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Anyone with kids with closeish birthdays?

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Leviii · 29/09/2023 11:01

DS turns 2 at end of Nov, the day after I turn 37 weeks pregnant with his sister.

as he was a bigger baby (3 days early too, ELCS) they do not want to let me go over my due date. So either, sweeps from early as possible, induction or another ELCS.

I am leaning towards trying for a vaginal birth, but if they’re saying they don’t want me to go over my due date Which I get because I’d be scared to give birth to a bigger baby, then DS and DD’s birthdays may be a week / two weeks apart (3 at max but I’m assuming they’d like me to come in earlier and not go right up to Due date)

has anyone got kids with birthdays within a month of eachother? Or few weeks! DD will definitely still be born December, I don’t believe I need to be induced on 37week mark which is day after DS birthday so I’d probably be either 38/39 so will be a week or two from his birthday

i have terrible mum guilt:( even though I. Will do everytning to make their birthdays seperate and special! Always

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Monkeytapper · 29/09/2023 13:24

July 15th and July 18th, 2 years between. Great when they were little as could have joint parties and now they are older and birthdays virtually half way through year works well for us as big cost out of the way then 6 moths till Xmas!

I didnt feel any Mum guilt when having DD as DS wasnt old enough to realise what day his actual birthday was so we celebrated when I brought DD home

ladygindiva · 29/09/2023 13:25

Twins born in December here, so, yeah. It's fine.

ladygindiva · 29/09/2023 13:25

Plus mine is only a few days before too x

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Rudeface · 29/09/2023 13:26

Four days apart. We organised joint birthday parties for school friends when they were in primary.

Scutterbug · 29/09/2023 13:28

Ten days apart for two of mine and it’s not been an issue. Except it takes a bit of planning financially!

furryleopard · 29/09/2023 13:28

My kids are 2 weeks apart in September - no problems with it other than eldest/later birthday ensuring cards and decorations come down after a week to give a separation. It makes August a bit expensive but we plan for it. I think eventually they'll go out together and enjoy three weeks of celebrations. We went on a family bowling trip with cousins the mid Sunday as a joint celebration.

jennyt82 · 29/09/2023 13:29

Two of mine have the same birthday, 8 years apart!

Snozzlemaid · 29/09/2023 13:36

Mine are 3 days apart but they are ds and dd, and 4 years apart, so we always kept birthday parties separate when they were young as they had different interests for what they wanted to do.
Now they're adults we do tend to do a family meal altogether in between the dates.

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Leviii · 29/09/2023 13:37

Wow thank you all so much! Feeling very reassured with how common it is :)

and also completely silly I forgot twins, triplets literally exist and share a birthday! And are all diff people😂

I think I just have mum guilt and it’s displaying in different ways. This being one and medically and for me I think it’s right to go before my due date due to growing larger babies

but also thank you for all the tips too! V helpful :)

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Wallywobbles · 29/09/2023 13:37

24 hours here. Im on the same date too.

PurpleChrayne · 29/09/2023 13:38

Most random thing to have mum guilt about. Don't torture yourself!

My cousins have the same birthday two years apart. They've always loved it.

hoophoophooray · 29/09/2023 13:44

2nd and 7th December here for my girls. We just have parties on consecutive weekends

wherethewaterisdarker · 29/09/2023 13:50

My kids are about 3 weeks apart in summer… it’s honestly never occurred to me to worry about it! It’s a bloody expensive month with 2x parties and 2x presents but I’ve never considered it being any sort of issue for the children.

Coffeaddict · 29/09/2023 13:54

5 years and a week between me and my brother, never an issue always had separate age appropriate parties ect.

DSSs little sister has a birthday the day after him. They always have to share a cake at mums house which he is not a fan of.

My advise treat them as 2 completely events that happen to be at a similar time of year. For my younger son he is born Christmas week, as is my partner, so we make sure to completely differentiate between Christmas and birthday

shivbo2014 · 29/09/2023 13:55

3 weeks apart, not an issue apart from costing a lot of money as it's summer, and we're usually trying to pay for a holiday too.

Mummapenguin20 · 29/09/2023 13:56

My son is 30th and my step-son is 31st of the same month x

SmallBlueDinosaur · 29/09/2023 13:56

I have 17th July, 30 July, 12 august

Then my other bday is 5 days before B Xmas

It's fine

Natsku · 29/09/2023 13:58

My children's birthdays are just 5 days apart (I was so worried I'd go into labour on DD's birthday!), its been ok so far except that it means celebrations two weekends in a row but DD finished having proper birthday parties before DS started having them so that helped (7 years between them)

Setfiretotherain1 · 29/09/2023 14:03

I’m in exactly the same boat. DC1 last week of November and DC2 due 22nd December! Im not so worried about the two being close together but do wonder how we’ll manage around Christmas etc… but clearly from this thread others do so I’m sure we’ll cope!

WildFeathers · 29/09/2023 14:14

Leviii · 29/09/2023 13:37

Wow thank you all so much! Feeling very reassured with how common it is :)

and also completely silly I forgot twins, triplets literally exist and share a birthday! And are all diff people😂

I think I just have mum guilt and it’s displaying in different ways. This being one and medically and for me I think it’s right to go before my due date due to growing larger babies

but also thank you for all the tips too! V helpful :)

I remember going to the park with my eldest a week before my due date with our second and feeling so worried about how their life was going to change when the baby came and how it was never going to be like this ever again. It was a powerful feeling. Everything slotted into place when the time came. I did read a lot of new baby books with my toddler. They never seemed interested and ignored the baby for the first couple of weeks and then one day when I went to pick up the baby in the car seat, they held onto the car seat on the other side. It was just like the picture on the front of one of the new baby books. All the best with the final few weeks of pregnancy and the birth.

YouCantBeSadHoldingACupcake · 29/09/2023 14:16

I have 8 dc. 7 of them have winter birthdays, One born in November, 2 in December (4days apart) and 4 in January (on the 6th, 12th, 13th and 31st). Apart from it being a bloody expensive few months with Christmas in the middle, the dc seem to quite enjoy having their birthdays close together

sodthesodoff · 29/09/2023 14:21

My kids and I all have birthdays within a 12 day period. We call it birthday fortnight. We accept our fate that we will spend it mostly eating cake

Their dad calls it the money pit fortnight.

To be honest it's just the practicalities of it. Budgeting for a hefty month and planning ahead for parties etc.

TarantinoIsAMisogynist · 29/09/2023 14:23

I have a birthday that is only a few days away from one of my siblings. It was fine growing up.

We used to do a joint birthday party/outing, but were both allowed to invite our separate friends, and we took it in turns to choose the location each year. I don't remember there being any drama over it.

Ilovewillow · 29/09/2023 14:30

yep, my children were actually due on the same day but one was late and one early so they are 11 days apart. Rather unhelpfully 5 years between them so we couldn't double up on joint parties either. In the middle we have our anniversay and my birthday is a couple of weeks before the first one so we have birthday summer. They both get their cards up for a week to avoid arguing. They are both August birthdays so we have parties for one before the school holidays and for the other after the school holidays for cost and to give them their own time.

LittlePlumTree · 29/09/2023 14:31

I have 3 kids all born in March 10th 22nd and 25th.