We have 3 little ones...our 2 DD's both have a birthday in the same month. One on the 5th and one on the 11th...Last year they each had their own separate birthday parties. We've bounced around the idea of letting them share birthday parties, but on "big" birthdays have separate ones...but we are kinda coming back to the fact that it's still their special day, and is it fair to them to have to share their party? Especially when just a few months before their birthday, they see that their big brother got a party all for himself?
Just curious on your opinions as moms...would you think it fair to YOU to be invited to 2 different parties basically back-to-back?
Re: Birthday parties close together?
My kids have birthdays a couple of days apart and within a few days of Christmas. I plan on always having a small family party on their actual birthdays, but then having a combined friend party during the summer when they get a little older. That way they always have their special day and they get a friend party. My mother did this with my brother and I when we were younger and we loved it, but we didn't have an additional sibling who was always getting his/her own friend party. I don't think it will go over well in your situation, unless you combine all three.
DD1 Feb 2010
DD2 Sept 2011
I am a firm believer that a birthday party is a special day for the child. It only comes once a year. It isn't fair to throw a separate party for the older child and a combined party for the 2 little ones. I wouldn't treat the kids differently--they will notice. My children's birthdays are three weeks apart. They will always have separate parties.
ETA: Definitely still have a special dinner and cake on each's actual b-day
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