My child was born on February 29th and now he is at the age where he knows that there is not a Feb. 29th...?

Question

... every year. Can I alter his birth cirtificate to say his birthday is on March 1st?

Answer 1

That is cool that you had a child on the 29th. of February. You have a very special child. Legally you can not change his birthdate, but you can ask him what day he would like to celebrate his birthday since we only have leap year every four years. I would also explained to him that god gave him a special birthday and that we will have a big blowout every four years on your actually birthday and all the other years we will celebrate your birthday on the day of your choosing. Hopes this helps.

Answer 2

I wouldn't do that! I think it's really cool to ahve a birthday on Feb 29!! I don't know how old he is but, if he's old enough to understand that there is only a Feb 29th once every four years then tell him that and when he asks why, give him the answer in a way that he can understand. look on the web, find other kids who are born on feb 29th. have a feb 29th birthday club!! don't alter his birthday!!!!

Answer 3

The birth certificate is not about his birthday in the future, it is about the day he was born which was Feb. 29th. You can't change it to March 1- it wouldn't be true. I'm sure he can figure out that he was born the day after February 28th, whatever day that is. Maybe every 4 years youcould have a really big blowout.

Answer 4

Why alter his birth certificate? Just celebrate his birthday on the 28th or 1st. Heck make a big deal of it when you can actually have it on the 29th. Thats a special privelege.

Answer 5

No, just explain to him he has a special birthday. You can always celebrate it Feb 28 or Mar 1. Why do you think you have to alter a birth certificate? It's a rare special thing he can be proud of.

Answer 6

why alter the birth certificate? Just celebrate his birthday on March 1st or Feb. 28th.

Answer 7

No but you can tell him that only very special children get to change the date of thier birthday and then ask him - whether he wants it on the Feb 28 or March 1st so that there is special date esp. for him each year.

Answer 8

Your child was born on 2/29.
One year(365 days) later, he will be ONE YEAR old. The date will be March 1st.
One year later, March 1st again. 2 Years old
One year later, March 1st again.
One year later, Feb 29.
His birth date was and always be Feb 29, however, sometimes it Falls on another day. Just like yours or mine.

Answer 9

I don't think you can change it legally. A lot of things can be changed but that is not one of them. Check out this website, he should be celebrating his birthday on the 1st for 3 years and the 29th on the leap year. When he's 40 he'll appreciate this more, he can tell everyone he's only 10.

Here is a list of some leap year babies. He holds some good company. 1468 - Pope Paul III (d. 1549)
1692 - John Byrom, English poet (d. 1763)
1736 - Ann Lee, American founder of Shakers (d. 1784)
1792 - Gioacchino Rossini, Italian composer (d. 1868)
1840 - John Philip Holland, Irish inventor (d. 1914)
1852 - Frank Gavan Duffy, Australian judge (d. 1936)
1860 - Herman Hollerith, American statistician (d. 1929)
1896 - Morarji Desai, Prime Minister of India (d. 1995)
1896 - William A. Wellman, American film director (d. 1975)
1904 - Jimmy Dorsey, American bandleader (d. 1957)
1904 - Pepper Martin, baseball player (d. 1965)
1904 - Rukmini Devi Arundale, Indian dancer and founder of Kalakshetra (d. 1986)
1908 - Balthus, French-Polish painter (d. 2001)
1908 - Dee Brown, American writer (d. 2002)
1908 - Alf Gover, English cricketer (d. 2001)
1916 - Dinah Shore, American singer (d. 1994)
1920 - Arthur Franz, American actor (d. 2006)
1920 - James Mitchell, American actor
1920 - Michèle Morgan, French actress
1920 - Howard Nemerov, American poet (d. 1991)
1924 - Al Rosen, American baseball player
1924 - Carlos Humberto Romero, President of El Salvador
1928 - Joss Ackland, English actor
1928 - Tempest Storm, American burlesque performer
1932 - Jaguar, Brazilian cartoonist
1936 - Jack Lousma, astronaut
1936 - Henri Richard, Canadian hockey player
1936 - Alex Rocco, American actor
1940 - Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople
1944 - Phyllis Frelich, American actress
1944 - Dennis Farina, American actor
1944 - Paolo Eleuteri Serpieri, Italian illustrator
1944 - Ene Ergma, Estonian politician
1952 - Sharon Dahlonega Raiford Bush, American television's first African-American primetime weather anchor.
1952 - Tim Powers, American writer
1952 - Raisa Smetanina, Russian cross-country skier
1952 - Bart Stupak, American politician
1956 - Jonathan Coleman, Anglo-Australian entertainer
1956 - Bob Speller, Canadian politician
1956 - Aileen Wuornos, American serial killer (d. 2002)
1956 - J. Randy Taraborrelli, American celebritiy journalist
1960 - Ian McKenzie Anderson, British musician
1960 - Richard Ramirez, American serial killer
1960 - Tony Robbins, American motivational speaker
1964 - Lyndon Byers, Canadian hockey player
1964 - Jahred Shane, Afro-Brazilian rapper/singer of Hed PE
1968 - Chucky Brown, American basketball player
1968 - Pete Fenson, American curler
1968 - Naoko Iijima, Japanese actress
1968 - Gonzalo Lira, Chilean-American novelist
1968 - Bryce Paup, American football player
1972 - Antonio Sabàto, Jr., Italian-born actor
1972 - Dave Williams, American singer (Drowning Pool) (d. 2002)
1972 - Pedro Zamora, Cuban-born American AIDS activist (d. 1994)
1976 - Ja Rule, American rapper and actor
1980 - Simon Gagné, Canadian ice hockey player
1984 - Cam Ward, Canadian ice hockey player

Answer 10

Why would you do that? That is unique and pretty cool. Let him know how special that is and celebrate it! He was born on Feb. 29 and he can celebrate on March 1 or whenever he chooses.