No, you don’t have to invite every child just because you went to their parties. You really don’t want to overwhelm your baby especially on the first party. Invite kids that your child plays with and has fun with, I also invite their parents. Alex is still pretty young and I couldn’t handle a party and a lot of kids with just me and Lucas, other parents are great because it is another set of eyes. I still stick to close family and friends when it comes to birthday parties.

If you have an infant that you don’t see it can be hard to know what to do, because they are not yet into toys and things. Something that you can do that will mean more to that baby then anything else in this world is to hold him, tell him you love him, laugh with him and look into his eyes as you are feeding him. Make sure that he knows just because you don’t live with him that doesn’t mean that you don’t love him. Make the most out of the time that you do have with him. If you have him for a weekend, don’t make any other plans. Just spend your time hanging out and taking walks (if it is nice outside). The things he will enjoy most involve you, not toys.