Christmas Babies

futuremegp · September 2010

So I know this might be a better post for the Dec. boards but I thought I'd ask all of you lovely ladies instead....

Our little man is due Jan 7 but I have a feeling he'll come early (so closer to Christmas). Have any of you had any experience with those whose birthdays fall around Christmas? How do they celebrate? Separate the two occasions or combine them?

DH thinks the little man will get "cheated" out of gifts growing up because people will just get him either a Christmas or birthday gift. My fear is that I don't ever want him to feel like his birthday gets overshadowed.

mbh10220 · September 2010

DEFINITELY do not combine them. DH and my MIL are both very close to Christmas (MIL is two days after) and we have to do seperate celebrations for each event.

I think I would feel cheated too, DH talks about getting combined bday/christmas gifts from when he was younger...I guess it really sucked.

ETA: I work with a woman who's son's bday is a couple days after christmas and once he got a little older (I think 12 or so) he decided that he wanted to start celebrating his bday in July instead...I guess it worked just fine for them. But I wouldn't recommend it for little kids so much- might get too confusing and it should really be their choice I think. =]

CAB'smommy · September 2010

My birthday is 2 weeks after Christmas. Besides being snowed in and only getting presents essentially once a year, it was great. The great thing was that I usually got something for Christmas, usually something bigger, and then something to go with it at my birthday, just when the Christmas high was wearing off. So say I got a doll house and a doll for Christmas, I got the furniture and more accessories for my birthday. It was kind of nice. I think we're all in the same boat though. No turning back now.

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an02102 · September 2010

A friend of mine has twins born right around christmas, her and her husband celebrate their birthday on the day, but have the family party in the summer. For school parties she does that in mid jan or feb.

layersofmeaning · September 2010

My birthday is a week and a half before Christmas (December 14) I have never received a "combined" gift or celebration and I'll be 30 this year! My parents always made it very clear - my birthday is my birthday, Christmas is Christmas! And you know what, on top of that my sister and I (she is 6 years older than me) were born on the same day!

I love that I was born in December! I was wanted to have a December baby myself.. who knows I will be full term at the end of December so it might still happen!

mick64 · September 2010

My older brother was born on Christmas Day and my birthday is a week before Christmas (Dec. 18). For my brother, we would always open Christmas gifts in the morning, then have our big dinner. In the afternoon we would switch and have his birthday celebration with presents and birthday cake. My parents never combined presents for either of us until we were older and wanted more expensive gifts, so specifically requested a combined gift. We would both have birthday parties with friends earlier in the month. It wasn't ever really a problem because of how they made sure to celebrate them separately.

WestCoastMommy · September 2010

Dh's bday is Dec 4th and min Dec 15th. Our parents never combined parties or gifts. We always had our own bday celebration like everyone else. I think my love of holiday's comes from being born in Dec. I love my Dec birthday!

I'm most likely having a late Dec baby due to my low AFI levels (amniotic fluid). Dr. said they may induce me 2 weeks early to insure baby has enough fluid during the delivery. My original due date was Jan 8th.

tfarabians · September 2010

You do have going for you that your a first time mom and typically without complications first time babies are late ; ) I have a good friend who had her little girl on christmas and they do a b-day party for her the week before christmas. I have a good friend who's b-day is on christmas as well and her parents always do seperate birthday girfts for her on christmas and then she celebrates a week after christmas usually. Sometimes its sort of a neat b-day because its easy for people to remember that your a christmas baby!

WestCoastMommy · September 2010

futuremegp:

Our little man is due Jan 7 but I have a feeling he'll come early (so closer to Christmas). Have any of you had any experience with those whose birthdays fall around Christmas? How do they celebrate? Separate the two occasions or combine them?

What makes you think your baby will come early? 1st babies are known to actually go over you edd. Just curious.

Tracy6450 · September 2010

My mom's birthday is December 19th and while I have no idea how it was for her when she was a child, we never combined Christmas with her birthday. She always had a birthday celebration and birthday presents on her birthday and I for one never cheated her on gifts. I would do her birthday shopping before I started any of my Christmas shopping.

companion cube · September 2010

I was talking with a Christmas baby recently who said it's a really sweet deal, because everyone thinks you get cheated out of gifts so they all overcompensate to make up for it, and you can end up making out like a bandit, if your family is the thoughtful type.

MrsYam · September 2010

My daughter's birthday is December 8th. We never thought about combining any holidays with her day. It falls right in the middle of Thanksgiving and Christmas, so while it may be a busy time for everyone, it seems to work out just fine.

We usually plan it at the beginning of December so that people wont have to rush around to come to her party.

MrsYam · September 2010

Mrs.West07:
futuremegp:

Our little man is due Jan 7 but I have a feeling he'll come early (so closer to Christmas). Have any of you had any experience with those whose birthdays fall around Christmas? How do they celebrate? Separate the two occasions or combine them?

What makes you think your baby will come early? 1st babies are known to actually go over you edd. Just curious.

This. I thought for sure my little November baby would be early, but she didn't and was 9 days late and became a December baby.

futuremrscohick · September 2010

My cousin's birthday is on Christmas, and they always do separate birthdays. He was born premature by a month and a half, and they even do a little celebration on his would-have been due date. lol They call it his "un-birthday" like in Alice in Wonderland.

But I was born Dec 13th and I hated getting "Merry Birthday" cards for my birthday. It totally sucked. You can always do a birthday party the weekend before or after for LO.

kierstensteck · September 2010

My birthday is Dec 2, and while my parents and my dad's side of the family never combined anything (until I was older and wanted expensive gifts and said, specifically that I wanted my gifts combined) my moms side of the family was horrible, I always only got one present, and they always bought the exact same thing for all the girls and the same thing for the boys, even though there were YEARS between us all, so I knew all my cousins got birthday presents and christmas presents I only got one. But what I always wanted more than a present for each was to be able to have a summer birthday party at a water park or such. DH and I were just talking the other day about this, and I told him that when the LO isn't so little anymore I want to have a summer party for him so he can experience that!

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broccolitree · September 2010

I was a Thanksgiving baby (thanksgiving again this year--exactly 1 month before Christmas!), and it really sucked. There's no way to have a party because everybody's booked solid through the holidays, and nobody wants cake and ice cream after turkey or with pumpkin pie. I definitely got lots of 'doubled up' presents, too, or nothing 'birthday' at all, because everybody had too much going on so we didn't really see relatives from Thanksgiving until Christmas.

Don't double up presents. It sucks.

CarolinaNiki · September 2010

Hubby's Bday is right after Christmas, and he always felt cheated out of a birthday (although MIL swears he's over-reacting). Since being with him, I've always made the effort of seperating out gifts & celebrations (especially wrapping paper!). I, too, am prepared for this being the case with our little one. For those that asked the OP why, I am prepared for it b/c babies in my family & extended family have historically come 1-2 weeks early, first babies included.

sandylou · September 2010

My brother's birthday is December 26...we were and still are always very careful to keep it seperate and most people were great and did the same. To me, it's not really that big of a deal because I've seen how seperate they can be.

Besides the fact that you can't really change it so there's no reason to "worry" about it, or "fear" that the birthday will be overshadowed. It would just be mom and dad's jobs to make sure that doesn't happen.

futuremegp · September 2010

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futuremegp · September 2010

Just have a hunch. Either way he'll be close to Christmas so the question still applies.

KeriMac · September 2010

companion cube:
I was talking with a Christmas baby recently who said it's a really sweet deal, because everyone thinks you get cheated out of gifts so they all overcompensate to make up for it, and you can end up making out like a bandit, if your family is the thoughtful type.

I actually heard the same thing from a co-worker. She and her brother are 23 months apart and her brother was born Dec 29th. They would see family for Christmas that they only saw twice a year (Christmas and July 4th) and they would all give him Christmas AND birthday presents. She didn't see them for her birthday at the end of Jan so she never got extra presents. He lucked out!

aatigger18 · September 2010

My due date is January 1, today at my appointment my doc said he's measuring bigger and will more than likely be born in December. My hubby automatically said that he's going to get cheated out of his birthday. But I think it's going to be our job to make sure that he gets a birthday and a christmas and doesn't feel like he's getting cheated out of anything.

Mrs.LD813 · September 2010

I'm due 1/1, so there is a real potential that LO will be born within a week or so of Christmas. I am definitely not planning to combine, and will do the family party (and then a friend party when she is older) in mid-January or so to give everyone a little break from present-buying and partying.

Fergie+1 · September 2010

My b-day is Dec. 11th and DH's is Dec. 28th... we've both experienced the b-day/Xmas gift mix-up/splitting... and to make it worse, I'm a twin, so our gifts were almost always cheap! It sucked. Make sure you save up enough $$ to get fair gifts that doesn't seem like yourt kid's getting cheated at one or the other.

And if your family tries to be shady and send a gift in between the Holiday and b-day, open it sooner! I had a cousin who did this, so we'd open our gift on Xmas and see "Happy Birthday!!" -_-*

houndbaby · September 2010

My Dh's bday is Dec 22, he always got pissed when people tried to combine his bday with Christmas growing up. I'm due Dec 31 and will probably be induced a week early again, so there is a good chance LO's bday will be very close to Christmas. DH and LO will always get to celebrate their bdays separate from Christmas.

PrincessSarah1979 · September 2010

layersofmeaning:

My birthday is a week and a half before Christmas (December 14) I have never received a "combined" gift or celebration and I'll be 30 this year! My parents always made it very clear - my birthday is my birthday, Christmas is Christmas!

This is my DH's situation...the days have always been separate.

trinity0906 · September 2010

Don't combine them. Defintely separate events. My daughter's birthday is Jan 3rd...we get her separate Christmas and birthday gifts and have a separate party. She has never had an issue with it.

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