To move house the day after DS's Birthday?

[Mammanat222]

Wondering if it's going to overshadow his birthday too much?

It's only his 2nd and we were only going to do something low key anyway (just DS, OH and me) but now it looks likely it's going to have to move the very next day, thus meaning DS's Birthday will no doubt be spent packing / shifting smaller stuff.

His 2nd? He won't even notice.

Please, just move.

Will he care?
We moved just after DD's 3rd, and she was alert to spot that she'd missed out on a party, but the year before she wouldn't have noticed.

He's too young too notice! YANBU.

Have a party in the new place - housewarming and birthday all in one

It will be fine

Just pretend the week before is his birthday? He's not gonna get the calendar out and check at his age ;-)

Seriously it'll be fine. We moved house on dd1's 10th birthday so we joke that she got a new house for her present! In future years your ds will be at school on his birthday, that's just how it goes I'm afraid, damn you real life

like he knows what day his birthday is...

non-problem.

Of course he doesn't know when his Birthday is, but I know!!

Not getting him much (we'll get him some bigger bits for Crimbo) but we'll be doing nothing at all to mark the day and I feel a bit bad.

I've just deleted the 1st reply I typed, in case you were suffering with hormones or something, but the slightly less blunt version of it is

YABa bit ridiculous.
It doesn't matter what day you celebrate. To be honest, it doesn't matter to him if you celebrate or not. It's nice to do for you, but that doesn't matter at all if it's a couple of weeks before or afterwards.

You're seriously over-thinking this. You can 'mark' the day with some cake - you don't need anything else.

Honestly don't worry or feel guilty. He really won't care. I didn't do parties for mine till they were about 4 as I just couldn't deal with the hassle. None of them were remotely bothered.

Perhaps you could take him out somewhere nice (zoo, farm park?) the week after and make a big fuss of him, take some nice photos, let him pick something from the gift shop (always a massive treat for mine when they were little!) etc

We did! DS was 7. We still took him to soft play with 3 friends after school, came home to cake and happy birthday - then early the next morning the kids and I caught the train about 300 miles away to the new house whilst DH stayed behind to deal with removals. Then we had a late party for his new school class, which was a great way of meeting all their parents. We put his birthday presents in a specific box so that he had them to play with as soon as we arrived.

We moved the day after ds2's second birthday. I don't think he noticed. We couldn't have done anything else anyway as he had a vomiting bug. It was really nice for the new carpets though.

He's 17 now and we are still in the same house. We've replaced the carpets.

We moved my eldest ds birthday to the weekend when he was 2 and 3 as it was more convenient for us to celebrate then. My parents and dh both had to work on his birthday and we thought it would be more fun for him if we celebrated all together. He didn't know the difference! Could you just celebrate his birthday a few days early or late?

Can't believe you've given that a first thought, let alone a second. Of course it's absolutely fine.

We didn't do anything for DS's second birthday. I had planned a party and a lovely cake but I was half dead with sinusitis for a fortnight and it just never happened. I'll use the cake idea for his third birthday. No-one was at all bothered, least of all him.

Hes 2? He wont care or remember.

It is more important to you than him, of course it is given that you understand the significance of birthdays and he doesn't only having had one before.

Think about what you would want to do as a minimum that is manageable for the day but consider doing more on the weekend after you have moved if that will make you feel better.

Is this a wind up?

You'll be needing this thread OP:

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/_chat/2217036-What-is-the-most-pfb-thing-you-have-done

Is this a wind up?

Urm - no!

It's a serious question.

I am essentially saying that this year we're going to do nothing at all (I will do a cake) for DS birthday. In-fact we'll be super busy doing other stuff in preparation to move the next day.

We're not ones to go mad in general, we didn't do a massive party last year BUT I think it's quite important to mark your child's birthday?

What is PFB? (precious first-born?)

We moved house on dd2's first birthday and her second. We moved house again 2 months before her third birthday. She's 8 now and she's survived.

nauticant

BackForGood that was kind of you :)

Mammanat222 - Cake, Happy Birthday song etc that's all he needs. Plus, he'll have every toddlers DREAM a house full of boxes to play with!! Give him a big one he can climb in and out of and jobs' a good 'un!

Stop worrying about it