How Do I Make Birthday Special For My 5 Year Old When Im Pregnant And Due At Same Time?

Question

I am currently pregnant and this will be my second child...the problem is I am due on my daughters birthday (Oct 4) so i know the chances of me having the baby prior to her birthday are good, but i want to make sure with all the changes she is going through that she will have the greatest birthday ever....Im on a budget obviously and so i def want to do something EXTRA special, she is starting school this year and is expecting a little sister and has her birthday around the same time....a little overwhelming for her. What would you suggest as a good way to bond and provide her with a very close special birthday?

Answer 1

My birthday was July 17 and My older sister's is July 19.  She is considerably older and was very excited to be getting a little sister and not a brother!

All the suggestions so far are very excellent but a more long lasting effect would be to get her excited about this child being a birthday present.  My sister was telling people I was her present up until I was about 10 years old.  Get her very hyped up about how it will be SO special when it comes because most kids don't get sibling for their birthday. Tell her how lucky she is ALL the time and she will believe it.  This, on top of fun little toys, will make her feel so special.  

Also, don't stress horribly about it.  I don't remember what we did and what I got for my 5th birthday.  She probably won't when she's 25 either.

Answer 2

This exact situation happened to me - when I was turning five, my mother was pregnant with my sister and due on my birthday! My mother had my birthday a month early.

I think it would be good to celebrate her birthday at the beginning of September before you're uncomfortably huge. I have two young kids and they're hard to keep up with - imagine a house full of five year olds! If you celebrate in September, you can invite all of her new classmates to the party so she'll get to play with them outside of school and maybe feel more comfortable at school afterward. You can also take the opportunity to meet some of the mothers of the kids.

Answer 3

stop time,,

Answer 4

First of all I would get everything ready really early.  Because if you were not ready for her birtthday and was not able to go shopping etc.  It would be really bad for her.  I worked in a hospital and I saw alot of people arrange with their friends and relatives early for everyone to bring a gift for the big sister/brother when they came to the hospital for the baby.  Little things not expensive, even from a dollar store, but wrapped with a bow, or cards.  I remember even one set of parents that had some stashed and wrapped and in the closet so that everyone had something for the big sister.  The older sibling loved all the attention and didn't feel left out but special and so they felt better about the baby too.

Answer 5

all of our birthdays are in may with in 2 weeks of each other. mine and my oldest son share the 15th my husbands is on the 17th and my youngest is on the 3rd.

we have one big family party. then the oldest gets to pick one or 2 friend to go somewhere really special. usually we go to the local theme park. when my youngest is older we will do the same thing. this of course started when my youngest was born 2 weeks before my oldest 4 birthday.

we find that it works and no one feels left out and we don't have to break the bank to do it.