First birthday parties

  • NewsMarie-Claire Dorking

    The Reality Vs Expectation Of 1st Birthday Parties

    You may have been planning their first birthday shindig since before they were born, but your baby couldn’t give a Farley’s Rusk. Sadly, first birthday parties, as Kate and William are due to discover as they celebrate Princess Charlotte’s, are yet another parenting example where the reality is a whole world away from the expectation. You’ve spent the best part of a month’s salary on the must-have present du jour that’s currently languishing discarded in the corner while your baby has a jolly