i posted something like this a while ago and got a lukewarm reception to it, but im doing it anyway!


my daughters bday is jan 6th. as you all posted who have the holiday bdays - you get gipped. 99.9% of you all are bummed about it! and thats why i now celebrate my daugthers bday on april 6th! silly? hell yes but i dont want her growing up and being bummed out because her bday falls right after the holidays.

why do i do this? why not? i have a may bday and i love it. a few weeks before i get all giddy that my "birthday season"is coming up and i love how i feel all day long! i just love it! i cant imagine my kid not feeling those same feelings and actually dreading her bday so im continuing a tradition that my mother did for my brother (dec 30) she chose april 30th for his celebrations and i kid you not, that is when she brought in cupcakes to school, that is when his friend parties were and that is when we decorated and went all out.

she made a point to tell the teacher at the beg. of the year about the "date change" and my brother LOVES the legacy our mother left to him. he loves his bday!

so im doing the same. some of my friends told me that its mean to "skip" her bday and make her wait 4 more months...what?!! no more horrible then everyone forgetting or not caring in the first place! after talking to countless "holiday birthday casulties" i finally decided that im doing this and i dont care the teasing im taking, im hell bent on making my daughters bday as amazing as mine were!

whatcha all think?

I like it! My grandmas birthday is December 26th. She always gets gipped. Everyone sends her birthday gift over with the Christmas presents. Ya know, now that you metioned it, I'm havin a birthday party for gram on another day...won't she be surprised!

Well, even though I have a January birthday and did not care for it as a child, I would not have changed it. I asked my parents to move it to Feb. 13th many times (that was the day my parents picked me up at the adoption agency) and they always said no. Now I am glad they did not.

Here is my reasoning and theirs, too, at the time: life isn't always perfect and the way we think it should be. It is one of those "life gives you lemons so make lemonade" lessons - which is what you are doing, too, only a different way. It was disappointing sometimes as a child, but I never went without. It isn't like I didn't get anything from my birthday to the next Christmas. I think it is one of those life lessons I learned early. I am not bitter about it even though I probably sounded it in that thread. I was just saying it was disappointing as a child. Plus, my parents always made it special that my birthday was near Jesus's. Your dd has a really special birthday: Epiphany!

My brother had a summer birthday and always complained about being on summer break for his parties. It was hard to get people then, too. Nothing is perfect.

If that was the only thing I had go wrong in my childhood, I did very well. Actually, it was one of very few things that I can complain about my childhood.

But, glad it works for your family! It is a different take on things and I am glad it works for you.

Kelly, if anyone can make something float upstream, it is you. You can pull off anything and it isn't like you are trying to "deny" your child by skipping her birthday. You are wanting to make her birthday it's very own special occassion. If it works for you and will end up being great for her, then I say go for it.

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Parker, Wyndser, and Carson....................Wyndser (in blue) with her cousin

I think it is a perfect idea and it will make your daughter feel very special. Do whatever makes the both of you happy and enjoy!

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Karen

My b-day is in Feb. I hated having a winter b-day.. My 1 yr olds b-day is dec. 6th.. i'm on the fence about doing a 1/2 b-day in May.. Everyone is giving me......... But I Love the idea. Then I could do 2 b-days at once, outside and both of them I think would be happy! My older dd is in May..Awesome month to have a b-day!

Why did you pick April 6th?? Is that when she was conceived?

I LOVE YOUR IDEA! Don't let anyone rain on your parade or your dd's!!

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That's a wonderful idea! I sorta do this with my oldest- her b-day is July 5th and needless to say everyone seems to go away for the summer during that time. We celebrate with her friends in May so she can still have a "fun party"- as she likes to call it!

I think that it is a great idea. Everyone in my extended family that has a December birthday celebrates their's in June. My son was born in December of 2005 and I have gone back and forth on whether or not to do the same for him. My mom was born January first and said that she always hated the holiday birthday, mostly because everyone is hung over...lol

On another note, I was born in September and my mom always celebrated that day with cake and presents and then in March she would make a half cake for my half birthday (she did the same for my 2 sisters as well) It made us feel so special!

I think it is a great idea, as long as it is only one b-day. My hubby's aunt did this for his cousin and guess what. He got two b-day's every year. Talk about over doing it. We ended up celebrating twice and it got old. So as long as it is just once a year, I think it is great. Though I do think a special dinner on her real B-Day would be nice.