too young to even get what was going on and spent the entire afternoon screaming and crying at the guests and playing with the wrapping paper!!! I much preferred to have the bigger bash when she was older - it made it more worth while!

what a cutie! The truth is that he won't really remember what you did, so be sure to at least take pictures of him with a birthday cake for posterity. (The tradition of baby's first sugar with a little cake all his own that he gets to destroy is not to be missed in my opinion). In my case, it felt important as a family celebration to have a semi-large celebration when my son turned 1. I do admit that it was more for me than for him since he was so small and unlikely to recall. This has changed of course since he is older (4 years old in June) and he gets great pleasure from his birthday parties now! I would say to just do what feels right for you and have a great time regardless

That is your choice. If you want to have a grand celebration then have one. If you would rather it just be you and him then do that. He isn't gonna care either way. With my 1st child I did a big party, but with my 2nd child I was giving birth to my 3rd child on his birthday so he didn't have a party. Danielle didn't care that she had one and Mikey didn't care that he didn't. Good Luck