https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 10 May 2026 19:12:17 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/los-first-birthday#post-1199906 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 14:50:32 +0000 MrsStar 1199906@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Happy birthday to your sweet baby! I definitely felt the same when LO turned 1 (almost 14 months now) and I remember walking into her room in the morning and singing happy birthday to her and bursting into tears! The first year goes super fast! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/los-first-birthday#post-1199795 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 14:13:36 +0000 Tidybee 1199795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Periwinkle: oh I definitely had those feelings!!!!! You articulated them so much better than I could have.<br /> @lindseykaye: My prenatal yoga teacher also talked about how her first child's birthday was more important than her own because it was the birth of a whole new role for herself. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/los-first-birthday#post-1199612 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 13:13:58 +0000 lindseykaye 1199612@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Oh happy birthday to your sweet boy, and happy "birthday" to your mama self!</p> <p>My little girl is turning 1 this coming Sunday. I'm feeling every bit of the emotions you described in this lovely post. It's such a strange mix of nostalgia, sadness, joy, pride, and LOVE. </p> <p>I'm going to do a little something (yet to be determined, maybe just a card with sweet words) to give to my husband on the anniversary of his becoming a father, going to spend her real birthday doing all the things LO loves to do (like swing at the park, ride through the neighborhood in the stroller with the dog, cuddle in the big bed), and then after she's asleep I'm going to spend some time alone reflecting on the year (perhaps in a piping hot bath). </p> <p>I remember when I was 10 years old, at a friend's birthday party, her mom talked about how she was also celebrating herself today as well as her daughter. It was the first time I had ever really thought about how my birthday was special for my mom, and it's stuck with me ever since. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/los-first-birthday#post-1199504 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 12:26:12 +0000 Cherrybee 1199504@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>This is such a lovely post. </p> <p>Happy birthday to your lovely boy! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/los-first-birthday#post-1199483 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 12:12:56 +0000 MoonMoon 1199483@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Happy birthday to your son! </p> <p>What a beautiful post. I can't say I've been there because my boy is only 5 months old, but those bittersweet mixed emotions sound familiar to me! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/los-first-birthday#post-1199478 Wed, 06 Nov 2013 12:08:51 +0000 Periwinkle 1199478@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our LO will turn ONE tomorrow! I am feeling a range of emotions right now... my sense of pride and happiness is beyond anything I can describe, but there is also a level of sadness at this special time. I just can't seem to get beyond the idea that an entire year has gone by with my sweet little boy and while there have been difficult moments and phases, I feel like he has been in our family and that we have known him forever. The joy I have had watching him grow from a little baby to an independent, smart, opinionated (!), funny, giggly and sweet little boy has been beyond my wildest and most beautiful dreams. </p> <p>It's hard for me to even wrap my mind around the fact that at this time last year, I was about to be in labor! It is as surreal to me today as it was then that we were about to meet our little baby the very next day. With all of this excitement, though, I am feeling a weird sense of loss and anxiety over my little boy reaching this next stage of almost being a one year old. I am trying my very hardest to savor this special time as I don't want it to go by too quickly.</p> <p>I have learned so much in this past year... not only about my son, but also about my husband and myself. I have confronted uncertainly, doubt, fear, regret and jealousy in ways that were unknown to me and hope to be able to move on past this year with the tools to avoid these feelings. On the positive side, I have also experienced heart-bursting love, gratitude, independence, patience, acceptance and a peace that I did not know existed within me. </p> <p>Please tell me you felt something similar at this stage! Was there anything that you did to make the arrival of the first birthday extra special? </p>