Nintendo DS - too young?? OH objecting and being tight!

~evanesco~

Get them one! Then get them a dstt cartridge for about £30 and you don't have to even buy them any more games! Now you have to worry what to buy them next year!

Red_Panda_2

Roxie, my OH was exactly the same. I wanted to buy my little boy one a couple of years ago but he put his foot down and refused.
Very much like yours mine is a big boy with all the latest toys but for some reason, which he never really explained properly he just put his foot down and refused.

So being me I bought myself one and gradually over the period of a few months let little panda play on it, he is now the proud owner of his own DS but gradually so OH didnt really notice until it was too late.

I have to admit to getting the sulks from OH for a while, but his parents are off to America tomorrow and at his request they are buying 2 more for us!!

I would go with buying yourself one and passing it over gradually. Obvoiusly though you know your OH so you have to work out if the sulking or moaning would be worth it!

Carmina_Piranha_3

RoxieW wrote: »

I also never know what to say when people ask what they should buy for them

books! book vouchers! not many people believe me or understand, but my children love book vouchers! they get so much stuff at christmas, and anything that they can have later in the year is great, it spreads out some of the mayhem and overload of all the presents at xmas.

what about cinema vouchers? theme park passes? tickets to the theatre/panto, sea life centre, zoo, waterpark, laser tag etc.

Idiophreak

mrcow wrote: »

It's like me saying that you must be a fat, lazy nerd with no friends, poor personal hygiene and no social life because you earlier said that you like playing on games consoles.

You see, that's my point - you've described me almost exactly there...
Seems you *can* tell a lot about a person based on whether they play games or not afterall...

Nightowl

I've just purchases two ds lite consoles for my two girls aged 7 and 9 for Christmas. I bought them seperately on ebay, they are both lightly used and are from ebay.com in America. The first one is the Rose Pink and cost me £6 postage and £56 for the console, the second is the Crimson colour and comes with a game, cost me £13 postage and £60 for the console. I have bought adapter plugs for both so i can charge them. I nearly cried when my two asked for these, but I've manged to get them a LOT cheaper. Those that come up on ebay.co.uk from America go for a lot more, you need to go on ebay.com and ask people if and for how much they will charge to post to the UK. Good luck anyone that tries this, it worked for me!

Amanda

mrcow

Idiophreak wrote: »

You see, that's my point - you've described me almost exactly there...
Seems you *can* tell a lot about a person based on whether they play games or not afterall...

I take it all back then :rotfl:

bravobeastie

Haven't read the whole thread (yet) but i can i make a suggestion on the wii?

Our neighbours kindly lent us theirs when they went away for a couple of weeks and i have never known anything to cause so many arguments between my children who are 7 & 4. We had had every intention of getting one for xmas but after having theirs for a fortnight it has made up our mind not to bother. It was even sat there for over a week without it even being switched on or the kids asking about it.

I think its great for adults for a bit touch and go for kids.

Both of mine have a ds and they are fabulous, they play with them mainly when their friends are over, some weeks they will play with it every day, other weeks they will play with them ocassionally.

We allow them to take them to bed with them on a Friday night as a treat after story time.

savagevixen

Last year my 5 and 6 yr olds wanted DS's we said no as they were too young, wasted money on other tat, and essentially didn't get them what they wanted!! We did get a family Wii, although in our opinion and owning 15 games for it, they are too young for a Wii. The games we purchased for the family are not young enough for the younger children. We do rate the Wii highly as a console but it has hardly been used, I think it will be used a lot more when they are older and more able to use the controls, they just got frustrated and bored.
Then when they had to change schools for the second time in a short while we asked what special treat they wanted, it was still a DS. I couldn't refuse this time, and so got them a DS (now aged 6 and 7) they are brilliant. WE invested in some for the wet summer for our 9 and 4 year old. A friend recommended an EDGE card from Amazon with 2gb storage (@£20 each), and sent us a DVD with 45 games on. Although it seemed alot to get 4, they have been fantastic!!
The 4 year old loves Cooking Mama and Zoo Keeper and Nemo. We don't have to worry about buying more games and it is much better than the alternative Leapfrog consoles and things which they grow out of so quickly.
I was very dubious about them for youngsters, and mine (apart from the eldest) haven't even ever played a playstation, yet they love their DS's and on this rainy holiday they have been fantastic. I regret not getting them the gifts they asked for last year and wasting money on Baby Annabells and rubbish.

dolly25_2

I got my son a DS for Christmas last year when he was only 4 and it was the best investment ever lol!! He plays on it all the time, keeps him quiet in the car, in the morning etc. I didn't think he was too young.

Loz01

My niece got a DS for her 5th birthday because she asked for one and my brother/SIL decided it was better to get one rather than waste £50/60 on other games/toys she didnt even want, so she got one and a couple of games (Dogz and Little Mermaid) and she loves it!