Tell me some good things about January birthdays

[BiscuitLover3678]

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?

I’m mid Jan and have always loved it. The post Christmas slump never hits for me because my birthday is a few weeks away, and it also means I get loads of extra gifts as people tend to have a fixed budget in mind that goes further with the Jan sales!

On a superficial level, I always think January is the nicest month name too!

My dc are first week in January and really don’t like it as they generally start the new school term on their birthday and for parties it’s difficult as some of their friends are still away after Christmas.

They also don’t get as much for their birthday as you normally would as it’s so close to Christmas, you never know what to get them. So when they were little I used to ask for vouchers rather than gifts and buy stuff later on in the year to spread out the fun.

I also have family with Christmas birthdays one one Christmas Eve two boxing day and a couple more in-between who hate it 😂

DS was born mid January, and it was the most magical snowy day.

Something to look forward to after Christmas!

No positives imo. The weather is invariably depressing and everyone is feeling down.
You’re more likely to get just one joint Xmas and birthday present (that’s really crap when you are a kid), plus then going nearly a whole year before you get presents for anything again, or even nothing at all because everyone is skint after Xmas (looking at you, dh). Party options are limited and everyone is partied out anyway after December.
Sorry I sound grumpy, but I hate birthdays. Probably because of the January thing…

Everyone is free and on a Christmas comedown so keen to celebrate.

Travel is cheap, so you can hop on a plane or book a weekend away fairly affordably and make it an extra special birthday

You're not reliant on the weather, as you know it'll be crap so you don't bother planning anything that relies on no rain.

We have 3 bdays in the house mid to late jan

Makes post Christmas blues much easier as we decorate with fairy lights and bunting

Always had well attended parties and kids have loved asking for their birthday the things Santa didn't quite manage!

End of jan is a good time to catch up with friends after all of the Christmas socialising has calmed down

Congratulations on your pregnancy!

I'm a January birthday and I love it! Something to look forward to after Xmas, people often abstain after the festive season and are happy to have a reason to celebrate again, cheap weekends away etc. because it's a quiet month, snow on your birthday, lovely crispy winter days ... I could go on.

I even think it is the month that sounds the nicest to say :)

DS1 now 10 loves his January birthday and so do we. He's very near the start so I always make sure Christmas decorations are down so it's all about him.

We usually get family down the day of for a wee party/ cake. It's always much more chilled than the manic time of Christmas which is nice. The nearest weekend we usually have a party/ day out with some of his friends. It works well because they're not usually on holiday so can always make it!

I loved a newborn in January, was lots of cosy nights in with cuddles and morning walks all wrapped up.

No-one has plans in January so it means that everyone is available for birthday celebrations!

My best friend has a beginning of January birthday and we always celebrate it.

I’m also due a January baby if all goes to plan 🤞 so mainly trying to convince myself!

You can save any money you get for Christmas and add it to your birthday money to get a “big” present. DS appreciates this now he’s older and wants expensive stuff! Throw in Jan sales and he gets some bargains. No one is double-booked for parties and venues such as restaurants often have deals. Aquarians are pretty cool if it’s a later Jan birthday!

People who moan on about 'bad month for a birthday' are twats. Any month is a great time for a birthday. The only exception is Christmas holiday period which I know can get a bit knocked out of shape.

But honestly - just ignore the moaners.

I’m afraid I agree with @847arc
as a kid it was a whole year before I could have anything I wanted.
birthday presents were small because everyone skint from xmas
people are partied out and always doing dry January or something or can’t afford to come out / go away etc
no one wants to use up annual leave in January for a day out when you could do something better in the better weather another time
Always have to have an indoor party so limited space. Costs more
For venue etc
if you try and have it on a different date, say in summer, you either steal someone else’s birthday and they get the hump or everyone knows it’s not really your birthday and don’t make the effort.
some people are lovely and make the effort, but it’s obviously an effort and you know they’d rather not, which takes the shine off it.
And it’s every bloody year. You can’t think, ‘oh well this year didn’t work out, but next birthday I’ll plan better or it won’t rain etc’
its the same bloody crap date every year.
sorry OP I’ve been wounded as you can see. Probably because the rest of my family and DH all have lovely summer dates and we do lovely picnics, or hikes, or days out, or camping trips or summer bbqs, all cheaply and effortlessly. Every year. And mine is soooo dull

I’m a January baby ( 18th Jan ) and I’ve always hated it because nobody ever wants to go out and often I had IOU birthday presents! The most memorable being a large cheque for my 21st from my mum and dad who told me not to cash it until the 27th 😂
I do think it depends at what point in the month the birthday is too. Middle is rubbish but beginning and end don’t seem as bad.

Im 45 now and still hate it and keep saying I’m going to celebrate on my half birthday in July instead!

In all seriousness though, it will be an amazing day for you and your child because that is the day they come into the world and that in itself is a blessing. January babies do like a good old moan…

For you - presents in the January/boxing day sales.

For child - Something fun after the Christmas is over lul. Money can be a good gift as you can put it towards something fun in the summer.

I was due mid-January, but ds was lazy and came on 26th January. I find it gives us something to look forward to. January is a bit of bleak month, so a birthday cheers it up. I buy his Christmas and birthday presents at the same time so that's quite easy. I have a terrible birthday (27th December)

I’ve got an autumn born and a spring born child and I have to say I think the middle (ie January) is the perfect time to get the best of all worlds: older in the class which is a big advantage but also the right side of Xmas which means that spring is just round the corner in the newborn phase.

With my autumn born the early days just felt like an interminable winter! Pregnancy wise it’s nice too as you’re not heavily pregnant over the summer.

DH’s birthday is 2nd January. He hates it. Everyone is skint/hungover from new year. Lots of people forget. As a child he got a “joint present” for Xmas and birthday that was the same as his 3 summer-born brothers got, except they then got something else in the summer.

We don’t really do Xmas and focus on birthdays instead. On 0 birthdays we have a bigger party or meal around his half-birthday.

Thank you for all the lovely positives! I don’t know why some people just posted all negatives. I’m aware of all the negatives which is why I created this post 😂

my sibling and I have a February birthday. TBH I am very jealous of those with summer birthdays . Although I suppose as a child it makes no difference . A birthday is special whichever month it’s falls . But as an adult I’d love to have a summer birthday . Everybody is more up for drinks and garden parties and going out !

Mid January here too. I love it!
It’s nothing like a birthday in the first week which I agree ,is one of the worse weeks of the year.

You always get loads of presents either from the sale or recycled Christmas gifts.
They also don’t come wrapped in paper like December birthdays🙂
Everyone is free and still remembers how fun a party is.
Lots of people do dry January so there’s always someone to drive.
Hotels and restaurant's have amazing deals. It’s a great time to a southern European city break as quiet and a bit warmer than uk.
Capricorns are a cool star sign - understated and quietly ambitious.
Its a good start to the year when everyone else is depressed by the weather, ages to spring etc.

Congratulations!