Birthday's and siblings

[insmom]

My DS is going to turn 11 while we are at Disney and my DD has just turned 8 and I am afraid that she is going to have a little bit of hurt feelings when DS gets all the attention and people speaking to him. I have tried to get her excited about it all and saying that she is going to tell him about out dinner at the hoop de doo that night (12-29 is his birthday), but so far she is not really falling for it. Can you tell she is a little bit spoiled.

Any suggestions on what I can do for her on her brothers special day? Does Disney do anything special for situations like this?

 

[knationk]

I have three kids. DS will turn 3 while we are at Disney in September. I am worried that DD 10 and DD 7 will be jealous of the special treatment he may get. I mentioned to DH the idea of having each child have a day of their own to "celebrate" their 1/2 a birthday. (DD's Bday's are in February and March) We may let them pick out their own special charter meal to do that day. I'd love to say that we will go back for DD's birthdays in the future and if it was up to me we would. (DH and finances kind of stand in the way.) But I'd hate for them to look back when they get older and feel less special. Especially since oldest DD is 10. The older she gets, she will not enjoy it as much I would imagine.

What do you think of that idea? Maybe it would work for you. Is is it too corny??

Kayla

 

[MommieMommie!]

We were there for DD#3's 4th birthday last January, along with her 3 sisters. Olivia did get the birthday button and did get her share of attention, as did her sisters, who were celebrating their "unbirthdays"according to the CMs. My girls were treated equally well when the CMs realized one was celebrating a birthday. Yes, Olivia was given her "treats" first and was the one first recognized, but the CMs made a point to speak to and acknowledge each of them and congratulate them on their unbirthday!

There were no hard feelings or jealousy as we were all celebrating our time together as a family, Olivia's birthday just happened to fall during the only time we could go last year.

Now, this year we will be there on My Birthday and I want all of the attention

 

[newtowdw1]

Although not WDW, we took our kids to Santa's Workshop in the Adirondacks specifically for DS's 3rd birthday. DD was 6, and her nose was not out of joint. However, we have never allowed people to give them presents on the other child's birthday, as we felt they should get used to the other person being special. DD is at Grandma's tonight, and DS is home. DS went to Chuckie Cheese with Daddy once, and DD went to school. We can't treat them equally. We do try to be fair.

So, I would just let it be. AND I'd make sure DD got a supercalifabulisticexpiallidocious birthday party of her own. Which is what we did. rolleyes1

 

[DisneyMomx7]

We celebrated dd's birthday this year and the GF was really good about the other kids. They sent all three cards and chocolates along with balloons for the birthday girl. Next summer we will be celebrating ds's birthday. Unfortunately we can never go when it is other dd's birthday so this year we will also celebrate dd's half-birthday (her real birthday's in December). I don't think it will hurt anyone and this way she won't feel left out all the time.

 

[insmom]

Those are all good thoughts-thanks

MommieMommie! can you get a pin or anything like that that say 1/2 birthday or unbirthday? DD did just have a big birthday just a little while ago so she has had her turn with the presents.

To change the subject slightly-I wanted to send a few presents to the hotel (POP) so there are there waiting for us, how far in advance do I do this and do I need to call POP first to let them know? I just wanted a couple gifts waiting for them on Christmas morning. Since they both still believe in the BIG GUY I want to keep that going as long as I can.

 

[FOV]

We try to do something special for each child's birthday - but not all in the same year.

It all started when we were in WDW for my dd's 5th birthday. When ds #1 turned 5 we took a quick trip to Universal so he could see Spiderman (his favorite at the time.) If we could not have afforded that we would have gone someplace else special or we would have waited until he turned 7 or 8. Now for ds #2 we will be in WDW for his 4th birthday - but we won't be away for his 5th birthday.

We were in London for my dd's 9th birthday - maybe when ds turns 10 we will go someplace special (but it won't be London!) With 3 kids it gets complicated but now my kids really look forward to their siblings birthdays because they love to go on nice trips!

We treat the birthday child special during their celebration meal but we do not treat them any different than the other kids during the rest of the trip.

 

[FOV]

Originally posted by insmom
MommieMommie! can you get a pin or anything like that that say 1/2 birthday or unbirthday? DD did just have a big birthday just a little while ago so she has had her turn with the presents.

At our local craft store they sell "Make Your Own Button" kits.