Celebrating a Birthday 2 months later? Is that weird?

[100AcreWood]

Our 3rd child turns 4 this year. We are planning a trip in October. All of our kids celebrated their 4th at Disney. However, our third child was born in August and we're not going in August. My dh thinks we should just celebrate in October. I feel kind of bad considering it's two months after his birthday but I know ds would love celebrating his birthday at Disney. Has anyone done that or is that just weird? By celebrating, I mean getting the birthday button. We don't typically do the table service meals.

 

[dragonfly08]

Both of my girls got trips to Disney as their fifth birthday gift from me.

DD #1 went three days after her actual birthday. The timing was perfect since that was Columbus Day weekend and she only had to miss 1 day of school, plus it was a nice combination of good weather and lower crowds.

DD #2 is a summer birthday. I did not want to fight the heat and crowds! We also had other commitments that made going around her birthday more of a hardship. My sister and her family were taking their annual Disney trip in April that year, so we decided to just join them. The more the merrier for a birthday celebration! Nobody cared that DD's actual birthday wasn't for another few months. The trip was still her gift, and she wore her birthday button, got an autographed photo and balloon from Mickey in our room, and had a great time.

 

[Nath&Bellasparents]

Not at all

 

[2Pirates2Princesses]

I don't think it is weird at all. I can imagine how special your child will feel and the lasting memories they will have from that

 

[4HppyCamprs]

I would say go ahead and celebrate it in October but I would definitely celebrate it somehow in August as well

 

[puffkin]

I personally don't like it. I think birthdays should be celebrated on the birthday (or within a week or so). My birthday and DS's is in March so we will probably never get to go for our birthdays since they almost always fall in a peak season with Spring Breaks.

IMHO, it just seems like "cheating". I know, I know...not a popular opinion around these parts, but how I feel.

 

[100AcreWood]

I would say go ahead and celebrate it in October but I would definitely celebrate it somehow in August as well

Oh definitely! Thanks for all the opinions!

 

[aLLpInK]

It doesnt matter what anybody else thinks. Do what you want and have a great trip! Celebrate every day!

 

[Elmck]

DD's birthday is in March and we are not going to Disney until August. We did tell Disney that the trip is my DD's Birthday present and they made notes about it. We will have a party here for her real birthday but I am hoping something special will happen there too.

 

[littlezar]

When I planned our trip for August 2010 I had my son's 9th birthday noted on the reservation. My husband came home from a deployment in April with the news that he was leaving again in July. I called Disney and explained why I needed to change our vacation to June and told them instead of celebrating the August birthday, could they please change it to my son that was turning 4 in June. The CM insisted upon leaving both birthdays on there so I don't think there's anything wrong with it.

 

[RumpleMom]

And can't we celebrate an unbirthday at WDW?

 

[ladylyons]

My DD turned 3 on Sept 8 we celebrated her birthday during out October trip to Disneyland. Now we are going to be celebrating my DS's 5th birthday when we go back to Disneyland at the end of this month (Feb 28 - March 3) and his birthday is Feb 7. No problems at all celebrating a month late. But we are going to be celebrating my Dh's actual birthday on March 1. So we'll be getting 2 birthday buttons and I'm trying to get my DH to tell me where he want's to eat for their birthday celebration!!