<v Speaker 1>Jeremy, Katie and Josh in the morning nick Fix one hundred.

<v Speaker 2>Katie didn't it.

<v Speaker 1>Yeah yeah, So a very proud auntie in Lakewood. Her

<v Speaker 1>name's Taylor, but she's also kind of over it, so

<v Speaker 1>she asked writing for our advice. She says that something

<v Speaker 1>could make her seem like the family villain. She's not

<v Speaker 1>about it. So she says her sister in law just

<v Speaker 1>had the first baby in the family, so everyone has

<v Speaker 1>gone absolutely baby crazy, and.

<v Speaker 2>She gets it.

<v Speaker 1>She says, he's cute, he's chubby. We all love him.

<v Speaker 1>I was just as excited when he was born, But

<v Speaker 1>now I think things might be getting a little out

<v Speaker 1>of hands.

<v Speaker 2>You got a couple coworkers like that.

<v Speaker 1>I right, we love him, all about him. But here's

<v Speaker 1>the thing. So this new mom is celebrating every single

<v Speaker 1>month like it's a full blown birthday. She says, I'm

<v Speaker 1>talking themed cakes, matching outfits, decorations, and full on parties.

<v Speaker 1>And she said, now the family group chat is blowing

<v Speaker 1>up about the sixth month birthday bash, and she says,

<v Speaker 1>my sister in law made a comment that I quote,

<v Speaker 1>don't seem as enthusiastic as everyone else, and I'm getting

<v Speaker 1>major guilt trips for not showing up with presents every month.

<v Speaker 1>I'm not trying to be a jerk. I love this baby,

<v Speaker 1>but it's starting to feel a little much and a

<v Speaker 1>little expensive. I get that part one hundred percent. So

<v Speaker 1>she says, tell me, am I the a hole for

<v Speaker 1>thinking this is a bit much? Or should I just

<v Speaker 1>shut up and buy another balloon. She's really torn on

<v Speaker 1>it because I didn't know that monthly birthdays were a thing,

<v Speaker 1>but then I started digging into it. I was looking

<v Speaker 1>on TikTok and Instagram, and there is a total niche

<v Speaker 1>for this, Jeremy, Like, there are monthly birthday parties for babies,

<v Speaker 1>and I think it's under the same guys of like,

<v Speaker 1>you know, you have the reveal parties, you have so

<v Speaker 1>many things leading up to the actual birth now, and

<v Speaker 1>then when the baby's here, you just have to keep

<v Speaker 1>that celebration going.

<v Speaker 3>I've always goofed for years and made fun of people for,

<v Speaker 3>you know, like when they're talking about their baby he's

<v Speaker 3>seven months, yeah, he's thirteen months, seven months, four four months, yeah,

<v Speaker 3>just say that at some point that they're too Yeah.

<v Speaker 1>And outside of buying diapers, that stuff's pretty useless.

<v Speaker 3>You're right, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, So this honestly is

<v Speaker 3>new to me as well. I mean, I got a

<v Speaker 3>couple of rugrats. We went through this whole phase. The

<v Speaker 3>only thing that we did on a monthly basis is

<v Speaker 3>I know we laid them on the floor on a blanket.

<v Speaker 2>With a little card next to him that said.

<v Speaker 1>You know, seven months, nine months, she did weekly.

<v Speaker 3>She might have done weekly, I don't remember, but yes,

<v Speaker 3>at least there months. Yeah, but that was between us

<v Speaker 3>and our photo album. You know, yeah, this is unique.

<v Speaker 3>This is definitely unique. So listen. Phone lines are open.

<v Speaker 3>If you're familiar with new parents doing this where they

<v Speaker 3>celebrate a birthday essentially every month for the first year, Uh,

<v Speaker 3>tell us about it. If you've done it, tell us

<v Speaker 3>about it. Or if you wanna be on what was

<v Speaker 3>this woman's name, Taylor in Lakewood Taylor in Lakewood Side,

<v Speaker 3>and you want to give her some support and you

<v Speaker 3>can say, hey, you don't need to do this your

<v Speaker 3>long birthday bash phone lines are wide open three O

<v Speaker 3>three six nine one one mix three O three six

<v Speaker 3>nine one sixteen forty nine. Now, I will say like

<v Speaker 3>each month as a new parent is kind of a

<v Speaker 3>little milestone.

<v Speaker 2>Honestly, it is. It's a big it's a big step

<v Speaker 2>having a kidd Oh, we've kept him alive, it and

<v Speaker 2>that's what it is.

<v Speaker 3>It's like we've kept him alive, you know, two months,

<v Speaker 3>three months, four, But we're doing our job, So why

<v Speaker 3>not have a fun little get together.

<v Speaker 1>I get that, but I think like we are guilty

<v Speaker 1>of thinking that other people care just as much about

<v Speaker 1>our baby as we do, you know what I mean?

<v Speaker 1>Like and people do even.

<v Speaker 3>About the baby, don't They're gonna show up and do

<v Speaker 3>it because they know that when they have a baby,

<v Speaker 3>they're gonna expect you over in the same recognition and

<v Speaker 3>the same Instagram photos.

<v Speaker 1>Are we starting something that is going to be a

<v Speaker 1>trend and then we have to keep up with monthly

<v Speaker 1>celebrations like that's expensive?

<v Speaker 2>Yes, yes we are Alisha, Yes, hi, Alicia, Hey, good morning.

<v Speaker 3>So what do you think about this monthly celebration for

<v Speaker 3>the newborn?

<v Speaker 4>I mean, I understand the fact that it's the first

<v Speaker 4>baby and there is that over excitement. I was the

<v Speaker 4>youngest daughter to have the first baby, so my older

<v Speaker 4>sister was in that same boat of like do I

<v Speaker 4>just celebrate and rally behind every little momentum, and I

<v Speaker 4>kind of just looked at her and said, whatever you

<v Speaker 4>do for me will be reciprocated back probably, So you choose, like,

<v Speaker 4>I'm not going to be hurt feelings if you want

<v Speaker 4>to only do it every two months, if you only

<v Speaker 4>want to do it every six months, just know that

<v Speaker 4>I'll remember, probably and I will reciprocate the same way.

<v Speaker 4>And we've been fine. And I think you know, the

<v Speaker 4>parents have the right to do the monthly birthdays. I

<v Speaker 4>did the monthly photo shoots, but I didn't myself at

<v Speaker 4>home and pay for them. But with the cute outfits

<v Speaker 4>and all that, but I don't think there needs to

<v Speaker 4>be a full blown like party. I definitely don't think

<v Speaker 4>that the family needs to be dishing out that much

<v Speaker 4>money every month or even the first baby, right.

<v Speaker 3>But I guess if they got the cash, and if

<v Speaker 3>they've got the cash.

<v Speaker 2>And the means to do it, I mean they're gonna

<v Speaker 2>do it, right.

<v Speaker 4>Yeah, And I'm my only concern would be thinking longevity.

<v Speaker 4>If there's gonna be more babies to come, is this

<v Speaker 4>something that the family's gonna want to set the tone

<v Speaker 4>for every child? Because I will say, God, having the

<v Speaker 4>first baby in the family, she got spoiled rotten, and

<v Speaker 4>then we look at a second and the third and

<v Speaker 4>there comes these comments. They always come around whoever is

<v Speaker 4>the one saying, but oh, well so and so's you know,

<v Speaker 4>got that when she turned or when we did this

<v Speaker 4>for her, and you don't want that to come in

<v Speaker 4>between the family. So I would say, you know, go

<v Speaker 4>ahead and set some ground rules, or just be honest

<v Speaker 4>with each other and say, look, when I have my child,

<v Speaker 4>are you gonna want to do this every month for me?

<v Speaker 4>Or can we understand every six months is okay?

<v Speaker 5>You know?

<v Speaker 2>So what side am I putting you on to just

<v Speaker 2>I'd say.

<v Speaker 4>I support her and not wanting to have to pay

<v Speaker 4>for a guest every month.

<v Speaker 6>I support her on that.

<v Speaker 2>Don't do it? Okay?

<v Speaker 4>So I'm I don't do it.

<v Speaker 1>Yeah, And Alicia, you make a really good point about

<v Speaker 1>the favoritism too. Once you set the standard for this,

<v Speaker 1>the grandkids are going to feel it, like, well, why

<v Speaker 1>did they get a birthday every month?

<v Speaker 4>You know, I only have a seven year old And

<v Speaker 4>she remembers that, you know what she got, and she's like,

<v Speaker 4>why did we do that for so and so? And

<v Speaker 4>I'm like, like, they don't know that they had to

<v Speaker 4>get it.

<v Speaker 3>Yes, Alicia, we got a ton of other calls to

<v Speaker 3>get to thank you for having a song in the morning.

<v Speaker 3>Take care, bigs, love you, Bonnie, good morning, good morning,

<v Speaker 3>good morning. Thoughts on the monthly get together celebrations.

<v Speaker 5>I'm probably over the top team Taylor. I just think

<v Speaker 5>that's ridiculous. I mean, if the parents want to go

<v Speaker 5>all out cool but no, thank you, I wouldn't do it,

<v Speaker 5>and I would just set the boundary. But I'm also like,

<v Speaker 5>you know, fifty six, and I don't care if people

<v Speaker 5>are mad.

<v Speaker 1>I do what I want.

<v Speaker 2>That's the light of the day.

<v Speaker 4>I don't care.

<v Speaker 1>I want that.

<v Speaker 2>Bonnie says, you can go to hell.

<v Speaker 5>Like not that mean I'm nice, but it's just it's

<v Speaker 5>I mean, how ridiculous people celebrate everything a child does

<v Speaker 5>these days is ridiculous.

<v Speaker 3>It is my concern is this kid in the future, Like,

<v Speaker 3>this kid is truly going to be expecting to be

<v Speaker 3>spoiled like constantly.

<v Speaker 2>You know, yeah, she will turn into a little monster.

<v Speaker 3>But with that being said, is it also that horrible

<v Speaker 3>just to get together with some friends and family once

<v Speaker 3>a month.

<v Speaker 2>Have a couple of white claws, have some laughs.

<v Speaker 3>And just hang out with this kind of being the

<v Speaker 3>a side of the event, I'd be okay.

<v Speaker 5>I mean, but you shouldn't be expected to put out

<v Speaker 5>a bunch of cash for this child, because then what

<v Speaker 5>happens when there's four of them and everybody's doing it.

<v Speaker 5>I don't know, I just I just think it's over

<v Speaker 5>the top.

<v Speaker 1>It's excessive.

<v Speaker 3>You could show up with just a box diapers. I mean,

<v Speaker 3>you're spending that much on a couple of Starbucks drinks.

<v Speaker 3>I mean, what's it gonna hurt?

<v Speaker 1>Still? Even that every month a box of diapers.

<v Speaker 7>Yeah, I don't have babies.

<v Speaker 5>If I wanted to spend money on diapers, like go

<v Speaker 5>get knocked up again. I can't get knocked up.

<v Speaker 3>But you want that ship is sailed, Bonnie, that ship

<v Speaker 3>is saaled.

<v Speaker 5>I'm done. I got grandkids to take care of.

<v Speaker 3>Oh lord, Bonnie, you are a pistol.

<v Speaker 2>I like you. You can call whenever you want.

<v Speaker 5>I do sometimes have a good day.

<v Speaker 3>But what she wants, so by Bonnie, a couple open

<v Speaker 3>phone lines. We can maybe do a couple more. Three

<v Speaker 3>O three six nine one mix three oh three six

<v Speaker 3>nine one sixteen forty nine. What are your thoughts coming

<v Speaker 3>in from Taylor about having to go to monthly birthday

<v Speaker 3>parties slash get togethers for a newborn child. Are you

<v Speaker 3>for it or you against it? Here's Cassidy.

<v Speaker 8>Hi, Cassidy, Hey, Hey, I just was calling in to say, like,

<v Speaker 8>I'm in awe that that happens for the monthly parties

<v Speaker 8>because I'm a first time mom to a four month old.

<v Speaker 6>And that sounds exhausting to do a monthly party.

<v Speaker 2>But is it.

<v Speaker 3>It's not surprising though, in this world of me me, me, me,

<v Speaker 3>me and pictures, pictures, pictures, and social socials celebrate.

<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's not crazy.

<v Speaker 6>No, it's just I'm like, wow, good for them, because

<v Speaker 6>that's exhausting, Like I'm lucky to not have like stood

<v Speaker 6>up on my clothes. Yeah.

<v Speaker 1>No, you are so right, Cassidy, Like, especially when you're

<v Speaker 1>that little, like four months, you were so hands on

<v Speaker 1>as a mom. That was part of my struggle with this,

<v Speaker 1>is how are you finding time to celebrate this child

<v Speaker 1>every month?

<v Speaker 3>Like, well, it takes a village, and that village can

<v Speaker 3>come over to help you out.

<v Speaker 1>Yeah, apparently, but it's hard already being a mom and

<v Speaker 1>adding all these things onto it, Like the unbirthd did

<v Speaker 1>did you hear Cassidy? Here? The un birthday? Every six months?

<v Speaker 1>You have a birthday? This I've heard of, but every

<v Speaker 1>month is a little bit extreme.

<v Speaker 6>Yeah, a little excessive, but go for it, say like,

<v Speaker 6>if that's what they want to do, like all four it,

<v Speaker 6>if they have that energy. I think like a good

<v Speaker 6>gift would be diapers though, because I would love that

<v Speaker 6>versus like a toy because they growth that.

<v Speaker 3>Yeah. Absolutely, I'd be like, bring diapers because you fly

<v Speaker 3>through them and they're not cheap.

<v Speaker 2>Not cheap at all. Yeah, congratulations on being a first time.

<v Speaker 3>Yeah, please go take a nap.

<v Speaker 2>Yeah, thanks for calling?

<v Speaker 3>All right, by bye bye, Hi Amanda, you get the

<v Speaker 3>final word on this.

<v Speaker 6>Okay, go ahead?

<v Speaker 2>What should she do?

<v Speaker 3>Oh?

<v Speaker 7>Oh okay. So I have an eleven month old He

<v Speaker 7>will be one in a couple of weeks, and I

<v Speaker 7>just think that sounds exhausting. I am planning his first

<v Speaker 7>birthday party, and as exciting as it is, it's a lot,

<v Speaker 7>and I think it's a lot to ask of your

<v Speaker 7>family and for every single month to celebrate your baby.

<v Speaker 7>This is my first two and I know it's super exciting,

<v Speaker 7>and you want to celebrate every little thing. But I

<v Speaker 7>just think it's a lot to ask. And one of

<v Speaker 7>the other callers had mentioned setting kind of the precedence

<v Speaker 7>that this is going to be for every single baby,

<v Speaker 7>and I just think that opens a can of worms

<v Speaker 7>and just puts a lot of pressure on your friends

<v Speaker 7>and family.

<v Speaker 2>So it's one of these things.

<v Speaker 3>It's one of these things where it's cute and fun

<v Speaker 3>and exciting because it's your first one, but once you

<v Speaker 3>have two or three too, it'll probably fizzle out because

<v Speaker 3>it's the whole thing. It's like our firstborn, his scrap

<v Speaker 3>book and everything else that passed to the gills.

<v Speaker 4>It's totally it's.

<v Speaker 3>Got his first haircut, all that. And then my poor daughter,

<v Speaker 3>I don't think we even put her name in.

<v Speaker 1>It'll fizzle out.

<v Speaker 2>It will definitely fizzle out.

<v Speaker 7>And as an middle child myself, I know that the

<v Speaker 7>you know, babies don't get all the same things moving forward.

<v Speaker 7>So like, if you want to celebrate every little just

<v Speaker 7>you and you know, your significant other and the baby,

<v Speaker 7>that's great, But kind of adding the stress to your

<v Speaker 7>extended family and friends is I think a bit much.

<v Speaker 2>Hey, what's the theme for your kid's first birthday?

<v Speaker 7>Rookie of the year.

<v Speaker 2>And then second question, did you get a smash cake?

<v Speaker 7>We're going to probably just like a cupcake because that

<v Speaker 7>kid's already wired without the sugar.

<v Speaker 3>I will tell you it's It's the cutest damn thing

<v Speaker 3>and so much fun when they dig into that smash

<v Speaker 3>cake for their first birthday.

<v Speaker 7>For sure, Oh I will.

<v Speaker 2>Amanda, thank you for taking the time to call us today.

<v Speaker 2>Have a good one.

<v Speaker 4>Yeah you too later.

<v Speaker 2>Game consensus was is you don't have to do this.

<v Speaker 3>No, that's stupid, Like one ladies said, you're I'm in

<v Speaker 3>my fifties and this is stupid.

<v Speaker 2>Do what I want?

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