Due 2 weeks before husband's 40th

[Colinthecaterpillar35]

Hi all

As the title says, baby number one is due about 2 weeks before my husband's 40th. Now I know a baby should be enough of a gift and a justifiable excuse as to why we're not going all out and fully celebrating his birthday as we may otherwise have done but I do kind of feel a little bit bad...

Does anyone have any suggestions of something I could maybe get/plan in advance or something to do on the day to make him feel a bit special and mark his birthday noting that we will no doubt be in the utter chaos of the first few weeks of a newborn (if I'm not overdue!).

Thanks all!

Order a special takeaway. Choose and buy a special gift before baby arrives and have it ready for the day.

Or you could celebrate it early like one month before and maybe go somewhere for a day out and invite friends etc.

Do you have anyone who could come over and help you with the baby? I gave DH a golf afternoon on his birthday when we had a tiny one. Admittedly it wasn’t much beyond what he would have done most weekend pre baby but I booked and paid for the afternoon and arranged for my mum to come over and help me with baby for the day - he played golf with a friend and had a pint in the bar and while it was just 4 hours of baby free time for him and not very exciting compared to pre baby present, he said he really appreciated the break and momentary return to life before

Baby two here is due a week before DH’s birthday. Chances are I’ll actually deliver two weeks prior (planning an elective c section).

I’ll buy a nice gift in advance, and plan lunch out at a local pub with takeout as a backup plan. It’s not as fabulous a plan as I would have liked to organise if I wasn’t due so close but I know it will be appreciated. Hopefully we will manage a short family break a couple of months later which I know he’ll really enjoy.

For my DH, which had birthday few weeks after DS1 arrived (before covid) I planned a small surprise dinner with close friends. I asked MIL to make pizza dough and I just had to prepare it and put it in the oven. His gift was actually a big framed print out of his first nice pic with DS.