"me" wrote in message
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Hey guys, my name is Marcia and I need help! First off I'm a 22 year
old single parent from the bronx, and my only child is turning 1 on
July 7th and I have absolutely no idea what to do!!! My son's dad is
not in the picture and I barely have family so thats a no go but I
really didn't (nor can I afford) a big party anyhow. I was gonna buy
some gifts like toys and stuff maybe about 3 or 4 ,about 10 balloons
and a cake with a disposable camera and celebrate at home with him.
But I dunno a part of me is saying I'm a horrible parent for not
planning anything big for him, is this good enough? LoL, I'm really
interested in you guys ideas maybe what you guys did with your
children on their first birthday I'm sorry to intrude in like this
but I need help I can stick around and give some of my advice as
well if needed Thanks for reading!

Marcia


First relax! The first birthday is for YOU!! He's not going to remember
it, so don't worry so much!

My thoughts, get the camera, make sure his cake has extra icing so he gets
it absolutely everywhere on him and take tons and tons of pictures!!! And
you can show him all the pictures when he's older...he'll absolutely love
it!

It was just me and my son on his first birthday! All I did was take
pictures. I got him a few small toys and we did his favorite thing at the
time: playing in the bathtub with mom (it helped to clean up all the mess
from the cake!!)

Have fun and let us know what you did!!

hugs,
*bri