Xmas presents for 6 mth old DD

butterflylady

Thank you for the wonderful suggestions. I love the idea of regifting DS baby toys, unfortunately just after DD was born I spent an afternoon sorting out his toy box, so that he would feel involved with her and get over the disappointment of the baby being a girl. This has worked and he's now proud as punch of his little sister tells everyone we met about her.

I will look at all of the presents suggested.

In response to some of the comments:

I hope that I am a mum who treats her children fairly and equally with no favourites and I hope to raise my children to know that sometimes one of them needs more attention in whatever form than the other.

To thoses who said a 3 year wont notice the amount of presents a baby will have, I'm afraid I have seen it happen, DS cousin who is 5 receives more presents than DS from their Aunt and can not wait to tell him, I'm not sure he understands the whole concept of what is being said but does understand enough to get upset about it!! Though I do understand that the cousin's parent could teach there child not to do this!!!

Lunar_Eclipse

I would second getting a walker if you don't already have one. Alternatively, a baby toy/soft doll/teddy, a book and some baby bathwash would cover Christmas perfectly, in my opinion.

But I also think that given her age, you don't need to buy her anything else.

Lunar_Eclipse

butterflylady wrote: »

I'm afraid I have seen it happen, DS cousin who is 5 receives more presents than DS from their Aunt and can not wait to tell him

There is a world of difference between a child aged 3 and one aged 5.

I also practice fair parenting, but that doesn't mean equal in everything, all of the time.

My girls are a little older, at 9 and 10. We went shopping last week as the eldest has very few winter clothes that fit, having outgrown most key items. My youngest moaned at one point, mainly out of boredom outside a changing room, that it wasn't fair that we weren't buying her half a new wardrobe too. I calmly explained to her that it was fair (she got 2 new tops), but not equal at that moment in time. They grow at different times and have different needs. But I like to think we try hard to be fair.

Although define fair? We have a minor "fairness'' dilemna re: Xmas gifts. See what you think about this:

One of our kids is getting an outrageously overpriced Harry Potter lego set that cost £100, the other a doll and two smaller lego sets that total £50. DH & I are happy that this is fair (enough). The Harry Potter set is comparatively overpriced in our opinion. I also actually can't quite believe I have spent that amount of money on a TOY (electronics are more understandable somehow), but that's besides the point.

If anything, the £50 gift looks more expensive, but DD1 knows how much the HP lego is so will be happy with her one main gift. Ultimately, fairness is highly subjective and in the eyes of occasionally hormonal and irrational children.;)

jcr16

i've only had one child around that age at xmas ( my dd was 8 weeks and my youngest was 8.5 months) but my eldest ds was 5.5 months at xmas 2005. and we bought him this from ebay.

i've no idea where it came from origanlly but i know it called sneezy.



out of everything we bought him this was the one toy he loved. he spent hours playing with it and even now he still takes it to bed with him.

ailuro2

We bought things a few things DD would need for her Christmas when she was little, but tbh it wasn't very much. No point wasting money on stuff that would be half price a day later and she could have twice as much then...;) She didn't have a big brother to ask why Santa didn't bring her much though.;)

We also found that other people would gift her lots of things she needed, and of course some things she didn't ( the toy to help babies walk when she'd already been walking for 3 months was a bit of a waste but it came with no box or receipt so couldn't be returned.:( I do realise that sounds ungrateful, it was just a shame she didn't get the use out of a well meaning present) Sometimes it's better to wait and see what she still needs after others have given them their gifts.:o

I learned not to be afraid to make suggestions to friends and family who asked what she needed - if they insisted on giving a gift I might as well make sure it was something she would like or use. If they didn't ask then I let them surprise her ( us!) as I realise that's part of the pleasure for some people.:D

I like to ask what KIND of gift littlies need, that way I get to give them a surprise of what kind of toys / clothes / reading material but they get something useful too.

At 6 months old our D loved her babywalker that wasn't a babywalker, it was a sit-in activity centre that had a clip on food tray and could be set to let it wobble on the bottom or remain fixed. She loved it.:D

SugarSpun

My daughter loves the Fisher Price talking puppy. I find him weird and creepy (when his batteries are dying down he randomly talks to me) but she loves him and has since she was given him at Christmas last year.

no.tail

My daughter was 6 months old last Christmas. We bought her a Mathmos Light Projector and lots of books. She soon became obsessed by books, not so much the projector.

The larger 'Baby Touch' books are fantastic and are on 3 for 2 at ELC. Also 'That not my' books and 'This Little Bunny, Lamb, etc' are a huge hit.

W H Smith also have some great offers on books at the moment.

barbiedoll

When my DS was that age, his favourite toy was a set of shiny balls with jiggly beads in them. They were the first toy that made him laugh out loud (yes, it's all on video ) and they didn't even cost me anything, my husband's ex-wife gave them to me because their daughter had always loved them and she couldn't bear to throw them away. I saw them for sale in Toys 'r' us the other day for £1.99 and bought a set for my step-granddaughter!

You could buy her a nice new girly potty. Cheap, but will be a nice big parcel and your son definitely won't want anything to do with it! Get her some bibs with her name on, a new sippy cup, a few clothes and she will have a nice pile of (useful) presents and you won't have spent a fortune on yet more plastic tat which ends up in the loft/bin/ebay. Save your money for next year when you can go mad buying some proper girly toys. Have a lovely Christmas!