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Tell me some good things about January birthdays

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BiscuitLover3678 · 24/05/2023 16:47

If it doesn’t all go terribly wrong, I am due mid January. I’ve had loads of people say in the past that it’s a miserable month. Tbh that wasn’t going to stop me after long infertility.

I would like to hear some positives though. Does anything like their January birthday or is there a way you can make it more speculative and fun?

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BiscuitLover3678 · 24/05/2023 16:47

Special and fun, not speculative!

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CastleTower · 24/05/2023 16:51

I think there's lots of positives!

January is miserable for lots of people, but having a birthday then (or a child's birthday) will help it feel special.

Relatively old in the school year, always good.

Bargains on birthday presents in the sales!

Possible snow day birthdays! So cool.

Baby (and mum) can really enjoy their first Christmas properly rather than being in the tricky newborn period.

I just had a baby at the beginning of Feb, and I must say it's been lovely to have the weather getting brighter just as we can get out more to enjoy it.

Thatsplentyjack · 24/05/2023 16:52

I really wouldn't worry, millions of people all over the world born in January, it's just a month like any other other.

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Soozikinzii · 24/05/2023 16:58

One of my DSs has a January birthday and it's a big advantage re presents in the sales . It gives you something to look forward to after Xmas. He always did very well at school I suppose possibly because he was one of the older ones in the class.

crankyhousewife · 24/05/2023 16:59

My birthdays towards the end of January and it gives me something to look forward to after Christmas.

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BiscuitLover3678 · 24/05/2023 17:00

These are good thanks

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PakdHend · 24/05/2023 17:02

I went through a weird phase of stressing about this when pregnant with DD due in January. Turns out we love her (late) January birthday. I used to find January so depressing but now I love it, her birthday gives us something to look forward to and plan. Everyone is always free in January so great for her parties. I also have dc with December birthdays so it is a busy time for us but lots
of fun!

Crunchymum · 24/05/2023 17:14

I have two mid January children (and they aren't twins)

Not much to rave about on the birthday front if I am honest. Although I have a June birthday and every other year I can think of its been wet.... at least with January you know what you are getting.

We plan birthday activities accordingly - lots to do indoors (cinema / trampolining / bowling are all common parties for kids with winter birthdays). This year I took the older January child for a 'shopping and posh lunch' day out which worked well.

The best thing about January born's though is that those first few months the -weather is usually so crap all you want to do it stay in and cuddle the baby. If mine had been born on the summer I'd have felt guilty being in but as it happened I got to have several cosy weeks indoors with my newborns which was amazing.

Fatkittythinkitty · 24/05/2023 17:17

I have 2 kids with January birthdays and neither have ever complained. I've always liked it as it gives us all something to look forward to after Christmas. Never had any problems with kids turning out for their parties when they were young or now they're older teens.

LondonJax · 24/05/2023 17:44

Everyone I invited to my umpteen birthday parties would come. My summer born and spring born sisters often had a few no shows because of summer holidays or Easter breaks (obviously moveable but often around her birthday).

It snowed on my birthday more than once (once when I came out of a London pub at midnight - beautiful dark sky and snow just beginning to fall. I'll never forget that).

I never got sunburn as my sister did when she had a party in her garden for her birthday one year!

I order a lovely takeaway on my birthday, snuggle up with DH and DS and everyone has to watch my choice of film (without sighing). Very relaxing and never feeling like 'we have to go out and celebrate as it's so lovely outside!'

It's lovely to have something exciting to look forward to after Christmas. So many friends have that 'feeling slightly down' moment in early January - I don't and never have as it's heading towards my mid January birthday!

And...I sometimes got slightly 'better' presents from aunties and uncles (I'll whisper that) as the sales were on.

AreYouShittingMe · 24/05/2023 20:20

What @CastleTower says.
I too was worried about a mid January birthday, but more fun than the late spring birthday of youngest, who's friends tended to me doing things on the weekend near his birthday due to nice weather.
It's so nice to have something to look forward to after Christmas

BellaTheDarkOverlord · 24/05/2023 20:23

I have an early February birthday. Negative, most family forgot my birthday every year so whilst my September brother and November sister got cards and gifts, I didn't.

Positively, it's something to look forward to after Xmas in those dull, cold months so nice still.

Pocketfullofdogtreats · 24/05/2023 20:23

I like being able to treat myself in the sales!

junebirthdaygirl · 24/05/2023 20:30

He or she gets a whole extra year to play on a team so make sure they don't arrive last few days in December!!! So say they are playing football Under 8s they will be oldest on the team and always get that extra time. That's the way in works in Ireland anyway.
All their friends won't be away on holidays when their party is on in mid July or something.
Just forget about it ..its a lovely cosy time to be at home with a new baby and by the time Summer comes round they will be getting strong.
And you won't be walking around at 8 or 9 months pregnant in scorching heat. It will be fine.

LabradorVibe · 24/05/2023 20:34

I'm a January birthday (mid Jan) and love it!

Rarely do people have other plans which clash with any party I throw, so they're super well attended. I've had great success getting discounts on bar tabs / free rounds when booking a big area for a party as it's often a slow month.

And there's no expectation for good weather. A rainy day on your birthday in July is a bit gutting. A dry and clear birthday in January feels like a jackpot!

DinosApple · 24/05/2023 20:37

DD2 is mid January.
It's great, it stops January being a dreary month and makes it fun. Decs come down, two weeks later it's balloons and cake. Then it's like a stepping stone into spring.

She's had several birthdays when it has snowed. This year she had a very early daffodil out!
She's mid school year too which means she's not the youngest or oldest in the year.

ItsReallyOnlyMe · 24/05/2023 20:38

If your child gets into organised sport in he future then they're often grouped by calendar year. Being born in January is then a major advantage.

MightyEagle · 24/05/2023 20:39

Having a January birthday is the one thing that STOPS January being totally depressing! I've not celebrated my birthday for years, but it's well ingrained from being a kid - I don't fall into those post-Christmas blues like everyone else seems to, because I've still go my birthday to look forward to!

It's also a lovely time to have a baby, because you're well past the shortest day, and the evenings will start getting noticeably longer just as you're coming out of the newborn bit. And you won't have a tiny newborn to be worrying about if there's a heatwave.

I found my November baby quite depressing, but I'd have loved a January baby!

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 24/05/2023 20:41

I'm mid January. It's a shit birthday, but it just is what it is. I don't tend to dwell on it. The only people that ever comment on how shit January birthdays are are people with January birthdays.

Isthisexpected · 24/05/2023 20:41

One of mine always gets amazing gifts because of sales. As above, it gives something positive to look forward to after Christmas...no January blues!

WhoHidTheCoffee · 24/05/2023 20:42

Much easier to organise a birthday once they’re school age than some - DC1’s birthday is in the summer holidays and getting the invites out is a logistical challenge, never mind people’s availability. Nobody ever seems to be busy in mid-January when DC2 has his birthday!

WTF475878237NC · 24/05/2023 20:42

Great for school performance.

Snow on your birthday!

RunningKatie · 24/05/2023 20:48

As a January birthday, joint Christmas & birthday gifts should be avoided! I hated that.
One year on my birthday I took the dc to do an activity, when we left the building afterwards it was snowing. I told them it was especially ordered for my birthday!
DC1 was due in January but arrived in Feb. It really is just another month, albeit with a higher chance of snow!

MolkosTeenageAngst · 24/05/2023 20:49

Sorry but I have never liked having a January birthday. Too soon after Christmas so as a child there was never anything I wanted and then I would invariably see something I wanted in March/ April time but had to wait months until Christmas came around again. Lots of fun days out etc weren’t options for my birthday because so many attractions close for winter. When I was doing A-levels and uni January was always exam season so nobody ever wanted to go out and celebrate my birthday. Now as an adult people are always on diets or doing veganuary or dry January or just trying to save money after Christmas so no one wants to celebrate properly. Sorry but personally I can’t think of any advantages to my January birthday!

LindorDoubleChoc · 24/05/2023 20:50

Congratulations on your pregnancy!! There really isn't anything else to say!

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