Half birthdays

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Settle a disagreement for me:

Half birthdays...for or against?

Today has been our ds 3 and a half birthday. He's had cake and a day of choosing what he wants to do, eat etc.

One of us was all for this. The other against it (but still enjoyed the cake!) and claim it's a fad that will disappear soon.

Stop the world, I want to get off.

It's just some cake, dear.

My DS is an early Jan birthday, so we have agreed that we will buy him certain gifts this summer (outdoor toys) as it's a bit silly to buy them now when he can't really use them and they'll just get battered by the weather.

But we won't give him more cake or a party. Honestly that's crazy.

DM had an early Jan birthday. For her 50th do very few people turned up because they were ill. For her 60th her village was snowed in. She celebrated her 70th birthday the following June!

It's not something I did with my children when they were small but now they are older/adult I will wish them a happy half birthday but not celebrate beyond 'happy birthday, wow, hasn't the time gone so fast!' kind of comment.

We celebrated my DD's first half birthday because we were leaving the country a few months later and it was a chance for family to come and celebrate with us, they didn't come but that is another story.
We have wished her happy half birthday in later years as she has two cousins with birthdays the same week as her half birthday.

Lordpickle I've sore of done that just held off buying outdoor stuff until better weather. But never handed it over as a half birthday gift.

I do think its easy to say my kids get nothing out with Christmas and Birthday if they have summer birthdays. Long time to go from Christmas to Christmas with nothing new.

I think it’s sweet, especially if they’re little. Not something i’ve Ever done but each to their own.

@Myusernameismud I’ve found the opposit, DD1’s birthday is 28/12 and every time we’ve had a party for her we’ve never had anyone decline, think the parents have been glad to have a couple of hours to themselves tbh (where I live it’s normal to just drop the DC and run). DD2’s birthday is in April, not exactly summer still but we’ve always had people decline.

We now just take them out for the day, DD1 often ‘banks’ here though as lots of places that she wants to go to aren’t open or would be too cold in December. We don’t make a thing out of it when we go, it’s just mentioned it’s her birthday treat.

Against, they have a birthday and that's the important day. Half birthdays are no different to any other day.