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to be so upset that..

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missdaydreamer · 23/11/2011 12:17

My daughter found her Xmas present. She's only 2. I put her present In a room she's never been allowed in and can't get into herself. Iv never leave my daughter alone upstairs as she's not up and down the stairs yet. The only time I can think she might have seen it is if she's gone in while iv been on the loo when she's supposed to have been in her room and even then the door would have to of been left open. She jumped up thismorning and said I want to see my toy in that room! I feel like Christmas will be so boring for her now. I feel awful. Anyone think of any excuses of why her toys where here and not with father christmas? X

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mistlethrush · 23/11/2011 12:19

Ds knows that Father Christmas brings a stocking and a single present which he's allowed to open in his room first thing on Christmas morning - all other presents are from the relevant person. So all the presents around the Christmas tree are eg from family....

Callisto · 23/11/2011 12:20

Gosh, I really think you're over-thinking this. Just say 'What toy?' and keep up a pretence of not knowing what she is on about. She will soon forget.

As for Santa, in our house Santa only actually delivers the presents DD gets in her stocking. Everything else she knows that we buy on Santas behalf.

Dirtydishesmakemesad · 23/11/2011 12:20

If t makes you feel better my two year old would have forgotten the whole thing by christmas and she certainly would have by next year when you come to tell her about father christmas all over again :)

AFuckingFestiveKnackeredWoman · 23/11/2011 12:21

she's 2, just brazen it out and she will forget

bigbrownmincepies · 23/11/2011 12:21

1, Tell her its not for her it's for ............. then hide it somewhere else and NEVER mention it again, she WILL forget.
2, Ask her "what toy?" then when she says "the one in that room" open the door to show her it's gone, she WILL forget.
3, Tell her Father Christmas is watching her and asked you to what she would like,and his magic fairy dust elfs dropped it by accident, she saw it, but they've since picked it up and taken it to lap land.

She's 2!! She WILL forget.
Don't stress it, I've had this with mine, and the "it's not yours it's for so and so" usually works.

TroublesomeEx · 23/11/2011 12:21

Explain that you haven't sent it to FC yet.

Or deny all knowledge of The Toy.

ChippingInNeedsSleep · 23/11/2011 12:22

Move it. Tell her there aren't any toys in that room, take her into the room to show her. Tell her it must have been a lovely dream :)

Tell her Mummy's (& Daddy's?) buy the toys and send them to santa - then Santa decides if they've been good or not.

Tell her it's for x's birthday - not for her and that if she wants one she has to tell Santa.

squeakytoy · 23/11/2011 12:23

She is 2... you can easily get round this one with a bit of imagination.

You can tell her that the christmas elves brought things to show Mummy to see if DD would like them... and have now taken them all away back to Father Christmas to look after until he comes and gives out the presents.

Then get that toy hidden somewhere better, and take her in the room to show her it has gone.

My parents used to leave presents for relatives on top of the tv, wrapped up, and say that the elves would be collecting them over night.. and sure enough by morning they were gone. I believed that for quite a while. :)

Thruaglassdarkly · 23/11/2011 12:25

Mine think I buy the gifts then send them off to Santa to deliver them. The warped logic eludes even the 7 yo, who is so desperate to believe in magic and fairies still, she goes with it. YANBU to be initially upset, but she'll forget by Christmas - if she even realises what it actually is yet. Chill and enjoy. Other posters have some good ideas about what you can say to preserve the magic.

EricNorthmansMistress · 23/11/2011 12:26

she's 2
she's 2 Relax. She will have forgotten in a week.

Neuromantic · 23/11/2011 12:28

She's 2! They have the attention span of goldfish, deny everything and forget about it for over a month.

JuliaScurr · 23/11/2011 12:31

Baffled by this 'forget' idea. Dd wouldn't have forgotten, the wretched child has a photographic memory (apart from where she pt stuff, obviously) You need a good cover story

DuchessofMalfi · 23/11/2011 12:37

DS (2.5) was with me when I bought his Christmas present. He even played with the "try me" one in the shop. By the time we'd got home he'd forgotten all about it. I sneaked it indoors and upstairs without him spotting it, and have hidden it well, so hopefully there's no chance of him finding it before Christmas, at which point it will be a huge surprise to him :o.

chocolatchaud · 23/11/2011 12:39

I take my 2 year old Christmas shopping with me - am hoping she doesn't let it slip to the others......

Don't worry, she has a whole month to forget.

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missdaydreamer · 23/11/2011 15:01

My DD really isn't one to forget, she doesn't miss a trick. I just said Santa sent it to mummy to see if I thought she would like it but Santa has taken it back to keep for Xmas now. I wasn't so worried about her seeing what she's got it was more the fact I had maybe ruined the Santa illusion abit lol. I moved it earlier without her knowing and she's just ran to show me its still there and she was memorized when it had gone. She's just told her dad that Santa been to our house so she's quite excited by the whole situation now! Panic over. Hopefully she will still b abit surprised at Xmas lol x

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mich54321 · 23/11/2011 15:07

I always told my DC that mummy/daddy/granny etc bought the present, then sent them to Father Christmas and the Elves to finish off/wrap up and deliver on Xmas Eve. This also got round the problem of lists/budgets as they knew we were buying it so it wasn't a bottomless pit of money from the money tree (thinking of kids bit older than 2 here). Seemed to work until they were about 7 or 8. She will have probably have forgotten by Xmas, but I would show her that it isn't in the room anymore and has been sent to FC.

SqueezeMeBakingPowder · 23/11/2011 15:08

Ahhh bless, that's very sweet. Well all's well that ends well eh? Have a lovely time when Father Christmas actually comes!

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missdaydreamer · 23/11/2011 15:10

Haha yeah! Thanks ladies feeling much better.:) x

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farewellfigure · 23/11/2011 15:10

What's with this 'Mummy and Daddy buy the presents and send them to Santa'? What? Isn't it the elves that make them? I'm confused.

My DS wouldn't have forgotten either. He has a memory like an elephant. It's scary. I hope you have a wonderful Christmas and that your DD is really excited and pleased :)

Elizadoesdolittle · 23/11/2011 15:18

This happened to me. Although my DD is just turned 21 months so can't ask for it. To be fair I just left it in the bag on the bed in the spare room. We never really go in that room but she let herself in there whilst I was on the loo! It's a keyboard thing and I could hear this racket and then found her playing with it. I just took it off her, said that's not for now and led her out of the room.
Made me realise that A) at least she liked the present so hopefully will be pleased to see it again at christmas and B) I need to learn to hide presents better And C) it's bloody noisy so I bet I'll soon get fed up of it!
I used to reguarly find my christmas presents as a child and never ruined christmas for me. I was a bit naughty though!

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