to only spend £60 on DS for xmas...

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... i can afford more but he's only going to be almost 11 months and does not want or need much. He's getting a bounce and spin zebra a couple of cheap baby books and a night garden DVD, he will be spoiled rotten from both sides for the family (first GC on DP's side second on mine) so i don't see the point in buying him more.

According to a few people thats a bit mean just because he's a baby he shouldn't go without, which he isn't because i spent £60 on toys at 6 months so he has tones already. Someone i know has spent £250 all on credit cards on her baby who will be 15mo at xmas to me thats unreasonable

AIBU not spending all we have on DS? I seriously don't think i am, his favourite toy right now is an empty diet coke bottle FFS

I spent a tenner last year. This year will be prob 10-20. Like others say when they are tiny they really don't care and will probably prefer the paper and boxes anyway. Plus will get shed loads from other people.

YANBU and it sounds a lot to me. DS's birthday is on Christmas day and DH and I bought him a board book and some plastic measuring jugs with holes in the bottom for the bath for his first Christmas. He's 18 this year though and is expecting a bit more

I'm with teacher - we spend £50 each on our 3 aged 5-10.

Spend whatever you like on your baby - you are an adult you don't need to check with random people on the internet first to see what they would do.

YANBU. He's a baby! He'll play with the wrapping more than the presents if he's anything like any toddler I've met :)

We've spent anything between £70 and£400 per Xmas on my DSS. Who's now 14, next year if everything goes to plan I will have a 9 month old (eeek), the amount of people who have said if we spend x on DSS means we must spend exactly the same on new baby is mental. Erm nope. Baby will be very limited and no doubt spoilt by family, DSS will be 15 so gadgety presents always cost more :)

I spent £10 on DD last year, who was 6mo, and £20 for this year when she'll be 18mo. I'll spend more on her when she's older and will appreciate it, but she doesn't go without so I don't feel at all bad about spending only a little for xmas :)

Never spent anything like this on a baby.

Save it for when they are older and need things more.

'Just because he's a baby he shouldn't go without'

I think some people have confused money and love a bit here

Is this a joke?

YAtotallyBU to spend £60 (let alone more) on a BABY, and at 6 months too!

Your friend is BU.

People are crazy about children's presents in this country.

We buy DD what she needs or what she'd like (within reason). She's 3 and she wanted a birthday party, so we didn't buy her very expensive gifts and got some from the charity shop, but she had a party at the local farm park. She didn't know how much things cost, she just knew she liked the gifts and liked the party. TBH she'll do anything for a balloon

We would spend out on something expensive for her if we thought it was worth it (she had a LeapPad last year and likes to use it). But it doesn't mean we'd spend that much every year. She doesn't want or need anything much this Christmas so we'll probably spend £20-£30 or so on some more craft supplies, some felt pens and things for her advent calendar.

DS was 1 month old last Christmas. We bought him a toy duck that was about £15 and a book

He fell asleep whilst we were unwrapping them

He will be 13 months this Xmas and I doubt we will spend much more than £20 again. Maybe a couple of books or something

My daughter will be 9mo next christmas and I don't plan to spend anywhere near £60, she wont understand a thing about christmas.

I wouldn't even spend this much on my 3 yr old.

For my daughters first Xmas I bought her winter hat from Monsoon! She played with the tree baubles and tinsel most of the time.

YANBU.

For DSs first Christmas we got him some building block.

With three sets of grandparents and lots of aunts and uncles and a birthday soon after Christmas he was hardly deprived.

DD's first Christmas present was actually over looked, and remained under the tree until someone spotted it just before bedtime. I had only bought it because I felt obliged to buy something. At 5 months old, she didn't really care.

And I agree the best presents are not the most expensive presents.
DS2 was THRILLED with the cheap light saber he got for his 4th birthday. He really, really wanted it. It was well under £10.

I've already bought DD what she really wants for Christmas. It cost me £25. (in a sale) Last year I spent much more. She was very happy, and played with her present for most of Christmas day. She hasn't touched it since. Lesson learned.

YANBU at all. My older daughter got nothing at all from me for her first two christmasses (she's a November baby) or her first birthday because I was a skint student and relatives bought her more than she needed anyway.

I was more generous with my younger daughter but only because the older one would have wanted to know why her sister had no presents and I had graduated by then.

YANBU at all. I've 5 month old twins and haven't spent that. They've got 3 presents between them and a few boring stocking fillers. I don't see the point, plus they've obviously had loads spent on them recently. The 2 older dc's have got loads more presents than them but they've also had months of people visiting with new baby presents so seems fair to me.

The babies have everything they need right now anyway

I'd didn't buy my DS anything for his first Christmas - what on earth is the point? DD got some wrapped up 2nd hand thing (so DS didn't wonder why she didn't get anything).

But I always feel on threads like this that I've entered the Twilight zone anyway. I wouldn't spend more much than £60 on my DC (now aged 8 and 6) at Christmas anyway so am somewhat amazed it could be considered too little.

Yanbu my DS is 1 on 22nd December hes going to get a small present for bday and Xmas friends and family are going to spoil him as it is plus we flying to my family for Xmas so we not even going to be home

£60 is more than I'm spending on both my kids put together (3 and 6 months). Save your money.

No, YANBU. I spent more than that on DC2 last year because I wasn't sure how I would explain it away to DC1 if he didn't get anything.

Just out of interest, if people spend £30-50 on the older kids at Christmas then what kind of things do they get? I'd like to spend less but toys are often £20 a time so I'm a bit baffled?

No way in hell would I even spend £60 on a child that age

When DD was one we got her a second hand Upsy Daisy doll (£5)

When she was two we got her a box of Mega Blox (£10)

This year we are pushing the boat out because theirs an awareness of Santa - Bike (£30)

DD2 who will be 9 months is getting DD1's old baby toys wrapped up purely for Dd1's benefit so she thinks Santa's been for her baby sister too.

I thought £60 was loads he's only getting so much spent because i KNOW he will love the bounce and spin so he is getting it the other things i've got him are £2 £2 and £6 he will love them too

YABU to be even thinking like this - what does it matter how much you spend?! It's not a competition to show how much you love your baby FFS.