My sons 1st birthday was a month ago , and I’ve been recently told by a friend of my soon to be ex husband that I made the party all about me and I shouldn’t have opened the presents and I should have let him open them all ..
certain people were already running late as usual , and other people were already wanting to leave . And that makes me a bad mom for trying to keep things afloat?
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1st bifthdays parents ALWAYS open the gifts. They dont have the attention span!

I think sometimes men will say anything to try and make you feel like shit when they aren’t happy, you probably organised the whole party and made sure everything was nice for your baby. A 1 year old cant open presents properly anyway they arent interested for longer for 10 seconds haha, im sure your son had the best party💗

pfttttt friend of a soon to be ex-husband aint nothing, does he even have kids? girl you did nothing

I opened all of my son's presents. He sat next to me and played with them as they were opened. It's completely normal for the parents to open the gifts when they are this young.

I opened my daughter’s presents. She would’ve taken wayyyy too long. What you did sounds perfectly normal.

Then he should have been with the kid and had the patience to tell with the slowest present opener ever.
It wasn't all about you. You can fit into the size clothes gifted, you didn't eat smash cake, you won't be playing with the toys gifted (except with the kid).
You did a good job and did the right thing.