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To buy my baby toys from charity shops and vinted for his first Christmas?

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bargainlove · 12/09/2025 20:46

I love charity shops & vinted & bootsales, always have. I get most of my own clothes and household stuff from there - I love searching for a bargain! My sons first Christmas is coming up and he will be 11 months old, we have got him a couple of new things (miss rachel teddy, vtech tv) but I’m buying the majority of things second hand. I just got a bundle on vinted for a wooden stacking toy, a wooden toy train, 2 wooden puzzles, 2 books and 2 pram toys for … £5!! With delivery that’s a grand total of £8, I seen a stacker toy in a shop today for £10 and it was plastic! I got a vtech driving wheel in a charity shop yesterday for £3. I got a fisher price learning chair for £3 (£35 new!!) in a charity shop and a toy ice cream cart on fb marketplace for £15 (60 new!!!) I will obviously giving everything a wipe down and clean. Is it wrong to wrap these up and give to him for Christmas? A friend of mine thinks it’s terrible and will only buy new for her dc for Christmas/birthdays, but I’ve always done this but now she’s made me feel bad

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Fabrikick · 12/09/2025 20:50

Honestly we always wrapped up stuff we were buying for the coming year anyway when DC were small before they really knew what was going on- so clothes etc as well as some toys. Second hand toys are great.

OrwellianTimes · 12/09/2025 20:49

Your baby really won’t mind.

Neither does my 10 year old who goes into school everyday with my £5 coat bargain that would cost £120 in the shops.

Just give em a good clean.

Rosesanddaffs · 12/09/2025 20:48

No it’s not unreasonable, he’s a baby so will have more fun with the packaging anyway!

Ignore your friend xx

Sharptonguedwoman · 12/09/2025 20:48

Don’t say any more to your friend and your baby will neither know nor care that the toys aren’t new. They are new to your baby.

BuffaloCauliflower · 12/09/2025 20:47

Don’t feel bad at all, doesn’t matter a jot that they’re second hand, much more sustainable and your baby won’t know to have an opinion.

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