Celebrating Birthdate

yes i can see this a lot with my friends and people a lot too. i think it has become a trend nowadays that families and parents kind of pay importance and celebrate the days of the month when their babies turn a month older, others even buy or make cakes in honor of these days. well, for me i have not done it this way with my baby, of course i always think days when she turns a month older are special until she turned one year old. what i did was i always made it a point to dress her well and take a photo of her every month on the day she turns a month older until she turned one year old. we didn't buy or have cakes but her grandparents did bought her a cake when she was 5 months old and that was it. it depends on the parents and families but since it has become a trend these days a lot of us are kind of adapt and are following it with our own babies too ever since we can see it a lot on facebook and others.

oh, yes my friend. I'm a single parent but my mother is helping me in taking care of my one-year old baby girl. Before she had her first year birthday, we used to have a celebration every tenth of the month till she reached 1 year. Some old belief says that the child's health is crucial at this stage and this is the reason why we have to celebrate it monthly before she reached 1 year. Honestly, I still didn't get the point but it doesn't hurt to follow old belief though.

What a nice thing to do.I would have never thought about doing that.Mind you stop before the child twigs and expensive present every month would be nice as well.We always spoilt our children rotten anyway so I suppose it is the same.

I think that is possible.. But only little celebrations, like going to Church to thank Him for anther month.. and having little dinners with the entire family.. it really depends on the budget..

I only know about this when I had my first son. My parents and in laws would always make a big deal every month until my son reached one year old. I think it is nice to celebrate a child's birth every month. It shows our love for him. It could be costly, but hey, he's got 2 sets of grandparents!

People in Mexico sometimes do that as well.

I think that it is a little bit of a strange tradition to celebrate the day that you were born, because it is something that everyone is able to celebrate so it isn't exactly something that would set you apart from others. But I have to say that I do like the tradition in a way because it means that you are able to meet up with family members who you might not have seen for a while, and it also means that you're able to see them and catch up with what they've been up to, rather than taking them for granted like a lot of people might have done in the past.

I have never heard of that. I would have to say that its a good thing that we did not do that or we would have been broke as we were a young strugling couple that barely had enough money to survive let alone live. Now that my daughter is much older things are different and we have good jobs we tend to spoil her monthly as we buy her gifts and there is always a special cake in the house each month maybe thats what we have been doing all along and never realized it. LOL. I think that for our kids we want them to have better than we had and we will do what ever it takes to make that happen and to celebrate the fact that your baby has come into your life, I think its perfect.

I kind of understand why some people would do that, because if you are planning to have a child and he/she comes, it's just a little miracle. But I myself wouldn't... I would find it unnecessary. Birthday per year is totally fine with me, because I would thank the skies for my child everyday if I'm gonna have one, no need for a party or celebration every month.

Hello asomencil, We've only celebrated half year by the age of 3. I think when you celebrate every month, Birthday becomes not special, just another month, its just my opinion :), Happy mylotting!

That's interesting I've never heard of people celebrating their birthday's in such a manor. I think it would be safe to guess you're probably from another country. Here in the states we typically celebrate our birthdays every year to some extent. Some people go as far to have parties and others might just treat themselves to the new phone they wanted and a nice meal. Also typically people give each other birthday presents.

Well, if there are couples celebrating the day they started their relationship every month, why not celebrating the most important relationship you will ever have? :) I'm glad you love your kid so much. Congratulations!