Did any one purposely "plan" a warm weather bday for LO?

Yules · January 2012

I abhor having mine in the dead of winter. In fact, there is nothing pertaining to winter that I enjoy.

It is for this reason we decided to only TTC between Aug-Dec. This way LO would have a birthday on a warm month.

Anyone else? Or am I the only one this insane?

kelbel527 · January 2012

Nope, I am insane as well. We're currently TTC and if the next two months don't work out for us, I'm seriously thinking about stopping until later. I hate the January birthday. I can handle October or maybe early november, but dead of winter in Wisconsin kinda sucks.

XCrissCrossX · January 2012

If you had a baby in winter, you'd have something to look forward too.

I'm a teacher so if I TTC again I'm going to try for a birthday in March-April so my leave will slide into summer break. But I'm not going to refuse to TTC just because the birth will occur at the "wrong" time. What happens if the baby is premature for some reason, KWIM? Then I still won't get the birthday I want.

Yules · January 2012

kelbel527:
Nope, I am insane as well. We're currently TTC and if the next two months don't work out for us, I'm seriously thinking about stopping until later. I hate the January birthday. I can handle October or maybe early november, but dead of winter in Wisconsin kinda sucks.

It must snow constantly in Wisconsin. It would be sad if people bailed on bday parties during snowstorms.

I live in Jersey and I've had to cancel 2 parties in my youth due to V-day snowstorms. It wouldn't matter now, but when you're in your early 20's it's a real bummer.

LuJackCity · January 2012

Yules:
I abhor having mine in the dead of winter. In fact, there is nothing pertaining to winter that I enjoy.
It is for this reason we decided to only TTC between Aug-Dec. This way LO would have a birthday on a warm month.
Anyone else? Or am I the only one this insane?

Want to trade? My birthday is in August and I hate the summer. I would love a winter birthday.

Yules · January 2012

Brandi Bee:
I didn't and I don't think I'd ever go to those lengths to make sure I had only summer babies. I actually love winter and everything about the season. Holidays, etc. But I have to admit, having a February birthday party to plan kinda sucks!

Mine's in Feb too. I never enjoyed it. Thee are probably some cute winter themed things for kids out there, but the whole outdoor garden theme is eliminated for a lifetime. I always wished I had one.

Smootchy · January 2012

nope. DS's bday is in Feb and it's cold here in michigan. This time around we went with a spring baby... Dude May 21st. Could be cooler, but hoping for nice spring weather and outside parties for our future.

(so happy to hear we're not the only crazy ones. I was at a baby shower and said something about this... Like, "good for your spring baby, it'll be good for birthday parties" type thing and she looked at me like I was nuts. ...she's also a rich snob so she if they want an outside party in Dec they'd get tents and heaters... Whatever.)

Yules · January 2012

LuJackCity:
Yules:
I abhor having mine in the dead of winter. In fact, there is nothing pertaining to winter that I enjoy.
It is for this reason we decided to only TTC between Aug-Dec. This way LO would have a birthday on a warm month.
Anyone else? Or am I the only one this insane?
Want to trade? My birthday is in August and I hate the summer. I would love a winter birthday.

YES, I would love to. Id rather sweat my tlts off in August then freeze my a$$ off in the winter every year. Layering simply doesn't work for me.

Mt2G1012 · January 2012

I wanted a Spring baby but couldn't chance getting a baby before April 15th. We obviously didn't get pregnant right away and I'm due June 25th. Plus I wanted some space between their bdays!

Yules · January 2012

chapski:
nope. DS's bday is in Feb and it's cold here in michigan. This time around we went with a spring baby... Dude May 21st. Could be cooler, but hoping for nice spring weather and outside parties for our future.
(so happy to hear we're not the only crazy ones. I was at a baby shower and said something about this... Like, "good for your spring baby, it'll be good for birthday parties" type thing and she looked at me like I was nuts. ...she's also a rich snob so she if they want an outside party in Dec they'd get tents and heaters... Whatever.)

I was told we were being crazy too. Whatevs. I guess we are lucky we got pregnant on the last possible day, dec 31st!

Yules · January 2012

heatherm818:
I wanted a Spring baby but couldn't chance getting a baby before April 15th. We obviously didn't get pregnant right away and I'm due June 25th. Plus I wanted some space between their bdays!

You might get a midsummer night's eve baby on 6/21! How awesome, best day of the year.

Stephanie2167 · January 2012

I want LO#2 to have a warm month birthday. DD is June, I'm August, DH is September. I'm good with anything between April and October.

My best friend is in labor right now. But lucky for her she's in Cali and its like 80 there right now. Psssh.

historychick79 · January 2012

I've always wanted a spring/early summer baby (jealous of both SILs with April babies/due dates); it would be great weather as well as good with my job. But it never worked out that way. Both of my miscarriages were winter due dates (Feb 2 and Nov 25), and C just happened to be August. By that point I didn't care when our child was born, just wanted a healthy, living one. If we could have a second child, I would definitely like to avoid the worst of summer in 3rd tri again (especially if the summer would be another of the 'hottest on record').

charlies-angel · January 2012

I plan for April/May babies so that my leave leads into summer vacation.

spring_time · January 2012

I did, but the universe had different plans for me. After 18 months of trying, I didn't care if he was born on Christmas Day. April is not a bad birthday, though.

This time around, I am not even fooling myself into believing I can plan it.

LemonBlush · January 2012

Honestly, yes. I also have a Feb birthday and I hate it. DHs bday is Jan and while he doesn't mind, I hate it as well.

DDs bday is October which is perfect. I was planning on #2 having a summer bday but that didn't work out. I'm almost contemplating waiting now but I don't know if that's bc I'm feeling very blah and down today or not.

I also would rather sweat profusely than freeze. My 21st bday was a blizzard. Happy bday to me.

Edit: On the other hand though, I'm learning you really can't "plan" when to have a baby so I'll just take what I can get.

mlf625 · January 2012

No. I'd had 2 miscarriages before DS, so I didn't really give a shitt when I had a baby. DS did end up being born in September. It was awful being pregnant all summer in Texas.

mlf625 · January 2012

kelbel527:
Nope, I am insane as well. We're currently TTC and if the next two months don't work out for us, I'm seriously thinking about stopping until later. I hate the January birthday. I can handle October or maybe early november, but dead of winter in Wisconsin kinda sucks.

To each her own, but I think it's crazy to deliberately delay TTC just because of weather. We're in Wisconsin (northern, at that) and DD has a February birthday. It was nice to have her party to plan and look forward to in an otherwise kind of dull time of year.

dangerkitty102 · January 2012

Nope, I am also that crazy. DS was born late June and in Texas it was so horribly hot (like 115 temperature days) that we couldn't really do an outdoor birthday party. We TRIED, got allt hese baby pools and lawn sprinklers and stuff, but still - it was so hot the kids only played in them for maybe 20 minutes.

So I wanted the next baby to be a Sept/Oct baby. We said we'd start trying around the 1st of the year and I'd get my wish.

However, we jumped the gun a bit, and now I'm pregnant and due late August. Just as bad as late June. Sigh. Oh well, so much for that plan I guess!

winomom22 · January 2012

We didn't plan to have DD1 in August, it just worked out that way. We did plan to have DD2 in the warm months since we love DD1 having a summer bday. I was hoping for June for DD2, but we got pregnant right away. May is pretty fantastic though too.

ditzydi_2000 · January 2012

I was the opposite. I did not want to be huge during the months of 100+ heat.

FusionLMT · January 2012

I "planned" to have this one in the spring to try to avoid another Texas summer pregnancy. I would rather have had a short spacing between them than go through that misery again. I would have kept going until I got pregnant though, so if it had ended up taking 6 months longer, then I would have just dealt with it. However, I LOVE being pregnancy during the winter and will try to plan any other babies the same way (for due dates between Feb-June).

Yules · January 2012

mlf625:
kelbel527:
Nope, I am insane as well. We're currently TTC and if the next two months don't work out for us, I'm seriously thinking about stopping until later. I hate the January birthday. I can handle October or maybe early november, but dead of winter in Wisconsin kinda sucks.
To each her own, but I think it's crazy to deliberately delay TTC just because of weather. We're in Wisconsin (northern, at that) and DD has a February birthday. It was nice to have her party to plan and look forward to in an otherwise kind of dull time of year.

But no garden parties though

I totally understand how someone who's had problems TTC or previous miscarriages would think that my idea of "planning" for certain months asinine.

The winter dullness affects everyone differently. Some love the quiet snowy days, others tolerate them...and still other like myself find them completely intolerable. I found a little spot on a trail near my house that must have some sort of magical wind blockage. For two years in a row I've found snowdrops and primrose there in the middle of March. I dream about the next two months flying by so I could go to this patch and gloat at spring's arrival again.

I'm one lucky broad because my plan worked and DS was born in September. Of course I wouldn't be surprised if every september, on that particular day the weather turned out to be unseasonably cold or rainy. We got lucky this year and had a peter rabbit themed garden party.

hmp1 · January 2012

My birthday is in July and I was always so jealous of the kids that had a birthday during the school year. It took 14 months of TTC with DS1 so I didn't "plan" a winter baby. We are TTC right now and would love an Oct baby. Sept babies give me anxiety of when to start school (oldest or youngest in the class). Oct would be no question and be oldest in the class. I also hated always being one of the youngest. But I will take whatever I can get and just pray for a speedy BFP even if it means another Dec baby.

kg_08 · January 2012

I wanted both my kids to be summer babies. With DD is worked out because I got pregnant right away, but this one not so much. It's taken a few months, and if I get pregnant now we'd end up with an October baby... which is pretty much winter in Maine. ugh.

amykins1283 · January 2012

Warm weather here starts in April so we planned on an April baby. We also wanted an April baby so that I could take the maximum time off since I'm a teacher. Worked like a charm although a lot of it was just luck.

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