To buy my baby toys from charity shops and vinted for his first Christmas?

[bargainlove]

I love charity shops & vinted & bootsales, always have. I get most of my own clothes and household stuff from there - I love searching for a bargain! My sons first Christmas is coming up and he will be 11 months old, we have got him a couple of new things (miss rachel teddy, vtech tv) but I’m buying the majority of things second hand. I just got a bundle on vinted for a wooden stacking toy, a wooden toy train, 2 wooden puzzles, 2 books and 2 pram toys for … £5!! With delivery that’s a grand total of £8, I seen a stacker toy in a shop today for £10 and it was plastic! I got a vtech driving wheel in a charity shop yesterday for £3. I got a fisher price learning chair for £3 (£35 new!!) in a charity shop and a toy ice cream cart on fb marketplace for £15 (60 new!!!) I will obviously giving everything a wipe down and clean. Is it wrong to wrap these up and give to him for Christmas? A friend of mine thinks it’s terrible and will only buy new for her dc for Christmas/birthdays, but I’ve always done this but now she’s made me feel bad

My DD has grown up now, but quite often she received toys from friends or family members. I don’t see the difference between having your own second hand toys and using ones at the local crèche or library! Not related, but DD buys most of her clothes second hand now. She has a phone from BackMarket.

I've always done this op ,a gift is a gift .

My DD wanted the lol doll glampervan for Christmas, the turquoise one it was no longer available new so I got it on eBay, she was really happy with it she knew it was second hand, still plays with it and she's nearly 11.

Terrible, it’s missing the box, what will the poor child play with?

One year we wrapped up DS’s old bike for DD (3 years younger). She was too young to remember him having it. She was delighted. When she got a bit older, she was delighted to see photos that showed DS had had the same colour bike. She was about 10 when the penny dropped!