‘Can we please make baby birthdays basic again? They won't even remember'

"The balloon arches and custom, colour-coordinated cakes and cookies.  Let’s scale it back, no one did this sh*t when I was a kid in the 90s. We went to McDonald’s, and I was happy."

Children’s birthday parties have definitely levelled up over the years.

Gone are the days of a Women's Weekly birthday cake for you and your siblings.

Today, it is not unusual for a baby to celebrate his first birthday party with a long guest list, jumping castles or entertainers and themed cake, cookies and cupcakes.

One mum has had enough, taking to social media to encourage other parents to chill on the party planning.

She confessed, nothing makes her feel worse as a parent, than when she hasn’t organised a birthday for her child like the extravagant events she sees online.

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US mum asks fellow parents to go back to basic kid parties. Source: TikTok: @helloglossy

"My babies will not ever remember"

Taking to TikTok, the US mum Natacha - who goes by the username @helloglossy - shared a video saying she wanted to petition for birthday parties to be “basic” again.

While she wants to "do the absolute most" for her kids, it's just not practical or affordable.

“Nothing makes me feel like a bad mum more than when my kid’s birthday rolls around... and I want have the balloon arches, and the custom, colour-coordinated cake, and goodie bags, and literally everything under the sun,” she says.

“That sh*t costs money, number one. Number two, it takes time to plan these things. Number three my babies will not ever remember this stuff.

“This is my petition to keep baby’s birthdays basic. Can we keep them a little basic?”

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"It makes me feel like a sh*tty mum"

She went on to reveal she would be celebrating her second’s child’s birthday on the weekend, and she felt like a “bad mum” because she was getting a ready-made cake from a fast food chain.

“I’m tired of wanting to ‘keep up with the Joneses’, and seeing all of these Instagram mums… if that’s you, amazing, you do you girl. Go all out," she says. 

“But it makes me feel like a sh*tty mum, that I’m not doing the same, for my kids. Even though my baby is going to be one, will not ever remember this, and we’re still having a beautiful party for him."

Natacha compared the hype of today’s parties to when she was a child, which was much more laidback.

“Let’s just scale it back, back to basics, no one did this sh*t when I was a kid in the 90s,” she says.

“Birthdays were basic, capital B, we went to McDonald’s, and I was happy.

“Is it just me? I understand wanting to go all out for you, if I could do the most I would do the absolute most, but it’s not realistic all the time.”

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Birthday parties have changed over the years. Source: iStock.

"I am not even trying to keep up"

Other parents in her comment section, agreed parties had gotten out of hand.

“No, because how and why do some people have like 40 people at their one-year-old’s birthday, with the aesthetic blow up castles & everything,” one person asked.

A second said, “I’m fully on board with the basic birthday. I am not even trying to keep up.”

A third agreed, saying they regret pulling out all of the stops.

“We threw a big birthday for my daughter's first birthday and the stress and money was not worth it, next year we are going camping,” one mum confessed.

However many admitted they couldn’t help going all out for their little ones, especially for a first birthday.

“I’m with you, but it’s too late for me now, my girls 1st birthday is already planned, paid for and right around the corner, next bdays will be basic," one mum said. 

Another user wrote, "same girl!!! But I feel pressured to do it and invite the whole planet!"

While another shared, "I feel if I don’t do it for my baby’s first birthday I will regret it, so I’m stressing myself for the 1st but not gonna do it again after this bday."

Originally published as ‘Can we please make baby birthdays basic again? They won't even remember'