Anonymous
08/17/2021 16:01
Subject: Kids sharing a birthday week, how is it?
Anonymous wrote:OP,
Children arrive when they arrive, and there's nothing you can do about it, apart from a scheduled C-section.
DC1 was supposed to arrive in June and arrived in April (!!!).
DC2 was supposed to arrive in May and arrived in April.
Their birthdays ended up being 2 weeks apart, which is totally fine, because usually we have a small family celebration on each day, and then parties that can be pretty far removed from the actual birth date!
This is her third baby. I think she understands this.
Anonymous
08/17/2021 14:43
Subject: Kids sharing a birthday week, how is it?
OP,
Children arrive when they arrive, and there's nothing you can do about it, apart from a scheduled C-section.
DC1 was supposed to arrive in June and arrived in April (!!!).
DC2 was supposed to arrive in May and arrived in April.
Their birthdays ended up being 2 weeks apart, which is totally fine, because usually we have a small family celebration on each day, and then parties that can be pretty far removed from the actual birth date!
Children arrive when they arrive, and there's nothing you can do about it, apart from a scheduled C-section.
DC1 was supposed to arrive in June and arrived in April (!!!).
DC2 was supposed to arrive in May and arrived in April.
Their birthdays ended up being 2 weeks apart, which is totally fine, because usually we have a small family celebration on each day, and then parties that can be pretty far removed from the actual birth date!
Anonymous
08/17/2021 14:18
Subject: Kids sharing a birthday week, how is it?
Anonymous wrote:It’s fine. We celebrate one kid the weekend before and the other kid the weekend after.
We celebrate all week!
Anonymous
08/17/2021 14:16
Subject: Kids sharing a birthday week, how is it?
My whole family except for me has a birthday within 10 days. It’s a lot of cake and a lot of work for me (mom) but otherwise fine.
Anonymous
08/17/2021 14:02
Subject: Kids sharing a birthday week, how is it?
We had trouble TTC with DC1. We never thought I would get pregnant the first month we tried for DC2, but I did. Kids are 2 years apart minus 2 weeks. DC2’s due date was actually on DC1 b-day, but they arrived early.
My kids LOVE sharing a birth month. The whole month is exciting for them. They are the same gender with lots of friends with siblings the same ages as them so we’ve only has joint b-day parties so far. We make their actual birthdays all about them though. They pick the dinner, get the big presents etc. non-birthday child gets to open one of their smaller presents on the others b-day. We mostly do individual presents, but the shared month also means big things like a Nintendo Switch are a joint gift.
My kids LOVE sharing a birth month. The whole month is exciting for them. They are the same gender with lots of friends with siblings the same ages as them so we’ve only has joint b-day parties so far. We make their actual birthdays all about them though. They pick the dinner, get the big presents etc. non-birthday child gets to open one of their smaller presents on the others b-day. We mostly do individual presents, but the shared month also means big things like a Nintendo Switch are a joint gift.