| It has already been almost 365 days since your little | | | | loudly and joyfully. Cut the cake. Serve one giant |
| angel was born. If you are interested in the math, | | | | helping to your child without any plate or utensils and |
| that means that 8760 hours will have expired when | | | | no help from you or anyone else, and let her go at it. |
| she turns one. More math? That equals 525,600 | | | | Hands, fingers, face, body. Whatever it takes. It's |
| minutes. Yet more? 31 million, 536 thousand seconds | | | | okay. You can handle one day where you all let go a |
| when she can officially be called a 1-year old. Luckily, | | | | little. Make sure to snap a lot of photos, because |
| you don't have to try to figure out what you did | | | | these are memories in the making. Yes, you are |
| with over 31 & 1/2 million seconds in the last year. | | | | going to have to clean up, but so what. It will be |
| Bets are that a lot of that time was feeding, holding, | | | | worth it. |
| and changing. Hopefully, you threw in some goodnight | | | | If your daughter loves animals, it might be nice to |
| lullabies and found yourself overwhelmed with loving | | | | have a pony to ride, or a puppy or kitty to pet. You |
| this new little human. All that fun trivia aside, nothing | | | | don't have to buy these animals. Look at your |
| can measure the joy that a new child brings into the | | | | resources of who might have one. Going to a petting |
| lives of their parents. Hence, the first birthday is a | | | | zoo is also a good alternative to bringing the animals |
| great way to celebrate the awesome change your | | | | home. Public aquariums also offer some fascination, |
| little princess blessed you with. | | | | as would a normal zoo. |
| One tradition that my friend has is chocolate cake. It | | | | One thing to consider is their short attention span, |
| is a must for a first birthday. Lots of frosting, lots of | | | | especially if you want to share it with other kids her |
| chocolate. Here is how it works: Get the camera | | | | age. Remember that you will also have the parents |
| ready. You are going to want pictures. Strip her | | | | there to watch over their toddlers, so make things |
| down to her diaper. No, you cannot use a bib. Put her | | | | short and sweet. Big balloons, lots of color, and |
| in the highchair. Have a candle in the cake. Be | | | | happy music are all good options. Keep an eye on |
| extremely careful with the candle, as her fascination | | | | anything that could be potentially hazardous. |
| is not tempered with the knowledge of fire. Sing | | | | Make it special. Keep their interest, and enjoy! |