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help with timing of birthday for LO
LO bday will be on a Sunday in July. We are doing snack, salad, pizza, and cake. There will be abour 5 kids there, oldest being 3. What time do you think we should have the party? My sister said 11-3 but I feel like 11 is early. But I have no clue! I don't want to mess up pp nap times! I plan on having a pack n play for our LO or if other people need it.
Re: help with timing of birthday for LO
I would do it around your daughter's nap schedule. It is her day, and you don't want her to be a mess at her own party.
We had Dom's 1st bday party from 1-4, and I learned that his nap is very important, and also learned that 3 hours is way too long.
We are doing Maddy's 1st Birthday party on a Saturday at 1pm. I've never set an end time for a party, we usually just go with whatever is working since many adults usually love to stay and hang out.
Will this work for naps? I have no idea. Maddy is all over the place. Folks who know us know that they can come over later if their littles are sleeping, or come early. We don't care. I go with Maddy's schedule and right now she's usually awake at 1pm ;-)
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I'm serving lunch, and probably dinner to our guests next month for Shannon & Kyle's joint birthday party. But, it's really a family event for us, and there are no other kids yet. No end time set. We'll enjoy the company!
Definitely set it around her nap time, not the other kids - don't think she'll nap with others around after all the excitement of the day. G still takes 2 naps a day, so we set it after her morning nap to maximize the time she was up and awake.
We just had G's at noon and didn't set an end time - the last people left at 530 - pretty much after 230 I was waiting for people to leave and kind of wanting to kick them out (we had it at our house). I couldn't get G down for a nap at all b/c each time I tried, she would hear something and want to get up. She was pretty miserable by the end and ended up going down for the night at like 545 or 6 pm I think and it killed her sleep schedule - we're still dealing with getting it back on track.
See the problem is right now Allie's nap times are: 8ish and 12:30.
We are having it at a park. 10am is too early and 3pm is too late. Any advice?
I was thinking maybe 12 and try to put her down late in the morning....am I just screwed..lol?
Well, keep in mind too...by then her nap schedule may have changed. It is 3 months away after all.
Based on what you're saying, I would say you should do 11-1. 4 hours is definitely too long if you're doing it out of the house.
Totally agree with this. Nice and short. Two hours is a great time for a first birthday, plus you end early enough that if people want to hang out at the park or come back to your place afterwards it is perfect. Also, you are serving lunch right in the middle, not hanging around for two hours after lunch.
I agree with PP about using your little one as a guideline for when you start and end. We just had L's party on Sunday and we did it from 11-1. We did an activity for the first 30 min and then it was onto lunch and shorty after that it was cupcake time. By 1 everyone was fed and ready to go but happy. I think anymore than 2 hours would have been way too much, especially for L.