Doing too much for baby's birthday??

I know a lot of mamas on here will agree with me so I'm coming here to have a moan 🤣 I keep getting told in one way or another by different people than I'm doing too much for my LOs birthday. He's 1 next week and I wanted to make it special, it's more for myself than for him tbh 😅 I know he won't remember, or know what's going on, or care. I keep hearing these things and it's so frustrating. I just want to scream I KNOW HE WONT BUT I WILL. Like I've been told I'm buying him too many toys/presents. I've definitely not, I've bought maybe 10 things altogether, they're not overly expensive either as I got most off Vinted! I've been told it's pointless to wrap the presents. But I love wrapping presents 😅 and I wanted him to come down on his birthday and be intrigued, even if he doesn't understand. And I'm sure he'll enjoy ripping the paper up and eating it so why not! Plus I just want to! 🥲 I've been told to buy a cake from the shops because he won't really be eating it anyways, but I want to bake him a nice cake that he can enjoy too. I've bought little cake decorations and candles and everything and I feel insane but I just want to make it special. But I know loads of other mamas are doing the same things so why does everyone keep telling me it's too much or pointless??? He's my first baby and we've just made it a full year, wish they just let me celebrate in peace 🙄

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Oh my god this bothers me so much! If YOU want to celebrate YOUR child’s birthday in whatever way YOU want, then YOU should! I don’t get why family etc wouldn’t want to celebrate them in such a way!!! Go all out, buythe decs, bake a huge cake , buy all the toys you want because at the end of the day that kid is so loved by you so why shouldn’t you show it! I would just start responding like ‘yeah I get he might not remember/care etc but this is also my motherhood and I will remember it’ or something like that because it’s true! Also, it’s a celebration for you surviving the first year 🤣

Boo don’t listen to them!! 😂😂 I don’t think you’re doing too much at all! He might not remember but he will definitely smile and be happy years down the line when you show him all the pictures and the effort you made to make the day special! Xxx

I’ve paid £70 for a cake to be made 😂. I don’t care it’s his first birthday and I can affford to so I have. He’s your baby do what you want

I agree with the above. I am making it a big deal and preparing lots of different things for her actual day and the party. Moments dont have any meaning unless we give them meaning. So focus on what you want to do and just enjoy it.

I’m doing exactly the same. Apart from baking the cake as I dred to think what it would turn out like. But I think do what you want with your baby don’t have to feel you need to justify to anyone!!

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