https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 22 Aug 2026 23:10:45 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1/page/2#post-1674033 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 19:50:01 +0000 Mommy Finger 1674033@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We started at 3:30 and it ran all night. I mean, DS was in bed by 7 but we kept it going. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1/page/2#post-1673624 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 16:06:46 +0000 shopaholic 1673624@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it was 11:30-2:30. She was late to her own party! oops! But at least she napped before and people hung out later. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1#post-1673619 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 16:03:39 +0000 Mrs. High Heels 1673619@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>12-2 pm... right in between his two naps! </p> <p>His first nap was 9:30-11 am... 2nd nap 2:30-4 pm. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1#post-1673586 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 15:50:04 +0000 Ra 1673586@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We are starting at noon and have no set end time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1#post-1673185 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 13:15:21 +0000 californiadreams 1673185@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>i thought 3-6pm was perfect. morning naps were so unpredictable in length back then so I was afraid of him waking up early from morning and then being cranky all mid-afternoon and needing an early afternoon - which would have sucked if the party was between the two naps. His longest stretch of awake time was post-afternoon nap until bedtime, so it was the best time for the party. Daylight savings happened like the week before his party though and that threw us off a bit! I ended up changing the time to 2:30-530! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1#post-1673160 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 13:08:28 +0000 prettylizy 1673160@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>1-3pm and it was perfect, between naps and no one lingered too long. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1#post-1673120 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 13:01:00 +0000 photojane 1673120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>11-1 &amp; it was perfect. She took a nice long nap that day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1#post-1672996 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 12:35:43 +0000 MsLipGloss 1672996@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2-4 . . . I think people stayed until around 5ish? I was trying to miss most nap windows and makes sure we were still able to hit LO's 6ish bedtime. It worked well. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1#post-1672979 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 12:31:50 +0000 chopsuey 1672979@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DD's was 4:30-6:30pm<br /> DS' was 12-2 </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1#post-1672806 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 11:38:01 +0000 NovBaby1112 1672806@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2pm. She was mostly on 1 nap, but sometimes still had 2, so I wanted it to be after her nap. It ended up going from like 2 to 9pm! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1#post-1672502 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 09:45:46 +0000 GrapeCrush 1672502@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS party was at 2 I believe. I don't set an end time, people just leave when they want. This year we are having A's first birthday start at 3, works better for naps </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1#post-1672488 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 09:40:31 +0000 autumnlove 1672488@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Whoops, LO 2's party started at 12 and officially ended at 2:30 but some friends stayed til 5. I think the time was perfect for us....the birthday girl went down for a nap at 2:30 and slept til 5:30. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1#post-1672465 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 09:34:51 +0000 LuLu Mom 1672465@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4:30-7. It was perfect, social time, eat dinner, presents/cakes and then it was time for bath and bed! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1#post-1672433 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 09:23:16 +0000 Alivoo01 1672433@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're thinking probably around 3 or 4? In laws don't close up their shop until 1 and live 1.5 hours away. Gotta give em time to shower up and drive into town. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1#post-1672175 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 07:31:02 +0000 mrsjyw 1672175@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>12-4.</p> <p>DS took his PM nap in between as well. It was the perfect length for us. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1#post-1672172 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 07:25:28 +0000 bushelandapeck 1672172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>12-4pm I think? DS had to take a nap in the middle which was a pain but most people were still there when he woke up and watched him open presents. We had a big outdoor summer BBQ so the focus wasn't entirely on DS anyway. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1#post-1672159 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 07:13:12 +0000 Mamaof2 1672159@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>It was family only so there wasn't an end time - It started at 3pm - right after the nap! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1#post-1672042 Mon, 02 Jun 2014 00:21:14 +0000 birdofafeather 1672042@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2 naps, rented a room at our community center. Hour to set up, so we did it from 4-6:30 with 30 minutes to clean up. People were there a little before 4 (out of towners) and people stayed until 645 and we cleaned as we went. It was a great time frame for us! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1#post-1672022 Sun, 01 Jun 2014 23:36:34 +0000 lady grey 1672022@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@yerpie110: Also 12-3pm and it was perfect. DH attended to the last guests, who left by 4pm, while put LO down for his second nap. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1#post-1671992 Sun, 01 Jun 2014 22:34:18 +0000 Kimberlybee 1671992@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We threw it from 1-4pm. It was a great range because a few came late due to piano recitals and they still had time to eat and mingle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1#post-1671984 Sun, 01 Jun 2014 22:15:59 +0000 autumnlove 1671984@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>6pm family only. Ended around 9. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1#post-1671971 Sun, 01 Jun 2014 22:01:56 +0000 Mrs. Pen 1671971@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Saturday from 1-4 - it was a good amount of time. A lot of people were late though! </p> <p>For his second birthday we had a start time of 4pm since that is about half hour after he gets up from his nap - and it lasted til his bedtime at 8! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1#post-1671926 Sun, 01 Jun 2014 21:26:11 +0000 yoursilverlining 1671926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours started at 2 with no end time. A first birthday is mostly an adults party in my experience (and was in our case too), so people with kids/babies stayed an hour or two and most of the other adults stayed longer. </p> <p>We're doing the same for LO's second birthday next weekend. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1#post-1671923 Sun, 01 Jun 2014 21:24:44 +0000 Boheme 1671923@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>2-5. It was perfect! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1#post-1671890 Sun, 01 Jun 2014 20:59:28 +0000 Applesandbananas 1671890@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3:30-5, it was too short!</p> <p>We had it at a kids' play place and they only booked 1.5 hour parties, so I guess we could've booked two blocks but 3 hours seemed like it'd be too long. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1#post-1671874 Sun, 01 Jun 2014 20:49:56 +0000 mrskc 1671874@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>11-1 after his first nap. Many people stuck around until 2 tho. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1#post-1671871 Sun, 01 Jun 2014 20:49:09 +0000 MrsF 1671871@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We just put a start time (11:30) she got up from her nap at 11, did her party thing and went down for her second nap at 2. Her party was at my parents' house so she was able to nap upstairs while we socialized. Our close family stayed for a while after she went down, which was nice. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1#post-1671858 Sun, 01 Jun 2014 20:41:40 +0000 winniebee 1671858@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>3-6. He was on 2 naps then and went to bed at 730. It wasps fly family and was perfect. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1#post-1671838 Sun, 01 Jun 2014 20:36:14 +0000 wonderstruck 1671838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>4:30 - 7:30. I would have preferred a bit earlier, but scheduling stuff with DH's family is a pain n the ass since they have a family business that DH, FIL, and BIL all work for, so you basically have to do it on a Sunday after the store closes. Annoying.</p> <p>Ideally, I think starting it at the time their first nap ends would be perfect. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/what-time-was-your-los-first-birthday-party-1#post-1671831 Sun, 01 Jun 2014 20:33:10 +0000 Smurfette 1671831@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I put 2-4 on the invitations. but my family stayed till 530-600 but I didn't even notice the time till they left. R had a blast playing with her cousins. </p>