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SkiChic626 · April 2016

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/parenting/wp/2016/04/15/what-are-the-best-months-to-give-birth-tips-to-help-you-and-your-newborn-game-the-system/?wpmm=1&wpisrc=nl_parent

Curls919 · April 2016

I always say I'd rather have a late summer baby so I can just throw on a sundress and flip flops and call it a day. Plus, all my doctor & hospital bills are within one calendar year so only one deductible to hit!

Katm89 · April 2016

I love that our child's birthday is during nice weather and can be hosted outside every year. We also live at an apartment building with a pool! So I am very excited about sitting by the pool with my bump

charmedlifex3 · April 2016

We're in VT, so August edges into the start of fall. (the leaves were just starting to change on my August 9th wedding.) I'm super excited he'll be here, and I'll be somewhat mobile just as the weather gets REALLY nice. Late August through October here is usually the time of year I remember why I moved here. You don't need AC or heat, there are lots of family friendly types of events. I'm totally looking forward to pushing the BOB around farmers markets this fall! There is one literally in sight of our house, so it'll be nice to try "mini outings" which are fun, but the time / energy commitment is pretty low - practice getting out of the house together before we are trying to get to work / daycare.

And honestly - I'm always healthier in the summer, (all the locally grown goodness!) so hopefully that will help with the bounce back from baby. I can't even imagine trying to get back in shape during mud season. BLECH.

@curls919 My plan year reset on April 1. Booo!

SkiChic626 · April 2016

@Katm89 said:

I love that our child's birthday is during nice weather and can be hosted outside every year. We also live at an apartment building with a pool! So I am very excited about sitting by the pool with my bump

Same here! DD's bday is June 15th and this one will likely be early August....my sister and I are both June and August, as well, and we always had parties outside. So much easier than having to worry about finding a venue and all that crap in the colder months. We bought a bouncy house last summer, so our plan is to just do BBQs and the bouncy house until it pops!

Curls919 Same! I already hit my DED back in February with all the fertility doc visits in January and now several ultrasounds, plus other dr visits. Then you know if you get an outrageous bill it's gotta be wrong :-p

Allisun85 Sooooo true! I love the months where we can just keep windows open and don't need heat or air - I we've FINALLY hit the Spring version of that in NJ, at least for now. And if the weather is anything like last year, we'll still be able to go out for 70 degree walks on Christmas haha!

jamiesc58 · April 2016

I am super excited to have a summer baby! The kids we have now all have birthdays in April and October. Really hard to plan outdoor parties. This year was the prime example. We had ds's party on the 9th of April and it was way too cold to be outside (like 40ish degrees). We had dd's first birthday party over this weekend (the 16th) and it was shorts/skirts/ tanks and flip flops (like 70's). I want to be able to do the bounce houses and outdoor things!

BritMC18 · April 2016

I feel like the odd-mom out here lol. I have a June birthday and absolutely hate it. Once I started school most of my friends were never able to make it to birthday parties because they were either on vacation or away at camp. Not to mention our Georgia summers can be brutal, I had one outdoor birthday and we never did it again. August isn't really much better where we live.

Pepper6 · April 2016

Not gonna lie, being in AZ, having summer babies sucks. But at least being due at the end of August, I'll only have 6-8 weeks of the extreme heat left before it gets nice again, which will be right around the time baby is big enough (and has enough vaccines) to go out more.

DD was born mid June and it was a rough summer because it was just too hot to go anywhere.

ballofmeat · April 2016

Boom! This article nailed it. Infant halloween costumes are pretty cute. This is going to be my new answer when someone comments.

@BritMC18 I feel your pain, I am also a June birthday and no one was around to celebrate because it is after the first few weeks when school ended.

Snaps816 · April 2016

I have a mid-August birthday. In my younger years it was awesome because I could have outdoor/pool parties. And I never had to go to school on my birthday! It was kind of hard as I got older, a lot of kids were out of town around my birthday, at camp or on trips. But on the other hand, I was out of town a lot too. I got to have birthdays at camp or on a family vacation, so they were very memorable.I basically stopped having birthday parties around 12 or 13 and didn't really care. We'd just do a nice family dinner with cake and presents, and that was it. One thing I loved in my tween/teen years was that my birthday coincided with back-to-school, so I could get the cool, trendy clothes I wanted. Because they were birthday presents, I think my mom was a lot more indulgent than she would have been for back to school shopping otherwise. My mom was usually a TJ Maxx type of shopper, but since these were presents she'd get me something from Nordstrom or whatever. And people would give me gift cards to do clothes shopping with. I enjoyed that all the way through college and graduate school!

Katienu · April 2016

I'm so excited to have a summer baby! My husband, parents, daughter, brother and I are all winter babies. This is going to be such a novelty for the family.

ethiwen4 · April 2016

I'm so happy to have an August baby! DD's birthday is in January and we take a trip up to the snow for it, I can't wait to have a summer tradition for this baby's birthday. Beach bonfires? Pool parties? Luaus? Awesome.

As for the heat, is there any more comfortable maternity wear than a dress and some leggings? And how cute are baby bumps in swimsuits? So cute!!! What better shoes for swollen feet than a pair of flip flops?

I had a craving for strawberries, so now there are homemade strawberries and cream (with a hint of basil) popsicles waiting for me in my freezer. Boom!

ShanRum3 · April 2016

I'm excited to have an August baby for numerous reasons. Our other 2 were winter babies (November and January) Too close to Christmas!!! My birthday is 5 days after my due date.. you never know. DS3 and I just might get to share our Birthday! My due date is actually on the 16 year anniversary of when DH and I started dating, and 2 days before our 12th wedding anniversary!
I'm not worried about the heat. I work in AC, my car has AC, and my house has AC... so if it gets too hot for my liking, I can still be in AC. I'm also looking forward to swimming, and hanging out in sundresses!!! I even splurged on 2 new pairs of sandals the other day!

bananers · April 2016

Honestly I probably wouldn't have planned an August birthday if I could have picked the month, but not everyone gets pregnant the month they start trying. I'll take whatever month my body decided to finally get with the program and I'll side eye the shit out of anyone who gives me a hard time about having an August baby.

SkiChic626 · April 2016

All you fellow June bday mamas need to come hang out with me! I'm June 26th and I think it's the PERFECT month for a bday! It's 6 mos separation from xmas, so woo hoo, presents every 6 mos!! LOL And the weather is pretty much perfect that time of year - you may even get a sexy thunderstorm! No, I never really got to do cupcakes in school for my bday, but who cares....I get to celebrate over the summer! I still had bday parties when I was a kid and lots of school mates would come, and then we'd have a family party and do fireworks the following weekend since it's close to 4th of July - hello, fireworks for my bday, what's up!!! Then once I was older and started going down the shore, that's when it really got fun and the celebration wouldn't stop for days at a time! A friend and I even did Vegas one for our bdays because we're two days apart - it was a blast! The only 2 things I didn't like about it was being the last to get my driver's license and last of my friends to turn 21 - however, that meant that EVERYONE came out for my 21st bday! It was so fun! My best friend at the time didn't have anyone to go out with on her bday because she was a the first to turn.

As for baby planning, we go on vacation to upstate NY every July, so I specifically planned that I didn't want a newborn while we were there (DD was 5 weeks while we were there and it was fine, but I wouldn't choose it again), otherwise my second choice was to have another June baby - so my nurse counted and we actually planned out my embryo transfer so that my due date would be mid-ish-August. I'll be super pregnant while we're up there, but we don't really do anything but sit on the beach, so I'm not concerned about it. I also think August is perfect because after the first couple weeks, the weather will start to cool down and it'll be perfect outside weather for walks and spending time on the deck everyday while I'm on leave!

ShanRum3 DD was due 2 or 3 days before my bday, depending on which doc you talked to, and I totally thought we might share a bday. She ended up 11 days before me, though

ballofmeat · April 2016

@SkiChic626 birthday presents every 6 months. Oh yeah, I'm shaking my head in agreement. I like the way you think.

SkiChic626 · April 2016

@midwestbaby said:

@SkiChic626 birthday presents every 6 months. Oh yeah, I'm shaking my head in agreement. I like the way you think.

lol

jamiesc58 · April 2016

@SkiChic626 my birthday is June 24 and presents every 6 months rocked growing up! I really felt bad for the kids who had birthdays close to Christmas.

lucypod · April 2016

I'm actually super excited for an August baby and this article just confirmed/reinforced that!

I'm willing to sacrifice a slightly hotter/swollen third trimester for the following reasons:
1. The already mentioned sundresses/minimal clothing. Bundling up was SUCH a pain when the bump popped out for those few weeks at the end of Feb and March.
2. POOLS POOLS POOLS.
3. eating healthier is ALWAYS easier in the summer (hello fresh produce!)... bring on the fruit/smoothies/grilled veggies!
4. I might complain every day of the upcoming hot summer, but it will pay off down the road when I don't have to be worrying about planning birthday parties around a snowstorm/holidays. There are literally no holidays in August!
5. Avoiding the dreaded late December/early January combined holiday/bday presents. My husband's bday is January 3rd so I am well aware of the annoyance of having the 2 so close together. I really liked what the article said about being able to give age-appropriate gifts when there is time between the birthday and the winter holidays.
6. The infant/sunscreen thing might be a pain but up here in the Northeast in August we're not looking at a whole summer's worth of hot sun. Maybe just another month or so.
7. I agree with the Halloween baby costumes. The hardest part is going to be narrowing it down!

There are definitely more that I could come up with why my August baby is sounding more and more appealing but those were the first that came to my head!

mouse1029 · April 2016

My first was born the end of August 2013. I love ln Long Island and that was the summer it was never under 110* and 80% humidity. I spent a lot of time in the a/c. It wasn't terrible though. I'm having a harder time right now in 60-70* weather when the air isn't on and I'm having hot flashes. I actually feel like I have sunburn.

Whats good old though is baby is 3-4 months for the holidays and it's not so scary to be around people.

lalalorelai · April 2016

That article is dead on about winter birthdays. I'm December and the struggle is real with not getting any presents for a whole year.

I'm just happy to be pregnant, regardless of when he gets here!

katie121209 · April 2016

I'm excited to at least have the option of our child starting Kindergarten at age 5 if we feel they are ready (cut off is Aug 31 here.)

SkiChic626 · April 2016

katie121209 said:

I'm excited to at least have the option of our child starting Kindergarten at age 5 if we feel they are ready (cut off is Aug 31 here.)

Our cutoff is October 1, or maybe it's the 15th, I'm not 100% sure. But this is something we've been thinking about, too. My sister was Aug 31, and my mom always says that she wishes she had held her back a year, she thinks she would have done better academically. But who knows! We're having a boy, so we're thinking we might redshirt him, but it'll all depends on how he progresses through toddlerhood.

Stephanie7693 · April 2016

I'm excited that I'm having a July or August baby. My first is September and my second is march. September kinda sucks because her b day falls around labor day and the first day of school. March is slightly better, but it's not usually nice enough to be outside, and it's a few days before st Patrick's day. And being so big in winter was hard, shoes and coats were not easy for me. This baby I'll get to lay next to the pool in the back yard and hang out with the kids half the summer, and my kids start summer school a week before my due date! I'm also excited about sundresses and flip flops, and pool parties for this little guy for birthdays. He will also probably be my only baby who doesn't have a birthday the same week as a holiday. And we'll have lots of birthdays to celebrate in summer. My b day is june, my husband july, baby July or August, and daughter September! My son might feel a little left out lol

WinnieLou82 · April 2016

As a late December baby, I'm thrilled to have a child's birthday not near Christmas or another major holiday! I'm also excited about floating in the pool, wearing dresses and sandals (no long underwear, heavy coats or slipping on ice!) and a maternity leave with nice weather.

cait5413 · April 2016

Stephanie7693 said:

I'm excited that I'm having a July or August baby. My first is September and my second is march. September kinda sucks because her b day falls around labor day and the first day of school. March is slightly better, but it's not usually nice enough to be outside, and it's a few days before st Patrick's day. And being so big in winter was hard, shoes and coats were not easy for me. This baby I'll get to lay next to the pool in the back yard and hang out with the kids half the summer, and my kids start summer school a week before my due date! I'm also excited about sundresses and flip flops, and pool parties for this little guy for birthdays. He will also probably be my only baby who doesn't have a birthday the same week as a holiday. And we'll have lots of birthdays to celebrate in summer. My b day is june, my husband july, baby July or August, and daughter September! My son might feel a little left out lol

My bday is September 1 and it is awesome! 3-day weekend right around my birthday every year! I also live in the south, though, so school always started a couple weeks before my bday (so celebrating at school was also included). Your daughter will love it as she gets older.

1faceinacrowd · April 2016

I just looked up the Kindergarten age cutoff rule in Nebraska (my daughter turned 5 in March so I knew she was well within the requirement) and kids have to be 5 by July 31st before starting Kindergarten here! This has changed since I was a kid, as I turned 5 in September and was able to start at age 4.
So unless this little guy comes a week or more early, we'll be paying for daycare/preschool for an extra year, as we don't have free preschool here. Bah humbug!

Stephanie7693 · April 2016

@1faceinacrowd... my daughter is September 5 and missed the school cutoff by 5 days. Totally sucked!

1faceinacrowd · April 2016

@Stephanie7693 Do they ever make exceptions when you're that close?? I can't imagine how annoying that would be!

Ceventa · April 2016

I live in South Florida, so that whole thing about the summer heat had me like,

I'm totally loving the ability to throw on a summer dress and sandals on the weekend and go. Dressing for work is a little tougher, I've had to little by little get some lighter work appropriate pieces, but other than that all good. Yey to the school cut off birth date!

michelle_shelle · April 2016

I would take the heat of summer anytime over the damn winter months. Having to purchase a new winter coat, no thanks the good ones are expensive. Taking 5 minutes to get dressed just to go outside and another 5 to take off everything...nope. Worrying about ice, snow and road conditions, yuk. Plus I am already starting to struggle with putting on winter boots now, never mind at 8 or 9 months. Give me the heat; flats, sandals, a dress and done. No need to worry about the weather just go. I have started wearing dresses to work already, just because I'm lazy. I don't care that there is still snow everywhere. I'm done with winter.

charmedlifex3 · April 2016

My birthday is less than a week away from our due date, and I've always liked a summer birthday.

It was deliberate to some degree that we have a late spring - early fall baby. We are about 45 minutes from the closest medical center, and have already had to do that drive in a snowstorm. I had nightmares of delivering in the car since the 45 minutes took 4 hours (totally possible) - I'd much rather roast this summer then end up in that situation!

If we didn't conceive when we did, we were going to give it one more month and then put it on hold until my delivery date would have been May 2017. Even then, I've seen a snow storm on memorial day.

AliKay20 · April 2016

Looking forward to the pool parties we get to throw & floating around on giant swans and donuts.

Haters gon hate. August babies are going to have the COOLest (pun intended) birthday parties.

Even though it'll be a while before our peanut gets to enjoy the swan and donut tubes, I (being the prepared mama-to-be that I am) just ordered those tubes on Amazon prime.

As long as I explain to DH all the good use we'll make of them, I think I'm good...

ginger819 · April 2016

This baby is actually due two days before my birthday. I loved having a summer birthday, besides the fact that sometimes school started on or right before my birthday. You can always move a birthday party earlier. I graduated high school and college a year before my friends born in September and October and got my life after school started earlier than them. The only pregnancy related thing I'm worried about is with DD my feet swelled to twice their normal size and that was in May. I'm afraid the heat will only make it worse, but at least this time I can just wear sandals through it all.

charmedlifex3 · April 2016

Oh, and on the east coast the cut off for school is Jan 1. I was used to being kinda middlish age wise. Our kiddo will have the same experience.

I was SO confused when I got to college and figured out everyone else was a year older than me though, lol. I was 17, and most of my classmates were 18 or even 19. How did this happen??? My mom finally explained it to me, that most other parts of the country the school cutoff age is Aug 1, or September 1.

SkiChic626 · April 2016

@Allisun85 Where on the east coast? I'm on the east coast in NJ and our cutoff in our town is Oct 1st. In my town growing up it was Dec 1st, but I've never see Jan 1 anywhere. I went to college with someone with a Dec 27th bday and always wondered how the heck she was in our class based on her bday. She grew up in CT, so maybe they also have the Jan 1 cutoff. Interesting. You'd think school cutoffs would be a universal thing!

Stephanie7693 · April 2016

@1faceinacrowd ... I tried to get her in a year early. It was lots of testing, and she tested average or above in every area. That wasn't good enough! She had to test above average in everything in order to start school. I'm still upset about that because she has actually struggled in school because it's too easy. She's been put in some advanced reading and writing classes, but they aren't enough. She also isn't advanced enough to move up a grade. She's been reading at least 2 grades ahead of her grade since first grade. But now she's in 4th, so when she starts middle school in a year and a half more doors will open for her in school as far as being challenged. But it's hard keeping an ADHD kid focused when she's bored with the material most of the time. She spends more time reading her own books than anything else during the school day.

bananers · April 2016

Our school cutoff is Aug 31 and DS is due Aug 22. So we will just barely make it but may redshirt him a year anyway, depending on how ready he seems. I have heard it's better for boys especially to be the oldest in their class instead of the youngest. But we will play it by ear when the time comes.

charmedlifex3 · April 2016

@skichic626 Vermont. The cut off is actually Dec 31, statewide, but individual schools can pick something different. Because Vermont. Do what I want.

I bet that was what happened! I went through school in CT and I think they had a similar cut off.

I know, I didn't figure out it varied so much until mid way through my freshman year at college!

Curls919 · April 2016

SkiChic626 said:

@Allisun85 Where on the east coast? I'm on the east coast in NJ and our cutoff in our town is Oct 1st. In my town growing up it was Dec 1st, but I've never see Jan 1 anywhere. I went to college with someone with a Dec 27th bday and always wondered how the heck she was in our class based on her bday. She grew up in CT, so maybe they also have the Jan 1 cutoff. Interesting. You'd think school cutoffs would be a universal thing!

We're an oct 1st cut off here (central jersey) as well. I don't know what my town was growing up but DH has a mid-Oct birthday and started school in a dec 1st or 31st cut off district (in nj) and in 4th grade moved to an oct 1st cut off town. So he was the youngest by at least a few weeks.

It's so weird that it's not universal. At least it should be a state-wide cut off!

tmk0325 · April 2016

All I have to say is I'm so much happier have summer babies (either July/August) versus December-February here in WI because at least I know we can make it to the hospital without getting stuck in a ditch or worse with the crazy amounts of snow we can get during that time. Bring on the sundresses and flip flops and swimming pools!

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