Mothers day gift for nana

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Our dd is 8 months so first mothers day. My mil while lovely is a bit intense and gets upset if things don't quite meet her expectations, also obsessed with her first gc.

The whole family is obsessed with fucking cards, we get sent cards for every occasion and while lovely I hate them and can't stand spending £2 on a bit of cardboard which killed thousands of trees and will be thrown away in a couple days.

I buy them for the people I know would be upset if they didn't get one so it's meant since she's been born I've had to buy an extra one from her for everyone because apparently putting her name on ours isn't enough.
This year for mothers day DH wants us to get his mum a present and a card from dd. We can't afford two presents for each of our mums and I don't want to spend more on more cards!

Do people get cards and gifts for nanas? He doesn't give his nan a card and I never did with mine. It's mother's day.
Am I being tight? I just don't want to set the trend of getting something extra from dd for every little occasion.

We have always bought Mother’s Day cards and presents for Nans - maybe you could make one with babies hand print ? And then just a nice framed photo of the baby??

Presents for mums only here - so kids would get me a card and present and I would get my mum/mil a card and present. I would sign the cards I'm sending from me, DH and kids, but definitely not send a different cards from the kids. Completely agree that way too many cards are sent.

We're doing a small gift and card from DS for GM this year. I've done a small photobook of her and DS together which I got on done whilst on a good offer and did a hand made card with his footprints. Could you spend the same but buy get smaller gift from you ? Some daffodils or something - and then a present from DC as well

1 gift and card to my mum (signed from me and DS), 1 gift and card to my MIL (signed from DH and DS), and then I get a card and gift from DS. No extra gifts or cards.

Great I never did anything from me to my nan but I wasn't sure if it's what people were doing now.
We've already got her a large photo of dd printed up and framed from a professional shoot we did. I suppose we could buy some daffodils and have her hold them so she knows they're from her.
It's more the card aswell i know she'll be upset if the doesn't get one but that means that every mothers day, birthday, anniversary, Easter, and Christmas I have to buy a card from us and from her! To both mil and fil It doesn't seem like a lot but £2 on a useless card I'd rather buy her some chocolates.

We do grandmother gifts and card on Mother's Day for my mum and mil. We don't spend much just a small box of chocs or a bunch of daffodils/tulips. We sometimes make the cards sometimes buy one.

You shouldn't do it. It sets a precedent. Really only your DH should get his mum a card/gift. However, if it is easier to go along with it don't spend any more cash than you need to. Just get a card from a cheap card shop. Or buy a pack of 20 or do blank cards from somewhere like The Range and do a handprint/scribble/stickers from your DD on it (do this for every card for MIL from now on).

*20 or so

A bunch of £1 daffodils and a homemade card with dd’s handprint is enough. Don’t spend anymore than that. It’s a token gesture.

20% off Moonpig at the moment I think so you could upload a photo and then the card is not such a waste as its a photo of your child which she won't chuck away.

My husband sends his mother a card and flowers and included the grandchildren in it. And I do the same for my mother. He also visits her with the children for a few hours and I do the same for but with my mum. And yes, its a small bunch of daffs or similar, not a big bouquet.

Do baby's handprint on a homemade piece of card for both nanas. White card is £1 for 30 in the pound shop and similarly little non toxic paints there too.

Daffodils as pp suggested is a nice idea and nice and cheap in Aldi/Lidl

I think my DM and MIL both expected it when we had kids but we decided to nip that in the bud. It's not grandmothers day, they get a card/flowers/appreciation from their actual children plus plenty of attention etc from grandchildren on their birthdays and throughout the year.
I agree about it being a waste of money and bad for the environment for unnecessary cards and presents for no real reason other than to stop the in laws getting a face on.