September birth

kreb18 · May 2016

How are you feeling about your little one having a September birthdate? What are you excited about with the time of year for the birth, future birthdays, etc?

kcl219 · May 2016

My birthday, my DH and DS are all in two weeks of each other in February and March, so I'm excited for a bday during a different time a year. And hopefully we can celebrate the birthday outside with this one!

KimmySchmidt · May 2016

I picked late summer/fall for two reasons.

1. No inclement weather means I don't have to worry about access to the hospital for the bulk of the pregnancy.
2. Having a baby around the same time of year as last time means I may be able to use some hand-me-downs from LO1. (Certainly our team green baby clothes from the last go around.)

Bonus: September's birthstone is Sapphire and that's pretty kick ass.

Sbrown721 · May 2016

I love the idea of having a child that is the oldest in his/her class. Sets himself/herself up for lots of success!

618mom22boys · May 2016

Well I'm a September baby myself so....

I'm really hoping this one stays put still at least Sept 1St which is our school cut off date. I don't want her being the youngest in the class. And I think that extra year of prek is very beneficial. My youngest has an Aug 3rd birthday and we are having him repeat kindergarten this year. Granted he was in a special ed class this year and will be in a main stream class next year.

Plus sapphire is gorgeous!

vampirina · May 2016

I would have never picked September willingly and tbh, I'm not that excited about the birth month (I am, however, super excited about the baby, obviously!) I'd much prefer a late spring or summer baby, but we conceived in December, so a September baby is what we get!

The only positive I can think of is that it just so happens to work out well timing wise with my current job.

ETA: I'm the opposite as others regarding school kids. I'd rather have my child be on the younger side of things!

tinypikachu · May 2016

I don't really think much about the school thing. As others have said, it would be good having her be the oldest rather than the youngest by almost a year. Where I went to school, they didn't really care much about cutoff ages at the time and my birthday is in November so I was always the youngest. I never had an issue with it but I will probably just keep this LO at home for another year. We want her to be bilingual as our family is and so I think she'd benefit greatly from learning one language for another year before school.

MojieJo · May 2016

I'm almost definitely going to be having my boys in August, but I'd be excited either way. My dad and brother have August birthdays, my mom's is in September and mine is in October, so they'll fit right in. DH is the odd one out with an April birthday.

Fall is my favorite season and I'm glad to be having them at the end of summer, so they can enjoy some warm weather and then fall before winter hits.

I'm mildly concerned about the school age cutoff, but I think there's a decent chance they'll be born before our state's deadline.

I actually started school a year early at age 4 in spite of my October birthday (in a different state with a similar cutoff), so I wasn't overly worried about them having to wait to start with. I know it's no guarantee that they'd be allowed to circumvent the deadline, just anecdotal. It's nice to know that them being born towards the cutoff doesn't automatically mean they'll have to start late. Unless things are different here/now.

Besides, them being among the older kids in class isn't necessarily a bad thing if they do start later. They'll have more time to prepare for school and will hopefully be a little more mature. I was always the youngest in my class and while it didn't suck, it wasn't something I was excited about, either.

kreb18 · May 2016

As a teacher, I have mixed feelings. I love the time of year, but it makes the timing for maternity leave less than ideal. I am glad to be spending my last few months at home though over the summer. I'm also glad he'll be one of the oldest in his grade. I typically see a big difference between my fall kids compared to my late spring/summer kids. Our cutoff is August 31. However, even if he comes in August, I would likely hold off on sending him to school for another year. Unless he happens to be advanced as far as academics and maturity goes. Time will tell!

SuperFudge00 · May 2016

I like the spacing between DS1 (March) and DS2 (September) of ~18 months apart.

we have a swimming pool so I'm excited about pool parties.

I'm excited that he won't be born amidst the holidays.

I'm not excited about the school thing, but there are ways around it if this LO is ready.

camichael84 · May 2016

This is my second September baby. I like how the pregnancy times out: morning sickness and 1st tri fatigue ended as the weather got nice, wasn't huge when it was snowy/icy out, had an excuse to eat all the ice cream during the summer, and it's still warm when baby is a newborn. The weather is nice enough for outdoor birthday parties. I LOVE that my girls will be the oldest in their class. I was the youngest and hated it, but that isn't really the reason why. I'm happy to have them home with me an extra year before they start Kindergarten and then an extra year before college. Also, since they stay home with me, I like that they can get two years of pre-school in beforehand for socialization. I didn't plan it this way, but it's great that I'm going to be able to reuse all of DD1's clothes for DD2 (at least up until the 18 month size).

The only thing I don't really like about them being September babies is that half our family was born that month, my birthday is late Aug, and our anniversary and DH's birthday is Oct, so it's all lumped together.

marikkita12 · May 2016

Im not super thrilled with a September (or even possibly August because my baby in the 97th percentile and measuring two weeks ahead) mostly because San Diego gets hot during the summer and I have no air conditioning at home. Last year, we had several weeks of 95+ temperatures in a row and without ac they were killer. As far as the school thing, we will see what happens. Many schools here have a transitional kindergarten which happens before the regular kindergarten year for kids that might be older but just missed the cutoff or are simply more advanced/mature for preschool.

KimmySchmidt · May 2016

Sbrown721 said:

I love the idea of having a child that is the oldest in his/her class. Sets himself/herself up for lots of success!

I think this particular issue gets a lot of concern that's not that warranted. Kids will do fine either way, as long as they start whenever they are ready as individuals - THAT is what sets them up for success.

And I suppose it's good I feel that way, because the cut off for all the schools in our area is December 1st, which means my children with both be among the youngest in their class.

Ah825 · May 2016

We didn't plan September bc I was always told I had PCOS and it would be difficult to conceive. But we conceived way sooner and easier than we thought! But I am very excited about September- mostly because the weather will be nice during my maternity leave and I can hang out with my stay-at-home girlfriends for a couple of months in the neighborhood. I also am a teacher so I get a couple months of from the kids!

mom2adoodle · May 2016

Overall, I'm very much looking forward to a September baby. I've never had many feelings about the month so baby gives me a reason to look forward to it every year

sarahg8r · May 2016

As others have mentioned, I think September is good for school. DS is July 31st, and we will likely hold him back. I have a September bday, so I really felt like it was good to be one of the oldest in the class.

However, I'm hoping for at least a week between our bdays. Plus DS will be with 6-7 weeks...do three bdays and then our anniversary is 10/05. Kind of a busy $$$ time!

CRich15 · May 2016

I love the thought of having one in September. DS 1 is born in February and DS in October and I preferred the fall birthday over the winter for sure. My best friend's birthday is Sept 11 (not the most wonderful 12th birthday) and I absolutely loved her birthstone. Not to mention, it was always warm enough to have a nice party and it's the start of football season!! Two reasons to celebrate!

mom2adoodle · May 2016

@CRich15 Oooh, I totally forgot it was the start of football. I think I know what birthday party theme DH is going to push for the first few years (and every year after that).

mrsvoorhees-2 · May 2016

My daughter was born at the same time that I'm due with this baby, and the only thing I didn't like about September was that just as she was starting daycare, cold and flu season started as well.

yellowrose314 · May 2016

DH's birthday is in July, mine is August (along with like half of his family) and baby girl K will be in September, which I think is kind of cool. From being a summer baby, I think it's awesome that my kid will be able to celebrate her birthday at school with friends, because I never got to do that. My birthday's were almost always family parties because in August a lot of my friends were away on summer vacation and what not. I am NOT happy about being enormously pregnant for the summer; the last 5 years where I live we have had record breaking temperatures. Normally I live for hot, humid summers. But my favourite swimming places are going to be nigh impossible to get to being pregnant because you have to climb down tricky trails to get to the river. Luckily I live 10 minutes away from a glacier fed lake so I will be parking my big ass in a lawn chair up to my waist in water for most of the summer.

rock1cherry · May 2016

I'm happy the pregnancy falls in one calendar year for health insurance and benefits reasons. I wouldn't be happy to have to hit my deductible and out of packet maximum in two years. (Maybe we still will...but the prenatal bills are from this year!) Football season will be much different this year, but I'm excited for cozy couch weather with my little family. We just got central air installed so I'm pretty happy I won't have to suffer through another sticky/humid summer! Especially pregnant!

618mom22boys · May 2016

Oh and another plus for men's my other kids will be in school. I feel like that will help me bond with the baby.

AnnaS930 · May 2016

Where I live, a September baby will be young for their class (we have an October cut-off), and being a Sept 30 kid myself I was always the youngest in my class and graduated 2nd (not trying to toot my own horn just saying.. being young can also push a child to prove themselves).
I'm excited for September because it will give us a few months of good weather before winter hits (my last baby was a December baby in Maine, so we were stuck inside for months). I love Fall, apple picking, the crisp air, pumpkins, etc. So I'm super excited.

I'd be super excited about any month, just thankful to be on this road again

RedMar · May 2016

I'm also excited for the fall festivities and for each of my children to have their own time of the year to celebrate. DS was born in June and while I really preferred another spring baby (we tried for 6 months before this BFP), I'm warming up to the idea of a late summer babe. The only thing that will suck for her is her birthday will always be correlated with the start of school, but at least she'll have her friends around to celebrate, right? Additionally my goal is to have a pool at our new house so that means pool birthday parties for each LO

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UnwritteN12 · May 2016

If we were still living in MN, I would be much more excited about a September baby. Similar to @AnnaS930 , DS and DD were born in December, so we were basically stuck inside for months after they were born. And there definitely aren't as many options for birthday parties for MN December babies (nothing outdoors). But TX doesn't have seasons. Well, I take that back. There's summer and warm winter. So, even in December there's plenty of options for outdoor birthday parties if need be.
I do like the idea of them being some of the oldest in their class too.
I'll be honest though, after all the issues we've had with getting pregnant (both times), I'm just glad to be growing humans again! (Just don't expect me to be the happiest person in the world when it's July in Texas, 100+ degrees and I'm 7.5 months pregnant!!)

marajay6 · May 2016

I am pretty indifferent to what month my child is born in. We didn't target any specific month which is a good thing since it took 5-6 months to get pregnant. If I would have gotten pregnant on my first try this time, I would already have a baby - that's a bit of a crazy thought!

PSUBecky23 · May 2016

My due date is my grandmother's birthday. She passed away several years ago but I still miss her all the time. It would be amazingly special for this baby to share her birthday.

I got lucky with a March baby being able to enjoy the spring weather during my maternity leave. Hoping to be able to repeat that with this maternity leave.

Also, birthdays for my husband, daughter and me go February, March, April so happy to have a birthday during a different time of year.

jhems776 · May 2016

First I want to say how happy and excited I am to be pregnant and would take any month to just have a baby!
With that said I was really hoping for a spring baby, if we got pregnant on our first try we would have had a baby by now. September is ok but we have some problems with it. The school cut off is Sept 1st so that means another year of day care that will be about 1.3K a month for a five year old. Due to my H's company's being taken over our new insurance deductible 'year end' is Oct 1st and the only plan is a 2K per person deductible (but we don't pay monthly fees or anything else). I'm already half way to it because of my trip to the hospital last month so I'm really hoping baby comes at the due date of the 26th or like five days early but obviously healthy is the main want. My best friend (practically my sister) and my MIL are teachers and if we would have had the spring or summer baby they were going to come during the summer for a long duration each which would have been awesome! On the younger or older in the class part, eh I think it depends on the child if it makes any difference.

Kimmy717 · May 2016

i am excited for a September birthday. It will be warm and nice to celebrate outside in the coming years. The school thing doesnt concern me, i was the youngest in my class (i turned 18 10 days before my HS grad walk). i also started school when i was 5, and i turned out fine, had no issues. But here the cut off is in June I believe, so she will be one of the older kids in class. The only thing that worries me a bit is the flu/cold season coming in quickly while she is so little, as someone else mentioned.

ahackett1990 · May 2016

I'm really excited about a September due date because I love fall! She'll be here just in time for all the big family holidays (Thanksgiving and Xmas). Also really excited bc my due date is the 15th and DH bday is the 16th!

JennM205 · May 2016

I have a February birthday which always made things difficult (limited indoor party options, inclement weather cancelling parties, etc) so I wanted to avoid a winter baby, if possible. DH's birthday is in July and our anniversary is in August so June, September or October were my preferred months and we were fortunate enough that DD ended up being a September baby (which was my top choice - yay!) This time around, I thought I wanted a June baby (since now we had a family birthday in September already) but it took longer to conceive so we're due 9/1 instead. At first, I felt bad that our children might practically share a birthday - but DH pointed out that he and his brother have birthdays only three weeks apart and how much they LOVED celebrating together (and having one giant party for all of their friends) as kids. So now I love the idea. Especially because we can reuse all of DD's clothes (at least for the first few months...longer if this LO is another girl.)

The school cutoff debate, for me, is somewhat irrelevant. Every child is different and their readiness for school / the types of programs they get involved in will depend on their personal development, not a date on the calendar. For example, our state has a strict 9/1 cutoff and DD's birthday is 9/12. Meanwhile, she is extremely mature for her age, both socially and academically. I think she might be ready for Kindergarten as an almost 5-yo but instead, will be almost 6 by the time she goes. It's not really a big deal, though...to "compensate" (make sure she's stimulated and engaged at a level she's most suited for) we're enrolling her in pre-K this Fall meaning she'll attend for three years instead of the traditional two. Plus, I know many schools have enrichment programs for children who read early or need lessons more advanced than their peers. I'm not saying DD will for sure be one of these children; it's just nice to know that, if she is, we will be able to find ways to engage her regardless of when her birthday falls and what the state cutoff is. I plan to take a similar approach with this LO who may be born in August (youngest in his/her class) or September (another of the oldest).

vampirina · May 2016

I agree with everyone saying that school readiness is more important than a child's age, but in my state it's hella hard to push a child up a year (not impossible, just really really unlikely) even if they missed the cuttoff date by one day, and really really easy to hold a child back. I'd like to be able to work with my child's pre-k teachers to make the decision as to whether or not we should push him forward/hold him back instead of an evaluator that meets with the child for 2 hours. Having an August child would have given me a lot more say in the process, but since this one will be in September, it'll basically up to whoever evaluates and tests my child (if we do decide we want to try to send them early).

That said, there are a LOT of pre-k levels (pre-school, pre-k, junior kindergarten, etc) and options near me, so I'm not like stressing out about this. Just if I had my choice, I would have picked summer- summer over September

Another bonus - I really liked going on vacations for my birthday (June) but that's not going to happen with a September child - at least not once they're school aged!

SarahDarah333 · May 2016

I'm definitely excited for a September birth! Fall is my favorite season, and it means I'll be off with my little one for all of it! I get to celebrate my birthday and Halloween with my little guy, and take him out for walks when the leaves are at their peak.

nativetexan512 · May 2016

I'm excited for a September baby - my sis had identical twin boys last fall on 9/7; I'm due 9/2 but it would be so fun if they were born close together. My mom's birthday is 9/13, and I know she'll love celebrating with her grandsons. I'm an October baby and always loved a fall birthday.

ElcaB · May 2016

September is my favorite month! I love the weather & it's always so pretty outside.

Plus, as a December baby, I've always wanted to have my kids' birthdays in nicer months. That way, their birthday parties can be held outside.

mrsl0429 · May 2016

@UnwritteN12 RE: Texas Summers - Preach. Not looking forward to being hot and big (especially will all of the Zika Virus talk.

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Flowr4246 · May 2016

This is my first fall baby. Both my others were spring deliveries. I like that their birthdays will be spread out a little bit because a 3rd birthday party to plan in a short window every year would get $$$. I'm also liking that I'll be on maternity leave just about through the holiday season. AND, my Nana was a September baby. She and I were incredibly close and there's a really good chance this little girl could be born on her birthday (9/24) which I think would be amazing.

I'm mildly annoyed that all my clothing (both maternity and stored baby clothes) have been/will be off-season. I've had to buy a slew of warm weather stuff to get me through and I'll have to do the reverse for the baby. But, I had donated the bulk of my girl clothes anyway since there's such an age gap between my girls, so meh.

I also worry about the cut off dates for the school year. My EDD is 9/22, but I strongly suspect I won't deliver before 9/30. Our district's cut off date is 9/30 and I don't like the idea of my kid being the youngest in her class. But at the same time, I wonder if it would be worth it to wait a whole year either. But that's clearly a wait and see situation that time will tell.

pinkspartan15 · May 2016

I'm excited for a September birth. I'll be able to take baby for walks before getting too cold. I think it will be nice to be home with the baby throughout the Holidays too since I most likely won't go back to work until after the new year.

One thing that I am bummed about is my cousin is getting married in late October in TX. We live in MI and I'm sure it's not recommended to bring a month old baby on a plane. Depending on how I am recovering (and if the baby is doing well) DH and I may flight out just for the day and have his parent watch her. Not sure if I'll be able to deal with leaving her at all though so we might have to missed the wedding.

KimmySchmidt · May 2016

I forgot a little bonus: I will never need to buy a maternity coat.

RedMar · May 2016

Never say never @KimmySchmidt

estellegetty · May 2016

I am so excited to have a September baby! Both me and DH have September birthdays. And although I hope the baby doesn't come on my birthday (he/she is due four days later) I am happy to share our favorite time of year with them.

At first I was a little
overwhelmed with being a teacher and September being like the worst possible month to start maternity leave, but I've gotten over it. Now, I'm actually thrilled to have the summer off to prepare for the babe and to be away from the craziness.

Plus virgos rule and sapphires are gorgeous!

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