My daughter’s birthday is December 30th, she’ll be 3. Last year I had her party the first weekend of December. I’m due November 20th and can’t decide if I should have her a party or just do something with me her dad and brother. Thoughts?
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She will not know the difference as long as her family are there to celebrate her special day.
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We do a fancy dinner, a cake and a few gifts.
It’s a party if you say it is and you’ll have photos.
My girls are 11/28, 12/21 and 01/03.
Make it a special day for her doing something that she likes doing. Buy or bake her a small cake and a present, or whatever is your tradition.
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Celebrate it on her birthday. With family but when she gets older, a party. Don’t let her live in the shadow of Christmas and New Year’s. From someone who knows.
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When did it become a thing to have a party every year. How about time with just mom, dad and sibling?
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Sumthin smalllllll ! It’s kkayy and so better for just this year 
We do just us… Go to their fav place to eat. Let them pick a gift and call it good. Also soooo much cheaper.
She is 3. Just have a lovely and fun family party. 
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Quiet intimate party with Mommy, daddy and new baby. Give yourself some rest after having baby
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i’d skip it. she’s turning 3. kids don’t need a party every year. that’s how they become entitled bc they expect it. cake & ice cream at home with mom & dad on her birthday is fine.
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Yes id have a small family cake ice cream few presents pictures o mean only 3 will be ok mom
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If I had a child that close to Christmas I’d have their party in the summer. A half birthday. Then I’d do a home party with immediate family on the actual day. That way her bday doesn’t get swept away with the holidays.
My kiddo is mid/end June. Same as graduations and father’s day. We’ve moved her birthday parirws to first week in August 
Dad and brother she won’t remember take it easy she’ll still enjoy it
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We do big parties for milestone birthdays (1, 5, 10…)
Otherwise we have the family over for lunch on Sunday (my mom, my husband’s brother and family, my Uncles and let the birthday kid invite a friend or two)
The birthday child picks lunch: we’ve had a taco bar, sloppy joes, hotdogs and pizza over the years.
It’s pretty simple and the kids love picking their own meal.
*I’ll get like one or two decorations. One year we did a pokemon banner for our son. This June for our daughter we did flamingo balloons and unicorn table cloths it was so cute! (And easy)
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Maybe an experience? I don’t know where you’re from or what the weather is like in December. I have two boys with close birthdays just after the holidays, one at the end of January and one two weeks later in February. Their grandma normally cooked their favorite meal and we had a small get together with a few family members that live close. As they got older, we would also do a joint outing with a few of their friends. They had the same friend group because they’re only a year apart. We would do trampoline parks, go carts, and things like that. They never had big parties. For one, we couldn’t afford it, and two they had fun during the experiences. She’s 3, a small family thing with just y’all would probably make her happy, or even a mommy daughter day outing would be the best day! Sine she’ll have a baby sibling, she might want some one on one time! Nails, shopping, eating out, or whatever you can afford might just make her day! I know my granddaughter loves when she gets one on one time with me, or even her mom! She has two little brothers and sometimes feels everything is about them since they’re younger and need more care. Just make her feel special on her day!!
At three I’d just do something with all of you. Or take her out a day before baby arrives and just do lots of fun stuff. Then day of a gift or two and cake
My oldest bday is March 8 I had my youngest March 7 (there two years apart) we did a cake w just me and Dad and presents. I also got some balloons from family dollar and they keep him busy forever lol
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Kids don’t need parties every year.
I have seen a thing about doing “half birthday parties” for kids who’s birthdays are in the dead of winter. It might be a cool thing to look into. They still get like a cool fun birthday party in the warmer months where there’s more opportunities to do things and then you just celebrate as a family in December
I would like her to Chucky cheese or something similar , and have cake , I’ve cream and presents, maybe invite grand parents over
My son’s b-day is 11/29 and my daughter’s b-day is 12/12.
We get Thanksgiving, 1 week later b-day, 2 weeks later b-day, 2 weeks later Christmas, then new years.
My family would have revolted if we’d done parties every year for both kids.
We did parties for milestones and the other years were small events. Have a couple friends for a sleepover, family dinner and cake, etc.
Just do something with you dad her new baby brother and her. Kids don’t need parties every year they barely remember them but what they do tend to remember is spending quality time with their family especially on their special day. I threw my son two birthday parties AND NEVER again it was too much stress too much money etc (pizzas ain’t cheap no more lol cakes aren’t either). So what I do now is decorate the dining room, I spend all day decorating, wrapping presents, making his cake, cooling his cake, then I’ll spend a hour or more decorating his cake. He chooses what he wants for dinner that’s homemade and I make it. Each year now since I started making his cakes and decorating them he prefers that now over having parties. He can invite friends too but I won’t order anything so they’ll just have homemade food for cake and meal.
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