Anonymous
03/14/2022 16:39
Subject: Do you celebrate half-birthdays when the kids are very young?
Nope. This is a thing?
Anonymous
03/14/2022 16:05
Subject: Do you celebrate half-birthdays when the kids are very young?
No. Way too much work.
Anonymous
03/14/2022 15:59
Subject: Do you celebrate half-birthdays when the kids are very young?
Good Lord, no. Why make more work when they're not even going to remember it?
Anonymous
03/14/2022 15:43
Subject: Do you celebrate half-birthdays when the kids are very young?
I’m thinking of doing it as a joint thing since my kids are two years apart and around Christmas so I’m seriously considering constructing a family “half-birthday” in the summer and giving them big gifts then rather than real birthdays. Development and size can change so much in six months and I’m going to have to buy some new stuff regardless.
Anonymous
03/14/2022 11:29
Subject: Do you celebrate half-birthdays when the kids are very young?
If I ever want an excuse to bake a cake, yes! It's fun to make a semi-circle cake for a half-birthday. But it's definitely not something I do every year.
Anonymous
03/14/2022 11:27
Subject: Re:Do you celebrate half-birthdays when the kids are very young?
Our extended family is pretty close and gathers most weekends, and we've never had a period of time in which we didn't have an elementary schooler in the mix. So, since our tradition is to celebrate the "big" kids, we celebrate the "little" ones too.
The tradition is that on the weekend closest to your birthday we have a party for you, and on the weekend closest to your half birthday, the kid gets to pick the dessert, and the we make it "half" in some way. It used to be that we served like half a pie. But now we have too many people so we do things like bake a layer cake and then cut in in half and stack it so it's got 4 layers instead of two half the circumference. Or we bake two different kinds of pies, eat half of each and then give the other half away. Or we have cookies, and cut them all in half, and everyone gets a few halves instead of a smaller number of wholes.
It's silly, and fun, and we would be making dessert anyway so the only "work" is figuring out what half of whatever looks like.
The tradition is that on the weekend closest to your birthday we have a party for you, and on the weekend closest to your half birthday, the kid gets to pick the dessert, and the we make it "half" in some way. It used to be that we served like half a pie. But now we have too many people so we do things like bake a layer cake and then cut in in half and stack it so it's got 4 layers instead of two half the circumference. Or we bake two different kinds of pies, eat half of each and then give the other half away. Or we have cookies, and cut them all in half, and everyone gets a few halves instead of a smaller number of wholes.
It's silly, and fun, and we would be making dessert anyway so the only "work" is figuring out what half of whatever looks like.
Anonymous
03/14/2022 11:24
Subject: Re:Do you celebrate half-birthdays when the kids are very young?
We acknowledge it and have a special dessert. But we don't invite anyone over.
Anonymous
03/14/2022 11:22
Subject: Do you celebrate half-birthdays when the kids are very young?
Nope. Well, during the pandemic we did because their actual birthdays fall in winter and outdoor parties are easier in summer. But we just called it a birthday.
Anonymous
03/14/2022 11:21
Subject: Do you celebrate half-birthdays when the kids are very young?
No, why would I create more work for myself like that?
Anonymous
03/14/2022 10:38
Subject: Re:Do you celebrate half-birthdays when the kids are very young?
We acknowledge by letting the 1/2 birthday celebrant pick dinner (within reason) and we serve dessert, which is not an everyday thing.
This became a thing when my now 20-something niece/goddaughter was VERY big into her half birthday and thanks for reminding me its coming up in 2 weeks!
This became a thing when my now 20-something niece/goddaughter was VERY big into her half birthday and thanks for reminding me its coming up in 2 weeks!
Anonymous
03/14/2022 10:10
Subject: Re:Do you celebrate half-birthdays when the kids are very young?
Acknowledge them but don’t really celebrate. Grandparents send gifts for half birthdays.
Anonymous
03/14/2022 10:05
Subject: Do you celebrate half-birthdays when the kids are very young?
We'd acknowledge it, maybe go to a bakery for a treat, wouldn't have a special dinner (or would call whatever dinner we are having special)
Anonymous
03/14/2022 09:57
Subject: Do you celebrate half-birthdays when the kids are very young?
We didn't and I don't know anyone who has, but OP why not? Sounds like a fun thing to do.
Anonymous
03/14/2022 09:57
Subject: Re:Do you celebrate half-birthdays when the kids are very young?
Nope. I mean, we might acknowledge it verbally but we don't do cake or anything.
Anonymous
03/14/2022 09:53
Subject: Do you celebrate half-birthdays when the kids are very young?
Like 1.5 to 4.5? Not with a party or anything but a family celebration?