https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 01 Jun 2026 03:51:12 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby/page/2#post-868079 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:59:29 +0000 Springtime 868079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't mind a Christmas baby at all, I want one around the holidays. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby/page/2#post-868054 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:49:57 +0000 sosaysmegan 868054@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have an early December birthday, and the timing never bothered me-- my family would always wait to put up the tree and decorations until my birthday had passed, so I never felt overshadowed. My EDD is December 20, which is considerably closer to Christmas than my birthday, so I'm a little worried, but what am I going to do? I'll be thrilled to have a healthy baby, and will do my best to always make her feel special on her birthday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby/page/2#post-859481 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 19:35:07 +0000 pinkb 859481@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@BabyBruins: I guess as she gets older if she startes to have issues with it we could do something like celebrate the half year mark. Good idea! In the past we have never really celebrated NYE, we would just stay home and have a quiete night together. So I like that it is a new reason for us to have a bigger celebration. Everyone keeps saying "oh just wait till her 21st birthday!" </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby/page/2#post-858318 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:09:51 +0000 BabyBruins 858318@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@pinkb: We got a NYE baby as a result of early delivery, too. Honestly, I kind of resented his whole party and everything because we just came off Christmas. And I felt bad for feeling bad. Its just a lot to do in a short span and I wish I could put all my effort into his birthday and Christmas instead of feeling like I'm splitting myself up.<br /> I know it will change as he gets older and maybe we can be that family that always has a NYE party. I also want to plan a special summer-time event for his half-birthday (like we always go to Disneyland in June) so he can get a special day for him.<br /> I think it will be awesome when he is 21+ bc people will always want to go out and celebrate his birthday. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby#post-858317 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:09:19 +0000 rattles 858317@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My brother and I both have holiday birthdays (NYE and Valentine's) and neither like sharing the actual day itself. But i would never try to avoid the whole season or month! My sister has a December birthday with no problems, and LO was born 12/1. It was so much fun to have her then! I'll never forget hearing "O Holy Night" on the radio as we drove to the hospital at midnight or singing Silent Night over and over during all those endless newborn nights. It adds another layer of meaning to the season for me. I hope she'll enjoy that everyone's in a celebratory season and mood over her birthday! And, on a more personal note, it really strengthened my prayer life and experience of the Nativity this year to be on that journey at the same time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby#post-858299 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:00:20 +0000 rachiecakes 858299@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@evansjamie: haha, I love that your mom did that. I will keep that in mind! your sister, my brother and my DS all have the same birthday :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby#post-858231 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:35:05 +0000 avivoca 858231@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My sister's birthday is eight days before Christmas. My parents did a good job of keeping them separate, making sure people gave her gifts for both (no 'combo gifts' in our house or my mother would do the same for you, regardless of when your birthday was). As a young kid it was hard for me since it seemed like she got double the presents, but as I grew older, it mattered less. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby#post-858172 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:15:58 +0000 lemondrop 858172@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a New Years baby, our son is a week later. I have no problems with it other than the expense around the holidays and wanting to keep any more future kids out of December/January so we can spread the birthdays out a little. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby#post-857987 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:23:11 +0000 rachiecakes 857987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Champagne: one of my good friends has a NYE birthday and everyone always has plans for NYE, so she celebrates her birthday in early January. </p> <p>My baby's birthday is December 17 (also my brother's birthday). I LOVE having a Christmas baby. I will never forget getting so exciting when the mall holiday decorations went up in October when I was pregnant. Hearing the first Christmas song on the radio, waiting for him to be born. Every time I heard "All I want for Christmas is you" on the radio, I would bawl (hormones! lol). Having DS around the holidays made everything more special about that time of year for me. I want it to always be special for him, too. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby#post-857893 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:56:39 +0000 bushelandapeck 857893@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My birthday is Dec 20th and I aways liked it. Im not a huge birthday person though. My parents and ow DH always do a good job of keeping birthdays separate from Christmas. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby#post-857857 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:43:38 +0000 littlecasita1122 857857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My sister is a Christmas Eve baby and hates it - as a kid she always received combined presents and felt people were more excited about celebrating Christmas than her birthday. My mom would also have to plan her party either two weeks before or after all the holiday madness so friends could attend. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby#post-857838 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:39:09 +0000 BabyBoecksMom 857838@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wouldn't like it - I know a few people who either have a birthday on or w/in a day of Christmas, and they never really get to do anything because all of their friends are with their families. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby#post-857810 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:29:53 +0000 mrsmate 857810@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We don't really celebrate Christmas except for a big family dinner, so it wouldn't bug me at all. We don't do very much on birthdays either. As for how LO would feel about it, it seems like such a first world problem to me, I know I would not put up with him/her complaining about it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby#post-857809 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:28:57 +0000 Koolbreeze 857809@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My bday is a few days before christmas and I've always hated it. My parents always made it separate from christmas but most other people didn't and that stinks. DS2's bday is 3 weeks after christmas and that's as close as I wanna get. People thought I was crazy when I was pregnant with him and hoping to be 2 weeks overdue to keep his bday away from christmas lol. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby#post-857802 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:25:11 +0000 purrpletulips 857802@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My birthday is Dec 28 and the only complaint I ever had was that we didn't get to celebrate it at school. My grandmother's birthday was Christmas day and we always made sure to celebrate it separately and had a birthday themed cake that didn't include any red or green coloring. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby#post-857798 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:21:02 +0000 BKCaribBaby 857798@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DH's birthday is December 22, and he has never liked it being so close to Christmas. His mother did a good job of making sure his birthday was celebrated. I try my best. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby#post-857782 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:15:26 +0000 mrsjyw 857782@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>had a nov 21 baby... would most likely have skipped the next cycle if we didn't get pregnant. i didn't really think twice of it, but my bff at work is a christmasttime baby and she said she hated it. so i took her advice. will try to "avoid" chrstimas babies in the future. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby#post-857779 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:14:35 +0000 kjpugs 857779@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think there are pros/cons, but all the Christmas-time babies I know have told me "it's horrible!" so that scares me! I wouldn't plan a baby for that time probably, but it wouldn't necessarily stop me or majorly upset me. I'd really try to find a way to make it special for them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby#post-857775 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:13:32 +0000 mamimami 857775@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I have a December 21 baby and I really like it. Hope he does, too, when he gets older. It's such a fun and festive time. We celebrated his first birthday early in December before people got all caught up in the holidays, and his second birthday was the day we arrived to the U.S. from Mexico for the holidays. So we got to be around lots of family. The only problem was after Christmas he was asking where the presents were! He got used to getting presents all the time during that season, hahaha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby#post-857770 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:12:08 +0000 babynumber1 857770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My birthday is the week after Christmas, and it sucks. Everyone is always so consumed with Christmas that it always seems like an afterthought in the post holiday hangover. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby#post-857765 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:10:02 +0000 Happygal 857765@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like having my birthday close to Christmas. Yes, it gets forgotten by friends, but birthdays aren't a big deal to me. My family was always together, and it helped to ease any post-Christmas blues knowing my birthday was right around the corner! </p> <p>A family member had a baby in December, and it was really sweet to have a new baby to hold and be all cozy with inside. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby#post-857714 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:51:52 +0000 JerricaBenton 857714@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm a mid December baby and I always loved it! As long as parents make sure to celebrate them separately it's no big deal. I always felt like the whole month was a celebration. As far as parties you don't have to have one right on their birthday if it's too close - and a few weeks in between is like an eternity to a little kid. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby#post-857704 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:47:38 +0000 lomom 857704@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@grizz: my DH is at the end of December and I've always made sure to get two totally separate presents and wrap the birthday present in birthday paper... He said the exact thing you did the first time we talked about when our birthdays were. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby#post-857693 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:39:59 +0000 kml636 857693@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My brother was born on Christmas Day and we are Christian. To him, it was never a big deal. We always celebrated it Christmas afternoon. At least he was always off school on his birthday! It's not what I would pick, but I don't think it's the end of the world. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby#post-857684 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:35:08 +0000 mynoahbear 857684@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My daughter is a day after Christmas baby. I think it's a little hard because everyone is so busy with the holidays that it's hard to plan a birthday party. But otherwise, it's great and we make sure we celebrate Christmas and her birthday separately. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby#post-857679 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:33:02 +0000 Pirouette 857679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am also Jewish, but dh is not, so we celebrate both holidays. December just ends up being a month of fun, and I'm looking forward to adding baby's bday to the mix!! That said, I'd prefer not Xmas day, just because the one of the baby's only cousins (so far) was born that day! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby#post-857531 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 05:32:04 +0000 looch 857531@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My son was born Dec 16, we love it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby#post-857514 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:56:00 +0000 lamariniere 857514@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>DS is a Dec 29 baby and #2 should be right before Christmas. The holidays are not important to me, so I don't mind. However, as far as the zodiac is concerned, I get along really well with Sagittarius and Capricorn signs, so I'm happy I'll have one of each. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby#post-857511 Fri, 14 Jun 2013 04:51:23 +0000 Sweet T 857511@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I wanted to avoid Christmas babies. I always feel bad for people whose birthdays get combined with Christmas. My dad's birthday is December 17th and his ends up that way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/how-do-you-feel-about-having-a-christmas-baby#post-857404 Thu, 13 Jun 2013 23:46:13 +0000 jhd 857404@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would rather not. I don't like having a December birthday. </p>