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if your kids have birthdays close together

MrsStubbsMrsStubbs member
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Do you like it or wish you would have done it different? In mine and DH's family almost everyone has their birthday in a different month. There is 5 kids in my family and birthdays in Feb, April, July, Sept, & Dec.

If I were to get pg, they would be about a week apart.

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  • j-wj-w
    My sister and I are one month apart and it never bothered us at all.  My kids are the same - 1 month apart and I like it.  For some reason, being a week apart would be a little different to me and might bug me....do you do a joint party, etc?....  But, that is really catty and doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things!
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  • stacynikkistacynikki member
    I"m curious to what others have to say about this.  We'll be in the same boat when we start TTC.
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  • springmomspringmom

    #2 was due on #1's birthday, but he was a month early. ?Their birthdays are still close, but not super close. ?

    ?I remember being kind of relieved when we found out #2 was a boy because I didn't want every birthday party to be the same and every gift to either be a duplicate or shared.

    I guess I am no help :-)

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  • DzsGirlDzsGirl
    I'm still finding out. My due date with ds 2 was ds 1's 2nd bday. I ended up having him late, but their bdays are 3 days apart. So far (all 5 months) its been fine, but I'm already trying to figure out how to have a joint bday and make it special for both of them. FWIW, everyone I talked to that had a sibling with a close bday loved it.
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  • AnnapolisLariAnnapolisLari member

    I have a December 5th and a December 11th. I wanted them about 2 years apart, and I don't think I could have gotten any closer unless I'd scheduled DDs c/s for the same day. LOL

    It's fine. We'll just have 2 parties every year-- one the first week in Dec and one the second.

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    DS - December 2006
    DD - December 2008

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  • DandelionMomDandelionMom
    My oldest two are close together (with Christmas right in the middle of them) and it is a little stressful. ?If I had it to do over again, I wouldn't have had them so close to Christmas (they were both due at the END of January but decided to come 3 and 4 weeks early) but having the b-days near each other isn't that big of a deal. ?It actually kind of helps with birthday envy. ?
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  • mommynowmommynow
    Their birthdays are exactly a month apart and I love it because I can plan both parties at the same time and not have to worry about it for another year. 
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  • Flem052204Flem052204

    DC #2 is due 3 weeks after DD's birthday, so they could be closer if this one comes a little early.

    I never thought about it, but I think we would determine on a yearly basis whether to do a joint party or not.  If it were milestone birthday, that child would get his/her own party.  Some years we might only do a family celebration (with extended family, of course) and some years it might be a larger friends and family party but held jointly for both kids.

    I , too, am glad that the birthdays will be close together--it makes things easier for planning purposes.

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