Parenting Australia

Parenting Australia blogger, Catherine Oehlman's son is about to turn one! In her latest blog post, Catherine shares the reasons her family breaks with tradition of the first birthday party, how they celebrate and why they choose to have a big birthday bash for the kids' second birthday.

How did you celebrate your child’s first birthday? Did you go all out, or did you opt for something small? Has anyone else chosen to postpone the traditional party for a year or more?

Click here to read Catherine's post.

It is a great idea, however our daughters first birthday was more of a parents - We survived party. For my son I had considered not having a party but Miss 3 is so excited that I have invited people with little ones around to help celebrate. No where near as big as my daughters 1st birthday, but something special to mark the occasion. If we had family in town we might just keep it to that but most of our family live interstate.