Do you prefer Winter, Spring, Summer, or Fall babies?

[Oregonmother]

In planning for child #2 we have been tring to decide if it would be better to have a child in the summer or winter. I know this is a personal choice, but I'm sure you all probably have some good reasons for one or the other and I thought it might help me in my decision. DS was born at the end of summer so I know what it's like to have a winter baby. Any advice would be appreciated.


ETA: Spring and Fall

[mudder17]

My baby was born towards the end of February and I really loved it. I've never been fond of hot and humid summers, and being pregnant would have made it that much worse! I loved how I could just put her in a sleeper and then wrap her in a blanket. It was so easy. The only difficult part was when we gave her sponge baths (before her cord fell off), I often thought she was too cold, although the heat lamp in the bathroom definitely helped. But once her cord fell off, that no longer became a major issue.

The other nice thing is that when she started learning to crawl, roll, etc., when she was older and ready to play more often, it was summer and I could leave her in a onesie and not worry about her getting cold.


Eileen

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My son was born at the end of November and if I could choose when my next one would be born it would be in early Spring. Having a newborn in flu season was really nerve racking for me, especially last year when they kept talking about kids dying from the flu. I didn't take him out in public until he was 8 weeks old so I had serious cabin fever. If it had been a little warmer we could have gone for walks at least.

[hwin708]

Honestly, pregnancy and birth-wise, it doesn't make a difference for me. I'm either hot or cold....either way, I'm still huge, uncomfortable, and immobile.
I'd go with a winter baby, though, for the child's sake. I remember from high school and college, those with the birthdays in the summer always had the worst birthdays. Particularly for those who went away to college - you make your whole group of friends, then have to go home and spend your birthday with the two friends from high school you still talk to that are in town. Sucks.
Of course, if you have the baby too close to Christmas, the same problem occurs!

[Marisa6826]

Well, being partial to December babies ;)...

I think it depends on your personality. I happen to really hate the heat, and would have been outright miserable being huge in the summer. I know from friends that have summer babes, it's nice because you can go out and about on walks without worrying about inclement weather.

On the other hand, you're kind of trapped indoors for quite a while with winter babes because of cold and flu season.

-m

[bostonsmama]

My mom said she loved having a Spring baby, so maybe you should add another option to your poll. My siblings and I were all spring babies. It was cool enough to swaddle us and dress us in long sleeves/hats, which also allowed her to take us outside in the nice sunshine. Like PPs mentioned, it kind of allows so that babies can then do their crawling/sprawling in the warm grass in the summer. Statistically, winter babies get sick and die more frequently than summer babies (think RSV, flu, exposure, increased ear infections, etc)...but that might be antiquated advice. Whatever you choose, I'm sure there will be both benefits and risks. Best of luck.

I'm partial to late winter/early spring. ;)

- I love that I'm not in the third trimester in the hot summer months.
- I love that my children won't have summer birthdays (I was jealous of my friends who had birthdays during the school year). Nor will they have birthdays really close to the holidays.
- I love that we won't need to decide whether or not to have them start school when they are 5 vs. holding them back.
- I am thankful to not have a brand new baby in the bleakest days of winter. Me + toddler + newborn + being on house arrest = yuck!

I'm sure there are arguments for any time of the year, but just wanted to throw out some things I like about our particular situation. :)

Mary
Lane - April 2003
Little Miss - Due March 2!!

[urquie]

i liked having my babe in the spring... all the new life, lovely weather :)

[Melanie]

Actually, my answering would be Fall or Spring. Sorry, I guess that doesn't help!

I have a winter son and a spring son- and I think spring is MUCH better! My January son never gets to have any birthday activities outdoors, it usually rains on his birthday, and being so close to Christmas he only has one special time a year. (I'm a December baby- so I also know how that is). My April baby had a wonderful first birthday with sun, a walk in the park in his new wagon, cute shortsleeved clothes as gifts. If I was going to have another baby I'd pick spring or summer because of that.