DS2 was born end of August 2007.
After my fisrt scan we were thrilled and told everyone our due date of 27.08.07. I was pretty shocked when lots of people responded with "Oh no he/she will be the youngest in the year", "...they'll have problems at school etc etc".
Obviously none of this had occured to me and it was b**y annoying that everyone focused on it.
I have a colleague who planned coming off the pill so that her babies were born in September/October, so that they would be "...the cleverest in the class...". Arghhh.
I know that being the youngest DS2 will be up to a year behind some peers, but why don't we wait and see rather than label him now?
We go to weekly playgroups and the converstaion often turns to children's ages & birthdays. I've noticed that when asked I now say "Unfortunately he was born end of August..." before the mother can comment about our "bad timing".
My personal concerns are that at 4 years 1 month my eldest was still having the occasional accident, and the Mon-Fri in full-time school seem really long for a young child.
Our local primary has recently stopped staggered entry into Reception, so it is September for all.
Anyway, has anyone else encountered this? On a selfish note, 1 year less nursery fees is an attractive proposition!
Kathryn
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...to be annoyed that people are so negative about an August baby?
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KathrynAustin · 07/04/2009 08:34
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