Should you buy your child presents for their first birthday?

Liam and Cheryl have a no-presents rule for Bear's first birthday.

Is a big birthday blowout to mark your child's first year a rite of passage or a waste of money? For many of us, childhood parties form some of our earliest memories but most people would do well to remember further back than their own fourth or fifth birthday. Would we remember if there hadn't been any celebration at all for it? Possibly not. Should parents spoil their little one anyway? Liam and Cheryl don't think so. The couple's son Bear will turn one this month but don't expect to see photos from a McGregor-style bash. The couple want to keep things as simple as possible because they don't want him to be spoilt. They are going to have a small party for the little lad but there'll be strictly no presents. "They’re planning an intimate family party for Bear’s first birthday with just their immediate family members from both sides," a source told The Daily Mail. "They didn’t want to have a big party, they want to enjoy the day with their close family. "They have asked for no presents as they don’t want to spoil Bear and they are hosting at their house." Liam and Cheryl wouldn't be the first celebrity parents to shun giving presents to their young children. Mila Kunis revealed that she and husband Ashton Kutcher asked relatives not to give their daughter Wyatt, three and Dimitri, one, anything for Christmas. "Last year when we celebrated Christmas, Wyatt was two and it was too much," she told Entertainment Tonight. "We didn’t give her anything—it was the grandparents. The kid no longer appreciates the one gift. They don’t even know what they’re expecting; they’re just expecting stuff." What do you reckon? Is it important to show a little love with a first birthday gift or should you save your money for when they're old enough to understand? Let us know in the Facebook comments or on Twitter.