Every when should you celebrate your kid's birthday with a party?

[funky f]

haha...i'm sure hindi papayag si hubby na every year may celeb - unless simple dinner lang siguro with family.  masyadong magastos!  pwede na siguro kung jollibee or mcdo

[beijhing]

gusto rin namin ng asawa ko every year. kasi jaedyn is really a blessing to us. we lost our first baby and almost lost jaedyn din pero she came through and we are very grateful to God.

yung ibang celeb could be simple like family and close friends lang. when she turns 2 this December, we're thinking of a fast food party na lang para mas tipid.

[funky f]

aww...

[ashey]

for me siguro, 1st and 7th birthday lang ang icelebrate namin with friends.. then the rest intimate celebration nalang.. with family nalang siguro.. masyado kasi magastos kung annually. 

[delisyus]

hubs and I already agreed na first and seventh lang yung mega party... but we'd celebrate pa din all birthdays some other way (my son's 2nd was a swimming thing with the whole family from both sides)...

napapaisip lang kami dito sa coming 3rd bday ng firstborn namin.... kasi a month after that, our 2nd child will be born. Impractical syempre to spend on a birthday party when I will be delivering a baby... but parang last hurrah namin for my son sana na only child pa lang sya...

there's also that fact that my son doesn't like mingling and joining any activities in the bday parties we attend... so wondering talaga kami if we'd throw him one, or have another swimming thing na nga lang (he loves swimming kasi)

i have a friend naman na they just do something their kid likes on her birthdays...and they have agreed na they'd only throw her a party if she asks for one... and she hasn't naman, she asks for swimming and zoo trips

sabi ko nga... same-same lang siguro gastos namin however way, pero pag may party, may gifts   kaso nga, if our son naman won't revel in it, what's the use?

[larseslu]

ang alam ko, big/bongga party for 1, 7 and 18th bday (for girls); 21st bday for boys.

[miss-chievous]

hubs and I already agreed na first and seventh lang yung mega party... but we'd celebrate pa din all birthdays some other way (my son's 2nd was a swimming thing with the whole family from both sides)...

napapaisip lang kami dito sa coming 3rd bday ng firstborn namin.... kasi a month after that, our 2nd child will be born. Impractical syempre to spend on a birthday party when I will be delivering a baby... but parang last hurrah namin for my son sana na only child pa lang sya...

there's also that fact that my son doesn't like mingling and joining any activities in the bday parties we attend... so wondering talaga kami if we'd throw him one, or have another swimming thing na nga lang (he loves swimming kasi)

i have a friend naman na they just do something their kid likes on her birthdays...and they have agreed na they'd only throw her a party if she asks for one... and she hasn't naman, she asks for swimming and zoo trips

sabi ko nga... same-same lang siguro gastos namin however way, pero pag may party, may gifts   kaso nga, if our son naman won't revel in it, what's the use?

wow sis delisyus.. i didnt know you were preggy again..congrats! i still remember you from pinoyexchange, i was still pregnant then. you gave a lot of pretty good advices 

kami naman, hubby and i agreed to throw a party during our baby's 1st, 3rd, 7th, 16th, and 18th. yung ibang parties, mas simpler siguro, like jollibee, or sa school na etc..

[funky f]

kakatuwa naman, may ganung plan pa talaga 

[princessmia08]

Sabi ko 1, 7, 13, 18 lang ang may party. Pero wala din haha

When she turned 1, almost 100k nagastos but ok lang since sabi namin 1st naman, and wala na sa 2nd.

2nd came, almost 55k pa din nagastos. To think Jollibee party lang yun. Kaloka.

3rd came, almost 80k I think. Sabi namin last na. School party na next year.

BUT we're planning for her 4th and approximately 40k ang budget. I will hate myself if magexceed ako. Swear!

[guerzman]

kami, 3 consecutive yr na nagcelebrate w/ party , sobra gastos..
this yr naman FF sana, jabbee , sana lang mapush thru ko. sa kababasa ko kasi feedback re PC, parang gusto ko ulit catered, hehe...
well, since nag-iisa pa lang naman cya and a real blessing talaga dahil he's a survivor talaga. para ngang wala sakit eh, kaya feel ko lagi paparty sa kanya...

[marose17]

^ Same here.  Sa sobrang hirap ng pinagdaanan ko during my pregnancy plus the premature delivery of my children na very traumatic for me and my husband, we really want to celebrate their life.  Kaya, birthday party every year.  Balanced naman ang expenses.  First birthday, magastos, second birthday less gastos kasi home party, third birthday, medyo magastos ulit kasi 2 parties.  Sa fourth birthday, naiisip kong mag-pa-party sa orphanage  - hindi pa namin kasi ito nagawa pa, dapat noong second birthday pa ginawa kaso young pa ang mga kids ko last year and the significance of celebrating with less fortunate kids would not have an impact on them at that time.

[funky f]

gusto ko rin magplan uli ng birthday pero di na ko papayagan ng husband ko.  malamang simple party lang.  siguro swimming.  that will by older daughter's 3rd and my younger's 2nd.  hirap pag magkasunod!  haha!

[kreez]

basta ako nagwarning na kay hubby u ng first 3 or 4 bday magpapaparty ako sa phils kasi after that medyo tricky na ang pag uwi sa phils pag bday ni baby kasi may pasok na sya hindi na sya papayagan magbakasyon during her bday, kaya as long as pwede namin sya iuwi on her bday I plan to have a party for her.

[Cheesecak3]

Gusto ko din every year kahit simple o bongga basta kung ano ang kaya namin.

[Lisel]

plan [textspeak!] namin n hubby na cleb every year kasi mggng aware pero hnd evry year my party or bongga. Kung ano [textspeak!] kaya yun lang pero pag 7th bday nia yan ang pngiipunan ko na party [textspeak!] for her aside sa 1st bday.

[bellapot]

We just celebrated my daughter's 1st birthday last Saturday. For me and Hubby, that's enough. I found it too much of a hassle chasing after guests. To think malaki laki din ang dinagdag namin na extra guests just in case some didn't show up. Those who said na pupunta sila, di naman nagpakita on the day. Nasayang food namin, not to mention the loot bags. So my hubby and I agreed that her next parties, puro house na and kami kami lang, la nang etche bureche. For her 7th, dalhin na lang namin siya sa US, and for her debut, European tour na lang. I find those a much better use of money than a big party.

[pinkpotato]

So far every year namin sine-celebrate. on her first, we had 2 parties, 1 sa Manila and another sa Singapore. second birthday naman 3, 1 sa manila, 1 bacolod and another sa singapore. ilang parties na yun! sakit sa ulo. haha. dami beses mag blow ng candles plus kahit 2+ years old na every month may blowing of candle kami sa minicakes.

pero next year on her third, since di na muna kami uwi ng pilipinas we'll have one party here in SG. excited na nga ako e. nag paplan na. toink!

salamat sa Dyos sa maraming blessings. celebration din kasi to kung pano naging mabuti ang Dyos samen.

[heaven_scent102]

1st daughter:
1st bday - north gh clubhouse party
2nd bday - jollibee roosevelt
3rd bday - at home
4th bday- jollibee calapan city

2nd daughter:
1st bday - acropolis clubhouse
2nd bday - jollibee calapan city

3rd daughter:
upcoming 1st bday - valle verde 1 clubhouse

[princessmia08]

On her 4th, we had three small parties (one in Miriam; one in Laguna; one in Pampanga) and looking back, hindi naman talaga kami nakatipid.

So now, we're planning na lang an intimate gathering with my family, his family, and our closest friends from work and back in college.

iniisip ko if meron pa sa school kasi her birthday falls on a semestral break naman. might invite na lang the kids tapos go na lang sila if they want or super super simple, no frills party.

[jean0415]

for me it's the 1st, 3rd and 7th birthday that needs a party.

1st - celebration of the 1st year and the mom's party to for me 
3rd - i agree with sis bluekaren that this is the party they will remember for a long time ( based on my own experience with my panganay )
7th - milestone

my eldest will be turning 13 and i was like mega preparing for a party...all the while i thought she likes the idea only to find out that she'd rather save the money to be able to watch Justin Bieber's concert.