Due date - Stupid Q. Aversion to August babies ?

lucyfluff I know what you mean about grateful for any baby, and I certainly don't mean to offend anyone who's born in August! I think for me it's just that I feel my June-born DD is still far too young to start school, and I do worry how she's going to cope being around older kids as she's not very good at standing up for herself. It's more the social aspect I'm worried about rather than the academic side.

Dc2 is a July baby, and for me that has been hard, she has SNs too, which makes the gap between her and her peers huge. It's was hard enough that she was in a class with a lot of autumn birthdays, so they were already developmentally way she'd of her, chuck a few SENs into the mix and the gap is too big.
"Oh they all catch up eventually" was a phrase that was thrown at us so many times. But it's catch-up for the next eleven years. And not something that I wanted to repeat.

We took this into account when ttc dc3, he was due early June, and was conceived the last month of ttc before the 3mths of planned "break" which would have avoided a July/august/september birth.

I find it all a bit odd when people say they dont want an aug baby. Yes they will be the youngest in the year but everyone is different and learns at different speeds!!! My oldest DS is aug 17th and was very academic, and being a teacher too I have seen young children coping very well

I think people who make those comments should be grateful for a healthy baby and being able to concieve.....my opinion anyway

It's because they're the youngest in the school year, so may struggle at first in school / do less well academically etc.

They also can't go to holiday clubs for over 5s in the summer after Reception because they're not yet 5, so may mean greater childcare costs for you.

It's because they'll be the youngest in their year at school and have to start just after their 4th birthday, whereas a baby born in September will be 5, so a whole year older. (That's our reason, anyway)

I think it's maybe to do with once they are school age they will have literally just turned 4 before they start school and kids may have a small disadvantage? but I'm not entirely sure.