To not buy DS(2) Birthday Gifts?

[TiredAndRavenous]

It's my DS birthday soon and will be 2.

He got absolutely spoilt at Christmas and won't need anything until he's 15 I imagine 😂

Would it be acceptable to buy a few small token gifts and just spend the remainder of the money on nice days out with him. OH has booked a few days off to spend time with us :)

We normally do this - a day out and a party and a small present from us.

As children I only got token birthday presents. Big presents we got at Christmas, never birthday with the exception of my 18th and 21st.

Quite right! The other trick is to let him open every present then remove most of them and hide them. Then bring them out on bored afternoons one by one.

Mine got a kinder egg.

They're 2. They don't know. Save your money!

If you want to get them something, pop to pound land and get a colour book, crayons and stickers. I did this for my 2yo for christmas as i knew she was getting plenty. They have no idea at this age, they just want the paper and balloons x

Yes! My 9 year old has a birthday in January and told me he would rather the money went towards a holiday in the summer then more toys straight after Christmas!

We are doing this dd2 will be 2 at the end of the month and was spoiled rotten at Christmas and with dd1 they have some Christmas money to spend (although I think I will save dd2s as there's nothing she needs) and we are just going to get her a couple of little openables like some more blocks (she's mad about) and going away for a weekend of rare peace and stress free family time. I know others will buy her toys etc

Have family or friends over, a cake with candles, sing happy birthday. Have a few balloons. Make a fuss of him, take him out to his favourite place (swimming, park, softplay).
A 2 year old doesn't need presents to have a great day. If you want him to enjoy the experience of opening presents, then wrap up things you were getting him anyway rather than stuff for the sake of it.
I would say the same for 3 as well!

My DD loved playing with presents and wrapping paper - she still does (she's 4 now). We regularly wrap up things she already has (together!) so she can play with them as presents, and enjoy unwrapping them. When DD was younger, I'd ensure she had plenty of wrapping paper to play with, but we still don't spend much on her - her 'main' Christmas present from us was a jigsaw because other family were generous (we could afford to spend more if we wanted to).