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My friend has a baby. She choose to celebrate her daughters birthday monthly up until she’s 1 year old. Keep in mind that this isn’t an actually party celebration every month. She bakes a few cupcake (baby friendly cupcakes) and has a candle. Sometimes she would invite her family over and other times she would simply FaceTime her parents, so they can see their grandchild.
In addition she also dresses up her daughter in a cute outfit and takes pictures. She’s going to make a scrap book later.
Do you think celebrating the birthday monthly is overkill or is it a good idea?
Sounds ok to me. She's not going overboard with parties and such, she's keeping grandma and grandpa in the loop, and enjoying spending time with her child, and documenting the child's progress. Total non-issue.
I voted yes, because...doesn't the mom have anything else to stay busy with? But then I read what she does and it sounds like what a lot of people do. Photos mostly, monthly, for a baby book. She is just going a little further.
I wouldn't have done it, I was too busy. But I don't think it is "wrong"...just wouldn't have fit in to my life.
I had friends who took their babies in for professional photos in a studio, once a month for a year. Way too much for me, but then I grew up in the pre-scrapbooking, pre-celebrating every second era.
I thought that too and then I wondered will she be able to keep it up if she has more children. I think it would be hard if your focus wasn't 100% the baby. I had step kids when I adopted my first, then he was only 1 when we adopted our second. I never had that solo baby time so things like monthly birthdays weren't a thing. I did make a baby book for each by the month.
She is a first time mom, stay at home parents with their own businesses. They are loaded and money isn’t an issue. She said she plans on doing this for all her kids. She doesn’t get professional pics, she takes it herself after she “sets” the “stage” for her daughter.
I don’t think it’s a big deal. It’s her kid. She’s not hurting anyone doing this and she’s making (documenting) memories for her family. I just was curious what others thought (that’s why I posted it here).
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