Anonymous
11/27/2019 17:49
Subject: Re:Baby due six weeks before DD's birthday. Would you have a party?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'd have the party, have it at 8 weeks instead of 6 if the extra time makes it easier and don't stress about favors or decorations, nobody cares that much.
But I'm kind of side eyeing all of you saying "I had endless time on maternity leave for cooking and planning." I love cooking, but I have a newborn and yesterday I couldn't even make rice and warm up frozen food between cluster feeding and caring for my older kid, had to wait for my husband to come home to get the dinner fully heated. Time flies because the baby eats CONSTANTLY so i can't safely stand in front of the stove or oven. If you had a different experience that's nice but not universal.
baby goes in the sling so you can nurse easily while standing at the stove
Hahaha no I'm not standing in front of the stove with the baby in a sling in between me and the flame. I'm clumsy. Dinner can be late.
Anonymous
11/27/2019 09:25
Subject: Re:Baby due six weeks before DD's birthday. Would you have a party?
Anonymous wrote:I'd have the party, have it at 8 weeks instead of 6 if the extra time makes it easier and don't stress about favors or decorations, nobody cares that much.
But I'm kind of side eyeing all of you saying "I had endless time on maternity leave for cooking and planning." I love cooking, but I have a newborn and yesterday I couldn't even make rice and warm up frozen food between cluster feeding and caring for my older kid, had to wait for my husband to come home to get the dinner fully heated. Time flies because the baby eats CONSTANTLY so i can't safely stand in front of the stove or oven. If you had a different experience that's nice but not universal.
Sorry - I am one of these posters and I really should have clarified. My oldest kid was still going to daycare all day, so I was home alone with a newborn all day. It's still busy but there are definite lulls and it's all kind of tedious. Not at ALL like being alone with a baby and toddler, which is like a five-alarm fire in my household.
Anonymous
11/27/2019 09:01
Subject: Re:Baby due six weeks before DD's birthday. Would you have a party?
Anonymous wrote:I'd have the party, have it at 8 weeks instead of 6 if the extra time makes it easier and don't stress about favors or decorations, nobody cares that much.
But I'm kind of side eyeing all of you saying "I had endless time on maternity leave for cooking and planning." I love cooking, but I have a newborn and yesterday I couldn't even make rice and warm up frozen food between cluster feeding and caring for my older kid, had to wait for my husband to come home to get the dinner fully heated. Time flies because the baby eats CONSTANTLY so i can't safely stand in front of the stove or oven. If you had a different experience that's nice but not universal.
baby goes in the sling so you can nurse easily while standing at the stove
Anonymous
11/27/2019 08:58
Subject: Re:Baby due six weeks before DD's birthday. Would you have a party?
I'd have the party, have it at 8 weeks instead of 6 if the extra time makes it easier and don't stress about favors or decorations, nobody cares that much.
But I'm kind of side eyeing all of you saying "I had endless time on maternity leave for cooking and planning." I love cooking, but I have a newborn and yesterday I couldn't even make rice and warm up frozen food between cluster feeding and caring for my older kid, had to wait for my husband to come home to get the dinner fully heated. Time flies because the baby eats CONSTANTLY so i can't safely stand in front of the stove or oven. If you had a different experience that's nice but not universal.
But I'm kind of side eyeing all of you saying "I had endless time on maternity leave for cooking and planning." I love cooking, but I have a newborn and yesterday I couldn't even make rice and warm up frozen food between cluster feeding and caring for my older kid, had to wait for my husband to come home to get the dinner fully heated. Time flies because the baby eats CONSTANTLY so i can't safely stand in front of the stove or oven. If you had a different experience that's nice but not universal.
Anonymous
11/27/2019 08:24
Subject: Re:Baby due six weeks before DD's birthday. Would you have a party?
We had my sons 4th bday when the baby was about 5 weeks old. It was fine. We had the party in the yard and the baby mostly stayed inside with my MIL.
Anonymous
11/27/2019 08:04
Subject: Baby due six weeks before DD's birthday. Would you have a party?
I would not want to expose my newborn to that many germs, especially if it is during flu season. It is one birthday. You can explain to the child non party but still do something special as a family.
Anonymous
11/26/2019 16:14
Subject: Baby due six weeks before DD's birthday. Would you have a party?
A party at 6 weeks is perfect. Just pick a place where someone else does all the work of set up and clean up, order the food they provide, goodie bags they provide, the whole deal. Make it as easy on yourself as possible.
Anonymous
11/26/2019 15:18
Subject: Re:Baby due six weeks before DD's birthday. Would you have a party?
Honestly I would have loved a project like this and something to look forward to while on maternity leave. I find sitting around alone with a baby all day to be very boring and isolating - organizing a fun party for my oldest to look forward to would have been an enjoyable task.
My baby refused to nap in a crib for 6 months but I spent a lot of time with her in a carrier standing up at my counter on the computer. I don't think planning this will be too difficult, to be honest, and I am naturally a pretty lazy person.
My baby refused to nap in a crib for 6 months but I spent a lot of time with her in a carrier standing up at my counter on the computer. I don't think planning this will be too difficult, to be honest, and I am naturally a pretty lazy person.
Anonymous
11/26/2019 14:55
Subject: Baby due six weeks before DD's birthday. Would you have a party?
We are not a birthday-party-every-year family, which I have made very clear to my kiddos. But we did have one when DD was 9 weeks old to make sure DC2 got some extra attention when baby sister was consuming so much of the attention.
6 weeks old is tough, though. Can you postpone the party until a couple weeks after the birthday? And make sure DH does a lot of the work.
6 weeks old is tough, though. Can you postpone the party until a couple weeks after the birthday? And make sure DH does a lot of the work.