What do you do if both children's birthdays are close together?

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I'm just curious really about how you make it different and special (and have the energy to do two lots of celebrations!) Is it ever an issue? Do you have joint parties? Also interested in those who have experienced it growing up.

Ttc soon and will be very close to ds birthday if works!

Mine are 3 weeks apart. I quite like it as they both get their birthday at a similar time so less impatience that they have to wait months for their turn.

A week apart, 4 year age difference, two girls.

Sometimes they shared parties, sometimes they had their own. It depended on what they were into at the time.

6 kids and 4 of them are one a month
1-March
2-April (just after mine)
3-may
4 June
5-august
6-Oct

It does get a bit partied out by no 4’s birthday!

My DC2 was born on DC1’s 7th birthday.

Two cakes, shared family parties, separate school friends parties. Quiet the rest of the year. 😂

Mine and my sister’s are 3 days apart. Growing up we’d have separate parties the two consecutive weekend. If the birthdays fell on a Friday and Monday, we’d just do whatever worked best I guess. So I’d have my party the weekend before, then birthday on the Friday, and my sister would have hers that weekend.

I will say though, birthdays for us were never an attempt to do anything extra special and amazing and just for us. The birthday was our party, plus birthday day, and since these never overlapped the closeness was never an issue aside from my mum doing two cakes and two parties a week apart.

Joint birthday, 3 year gap. We did joint parties until they were about 9 and 6. Then separate. Then since covid they want to just do a big family event.
Always 2 cakes. They moan a bit about it being joint but also love it!

7 days apart. 5 years difference.

Mine are 3 days apart (eldest this coming Saturday, youngest on Tuesday). We did joint parties until the youngest was 3, then separate from when they were both in school. November is bloody exhausting but at least once they’re done, we can forget about party planning for a year!

My two are 6 days apart and a 2 year age difference (born at the start of Jan too 🙄). While they're young we'd do a joint party but obviously covid has meant that's not happened. This year we'll probably just do something together if we can get away with it again, we try to make sure they have the attention on their actual birthdays to make them special & would choose a party date that wasn't on either of their birthdays.

My sister & I are 2 days apart with a 2 year age difference, it was joint parties all the way until we didn't want one anymore - never minded at all, always got to invite our friends & really wasn't bothered sharing my party!

My two boys are 4 days apart with a 5 year gap. We’ve generally done a party for friends every other year (covid notwithstanding) and a family celebration for the other. Their birthdays are in the school summer holidays so we are usually actually on holiday for one or the other, which is nice.

Mine are 1 day apart. 15&16 July. It's busy. But only a year apart in age so they share a party

All of mine are close together in the summer holidays. It wasn't a problem as they all liked different ways to celebrate. One loved parties so we always had them at home with all the class plus siblings, parents, grandparents, stray children, etc; another only wanted to spend the day with us. And so on.

When they were younger, birthdays close together were handy because we could buy 'big' presents like a huge trampoline, adventure play thing for the garden and so on, as a joint present for them all (they are also close in age so were into the same things), and then give them a couple of little things individually. Though we did the same at Christmas with the Wii (showing my age there).

My DC are 6 days apart with a 4 year age gap. Always had separate parties through the years with each friend group but as it's in summer we often go away for their birthdays.

Forward planning is key and I start saving for gifts and parties at Easter time so I don't get stung for the cost in one payday.

The kids (now teens) love having their birthdays close together, DH's birthday is 3 weeks later and mine 2 weeks after that. We have own own little birthday season.

My 2 GD (3 and 6) have birthdays 5 days apart....over Christmas .... they haven’t had a birthday party as yet..... just family get togethers

Eldest 2 are 4 days apart, also very close to Christmas. Older one is 16 this year so wants money to take her friends out for a meal. Other will be 11 and not bothered for friends (waiting for asd assesment), last time I offered a party he chose a family trip to the space centre instead.
I hate doing the party thing and tend to just do a family meal out instead.
We also have twins. They have had some joint presents, like big play set things but most separate.
My brothers birthdays were 3 days apart, they'd have joint parties. Games consoles were the only joint presents I remember them getting.

Oh and I have a savings account which I put money in monthly, that covers all birthdays and Christmas.

My ds have birthdays 2 days apart with 3 years between them.

Never had joint parties for friends for the 2 of them, but did have a family party for them jointly with grandparents etc when they were younger.

Tend to focus on the birthday boy on day one, have family day out on day two then the following day focus on the second birthday boy.

Luckily we have lots of windows so they could have a separate sill for cards.

It's a lot of cake though!

My brother and I had birthdays 10 days apart, I never felt that they weren't completely separate events.

Is it quite a common thing?
2 of my cousins are 3 days apart, an aunt and uncle have the same birthday (13 years apart)