..not to buy DS anything for Xmas

[GuernseyTeddy]

He's 14 weeks old, will be 18 weeks come Xmas day. We're skint. He has everything he needs. We live in a really small house and need to limit our tat quota. He'll be getting plenty from family no doubt.

So WIBU not to buy him anything 'for Christmas'.

No, not at all. I'd do the same as you.

Yanbu - he won't remember.

Of course, YANBU. He's tiny - he's interested in you, milk, sleep, cuddles etc.

Could you buy him one Baby's first Christmas kind of thing? A special ornament that comes out every year?

More for you than him!

I'd buy him something small to mark his first Christmas.

I wouldn't bother. He wont have a clue and will be bought things from other people. My son was 3 week old and I got a first Christmas bauble and stocking which he still uses now 4 year on

I'd did the same with ds2 on his first Christmas (he was 2 weeks old) and would do the same again if we had another newborn around Christmas. He got loads from other family members anyway and didn't have a clue what was going on anyway. We too live in a small house and had all of ds1's baby toys saved so it's not like he was completely without toys of his own.

Give him your love at Christmas. That's what he needs most and will appreciate most.

Clothes in the next size up?

I just bought a Christmas day outfit when I had a young baby at Christmas. There's no point!

YANBU save your money and the stress and he'll reap the benefits of you being nice and relaxed with lots of lovely snuggles!

YABU What he needs is some gift wrapped chocolate that you will eat for him.

Was thinking of buying something small 'just because', but keep thinking 'why...??'

He's starting waterbabies next week, owns most of the boden winter collection (v generous family), and I buy him books, toys etc when I want to.

Feel silly marking a Xmas he won't remember if that makes sense. But worried will feel like a bad mother at present time when I say we haven't got him anything.

Ooh - love chocolates idea!!!

He won't remember,no.

But you will.

YANBU at all!
But it might be nice to buy him a really pretty bauble . My dc are now 11 and 13 - I buy them a bauble each every Christmas ( nothing expensive). So when they leave home they will both have a box of special tree decorations to take with them . Both of them only got a bauble for their first Christmases

I had a six week old at Christmas, and set up an email account for her that friends and family could send their wishes. It is still used by everyone on her birthday/Christmas. She loves to read her "letters".

I was 10 days old on my 1st Christmas, I had a teddy which I still got.

I would get him a tree decoration or something small.

My DS was six weeks old his first Christmas. I made him a sock monkey and forced it on him until he realised it was his favourite toy

Could you buy him a classic book and sign the inside to mark his first Christmas? I'm thinking something like Paddington? We did that for our daughter.

DD was 10 weeks her first Christmas. We bought clothes in the next size and toys for the next stage (3 months and 6 months up), teethers, that sort of thing. We would have bought it all at some point anyway!

I don't think we bought DD anything for her first Christmas and she was 11 months old She got lots of presents from family, and we just earmarked the money to be spent during the year on things she needed as she was growing up.

Sounds completely sensible to me. Mine were 3 months old for their first Xmas. I bought a dress up Santa outfit so I could take some cute photos and that' it. They got plenty from other family.

You'll get plenty of opportunity to spend £££ on Xmas tat.

A token gift is all that isneeded, a tree ornament, a book, something to put on photo album as his first christmas present. Then move on, LOL.

Don't get him anything...you have many more Christmases to come that he will actually remember.