August birthdays

[yellowpen]

It's a long way off yet but just day thinking what anyone else does.

My ds was born in the middle of August last year. When he's at school and wanting birthday parties how do other parents go about it?

Have them earlier as in last week of term with friends then celebrate with family on actual birthday?

Just send invites out before end of term and see who comes and have party close to birthday?

My sons both have July birthdays. Sometimes they've had parties in June, sometimes in October. They have family parties or days out for their actual birthdays.

DS1 is late August. We usually go for a mid-September date for a party; it has worked better for us than late July.

Late August birthday for DS. We did August birthdays for quite a few years but always had low attendance so have switched to mid July birthdays last year and it worked much better. DS doesn’t want to celebrate in september as a few of his friends have Sept birthdays.

I have an August child. When they were in Reception/early years we quickly discovered that trying to have a party on the birth date meant half or more the class were away, so we just did either before they broke up (a couple of times in the afternoon of the day they broke up as the school ended at lunchtime) or one birthday we did the first weekend back in September.

As they have got older the parties have become smaller and more exclusive (as apposed to whole class invites) and we have then consulted more with parents as to best dates ahead of time.

Last party was actually in August but only 4 invites and more of a sleepover thing so easier to coordinate to ensure all invited could make it.

I have an early August baby and I had never even thought of this ( I gave some time yet he's only 17 month), another thing on the list to consider in the future.
I suppose having one earlier would make sense.