When you're planning to hold a baby's first birthday party, you need to make some careful decisions about the type of food that you wish to serve.
A good rule of thumb is to keep it as simple as possible.
You'll most likely be serving food for adults (other parents, friends and/or family), other babies and older children.
Don't even attempt to provide a sit-down meal for everyone; instead a finger buffet is a great idea.
You can serve mini-pizzas, sausages (regular or vegetarian), dips and carrot sticks, vol au vents, chicken goujons, bread sticks, chocolate sticks and crisps.
Be careful of serving things on cocktail sticks as a discarded cocktail stick can be quite dangerous if a baby puts it in his/her mouth.
You also need to think carefully about what type of drinks you'd like to serve.
Again, it's best to provide a range so that you'll please all your party guests.
Some of the babies and small children attending the first birthday party might still be using a bottle or feeder cup.
Others will probably appreciate being offered the following: water, milk, diluted fruit juices or fizzy drinks.
Some parents may be quite dismayed if you offer their child a glass of coke, others won't mind at all.
You may or may not want to offer alcohol to the adult guests, but only you will know how you feel about allowing the consumption of alcohol in front of children.
It would be unusual to throw a first birthday party without providing a birthday cake.
It's highly likely that as a parent, you'll be dying to take a photo of your little one in front of their first ever birthday cake, so make sure that someone is armed with a camera at the ready.
Your baby may be inquisitive of a lit candle in the middle of the cake, so make sure that he/she doesn't try to grab at it.