Anyone with kids with closeish birthdays?

[Leviii]

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

My 2nd son was born 2 days after my oldest turned 4.
They did have shared birthday parties all the time they were growing up.
I'm not sure how much they enjoyed that, but its just how it was.

My two are 5 days (and 2 years) apart. I love it, and so do they. It could have been a lot closer so I was happy we got 5 days between them so there is a bit of separation and they both get their own day. They talk about their birthdays as “our birthday” like I imagine twins do.
I like the fact that there is no jealousy about one getting gifts as the other one will be getting theirs / just had theirs that week. I think it works better than if they were further apart for us. Mine have always shared a party so far and that’s never been an issue - but they are getting older now (mid/late primary age) so I think that we might not share parties for much longer so will probably have a party for one the weekend before and one the weekend after their birthdays. However it works out I’m sure it will end up as perfect for your family.

My friend has dd’s whose birthdays are one day apart and in the run up to Christmas too. It’s fine - just treat Christmas/birthdays separately.

Me and my two brothers were all
born on the same date - different years. We shared loads of parties, but we didn’t know any different. I did spoil their birthday when I was born though!

My children are 2 weeks apart, just after Christmas, apart from the expense, it’s fine, we do separate activities.

Don't stress it's fine 🤷‍♀️ they'll have their own parties. Be glad you've not got twins 😆

My kids are 12 days apart, should have been closer but the youngest was a week late, only 1 and 4 currently and the older one wanted to share her party last year with her brother (was handy) I know going forward this will change and just have to be prepared to do 2 parties in a short space of time

Me and DB are 2 days apart and I resented having to share parties with him but it was expected back then

I had to have a c-section in February for my second child. My eldest broke her arm in labour and they were worried the same would happen again.
The c-section happened 3 days after my 3 year olds birthday 😂🤦🏼‍♀️.
So there are 3 years and 3 days between them 😂😂.
To the extent that they were both born in the Wednesday in 1/2 term! There’s pictures of me at 3 year olds birthday this year, 38 weeks pregnant, 3 days before my c-section, with horrific pelvic girdle pain and SPD sat on the floor at soft play with her on my lap 🤦🏼‍♀️.
I felt bad about their birthdays too but I had 2 miscarriages before my second baby so I had planned her to be born much earlier, things don’t always go to plan and I’m just so happy to have her I will make it work!
I do get a lot of ‘You didn’t plan that well did you?’
I mean literally I didn’t!
I’m more worried about the expense and fitting in 2 birthday parties in a week 😂😂.
Also an 18th and 21st birthday within 3 days of each other 😬.
Too late now 😂

I am one of 4 siblings. Our combined birthday's are two weeks apart! Mine and my one of my siblings are on the same day [ 6 yrs age difference]. Next one is a week later, and last sibling 4 days later!

It was always a fun few weeks in our house when we were growing up.

Two of my sons are two weeks apart. It has never been a problem having birthdays close together.

3 days apart here!
It’s not a problem at all, makes life easier in fact. DP & I both have that week off of work, means we are off for both their birthdays without having to take too much leave at work, we have a mad “yes” week where days out/meals/activities are chosen by them so it’s brilliant for them. Also if one says I want to go to x place for my birthday, chances are the other one is going to enjoy it there too. We don’t tend to do parties though but that’s just because they are end of the summer hols when nobody is around/everyone has lost the invites from July! Love their birthdays being close together & if anything it solves arguements as 1 doesn’t get miffed at the other getting gifts because it’s like you’re getting gifts in 3 days!

The same day but 9 years apart!

My brother and I have the same birthday (2 years apart). It was always quite fun, some years we had joint parties, some years separate. We always had 2 cakes though!
We're in our 30s now and it's lovely to call each other and say "happy birthday" and "happy birthday to you too"!

My 2 children's birthdays are exactly 2 weeks apart...when they were little we used the middle weekend to do joint parties with their friends either (softplay, community centre) with their own seperate cakes, but on their birthday themselves, they were for family (grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins)meal out/tea party at home for family with candles in any of the desserts they chose (doughnuts, cheesecake, dessert from restaurant)
I think they have always appreciated what they got and how we worked it.
Some years we were skint, so we made it as inexpensive as needs be. but still special.

My and my brother / sister (they are twins) birthdays were only 6 days apart - was never an issue. We each got our own birthday treat / party. Your kids will be absolutely fine - like others have said they will likely have more issue with people trying to combine their birthday with Christmas than combine their birthdays best of luck with number 2 hope it all goes well.

My DD and DS are 5 days apart (they're adults now) Last year my twin grandaughters were born on DH birthday, 21st December so yep December is going to be even (more) expensive! 🤣

I’ve got birthdays 5 days apart there’s 12 months and 5 days between my 2!
no guilt at all

All 4 of us have our birthdays within less than 3 weeks. Mine is first then 5 days later DD, 8 days later hubby, then 6 days later DS. We treat the actual day separate for the child (cake etc) but normally do 1 joint meal out to celebrate them all at some point over that time. It is also school summer holiday so normally go away within days of DS’s birthday.

My three all have birthdays within 6 weeks of each other.

DC1 April
DC2 Mid May two years later
DC3 beginning of May two years after that

Made worse by DH birthday and 2 nephews birthdays also being around the same time.

I am really thankful when birthday season is over every year, we had lots of joint parties when DC2 and 3 were younger.

My 3 daughters birthdays are all within a 3 & a half week period in Oct/Nov. None of them have ever missed out on pressies or celebrations. It's manic, don't get me wrong and I have to be super organised. It's just one big cake fest lol x

10 days between my twos birthdays. I just treat the whole of July as a birthday month!

My brothers and I are all with 6 days of each other - it’s never caused any issues and actually it’s quite nice to share a birthday week with them x

Not my children but siblings. I have a sister younger than me born on 29th December and a brother older than me born on 1st January and my birthday is 2nd January. So we had Christmas then 3 birthdays within just over a week every year. It never bothered us.

Couple of weeks apart and is fine though now they want separate parties it definitely makes for an expensive and very busy month

My second son was due on 31st august, first son birthday is 14th. Second son ended up coming 3 weeks early on 11th! So now their birthdays are 3 days apart. As long as you make them both feel special it won’t be an issue!

I can't see any reason at all to risk your health just to avoid having children's birthdays close together. Even if it was the same day, I doubt they'd mind as much as you worry they would. My brother was born on my 2nd birthday, and we shared birthday parties and celebrations every year of our childhoods. Other than the occasional relative getting us a joint gift (which is never fun, so I wouldn't recommend this, and certainly don't get two kids of different ages one encyclopaedia to share as one aunt did), neither of us ever minded, and often choose to have joint celebrations even now as adults. We sometimes joke that we are twins, who were born two years apart lol. I also have a 19 year old son and a 5 year old daughter whose birthdays are one day apart, plus a 22 year old son and 23 year old daughter with birthdays within a week of each other. None of them have ever expressed upset about having birthdays close to each other and the older two seem to enjoy sharing birthday celebrations just as much as my brother and I did. We do keep the celebrations for my younger son and daughter separate, but that's only because the age difference of 14 years would make a shared party that both enjoy impractical (and, thinking back, the only time I remember not enjoying sharing a party with my brother was during our difficult teen years, and being a cool-conscious 15 year old girl who didn't love having a load of 13 year old boys at "my" party, but even then it was only a mild dissatisfaction). My main advice would be to ensure that there is some individual fuss and attention made to each child on their birthday, even if it's a joint celebration, keep presents separate and chosen specifically for that child, and get a separate cake for each child. Your kids will be close in age so joint celebrations would be fine, and as your older one is still very young and won't really understand birthdays yet, it will just be something normal to them to have the same birthday or birthdays very close to each other. My brother and I never knew anything different and were (and still are) very close, so for us it was actually something of a bonding experience. Just focus on having your baby safely and don't worry at all about what date that happens on. Xxx

How is this even a question 🙄
My eldest two were born 2 years and 2 weeks apart from each other.
We celebrate eldest birthday on his day, do whatever activity etc for him, then 2 weeks later we do the same for daughter.
They've just turned 3 and 5 and for the last 3 years they’ve had a joint birthday party. They probably will have a joint one next year too. They’re doing great and loving life.