Christmas Day baby

[Mushroo]

After being adamant all pregnancy that I wouldn’t give birth on Xmas day of course that happened!

Im feeling a bit sad that her birthday will be overshadowed and won’t feel special. (And that it’s going to be a nightmare to find a bakery that will do a birthday cake!)

can anyone give me any positive stories of Xmas day birthdays, or tips to make sure she still feels like she gets a proper birthday?

I have lovely memories of waking up to birthday banners and big piles of presents and want her to have the same nice memories!

My friend used to split the day. So up until lunch I think was just focused on birthday and then they'd have a small lunch, do Xmas presents and then big Xmas dinner. Helped that they had two downstairs rooms so they'd only decorate one for Xmas and the other would be for birthday.
Make your own cake, get one from a shop or decorate an Xmas cake. There's really no need to be spending a fortune on a fancy cake for a few photos. Different of you're having a party, but that'll be earlier or later so you'll get one.

I hadn't thought of subsequent children wanting half birthdays too - but there's another reason why half birthdays make life more complicated and difficult than it needs to be!

Hold parties earlier in the month or into January but I'd avoid the half birthdays thing.