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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have 3 kids and their birthdays are all on the same week (2 were born the same day, but 5 years apart). This was not my plan, but I guess I only get pregnant one week a year (we actually did infertility treatments for months). Does anyone else have similar and any ideas on what to do about birthdays? I've been trying to have them have a big party every other year, but the kids really want their own party every year. Last year I had the girls back to back, one on Saturday and one on Sunday. And my son the following weekend. I think I had to sleep for a month afterwards. All of them pretty much only want home birthday parties with bounce houses, magicians, water slides, etc. I could potentially combine birthday parties, but then the party size becomes unmanageable for me.

[b]I tried so hard to convince two of them that a vacation would be incredible, but nope, they all want the party.[/b] I have started to really dread their birthday week because of the party pressure. [b]4 Grandparents and aunts and uncles all descend on us too, so I'm hosting all of them[/b] in addition to 10-15 kids at each party. For my younger two, they're still young enough that parents don't drop off so there's parents as well at the party.

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While I totally get wanting to please your kids (it's a good thing!), you are the parent. You don't have to convince them. You can decide a vacation will be incredible and tell them that's the option.

My youngest's birthday - which is close to my middle's birthday - often falls in the middle of our vacation. Sometimes we do a family celebration on vacation only and go all out. Sometimes we do a party fairly separated from her actual birthday, up to a month away. But she doesn't decide our vacation timing, despite her birthday. We just do it.

You also get to decide whether 4 grandparents and aunts and uncles descend on you. You can tell them no, birthday weekend is not the right time for that and you want the parties to be friends only. You can set up a separate appropriate time. Obviously it would help if the parent who goes with the 2 grandparents who aren't yours talks to their own parents.

You can also do smaller parties. This will naturally happen as your kids get older anyway for most kids.[/quote]

OP here- I meant a birthday vacation. Like a couple days at Great Wolf Lodge, overnight trip to NYC (my oldest likes Wicked so I thought that might appeal to her) or a beach vacation. We have our real vacations already (and definitely not during the heat of summer). [/quote]

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