To buy my 3 year old what she wants for Christmas?

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Dd3 absolutely loves playing with tat. Anything small, fiddly, plastic and pink, DD loves. She’s asked for LOL surprise dolls, Mini Little Live Pets, Barbie tat etc for Christmas.

AIBU to buy DD these kinds of gifts (which is what she enjoys and has asked for), over ‘better’ and more educational toys? Or should I be trying to steer her towards these better toys as she is only 3?

how about Polly Pocket?

If that's what she wants, go for it.

You can always buy her something educational in the sales with Christmas money ( if she gets some)

How about Santa brings the tat, and you get her the nicer stuff?

Buy her the tat. Something more worthy with any Christmas money she's given ?

At 3, my twin DDs had no concept of plastic tat, as it's not what they had been exposed to, but whatever. 🤷🏼‍♀️
I wouldn't even be discussing Christmas presents with a 3 year old in September.
Personally, no, I wouldn't be buying that sort of shit for my child(ren), but there's nowt wrong with buying stuff your child actively likes, so go ahead?!

Buy her what she wants, children have no/little opportunity to buy for themselves, so they have to hope they get what they would like for birthdays/christmas.

nothing to stop you using 'some' of the budget on a game or book etc that you think is mire 'worthy' but can't you direct others to nose things if they ask you for suggestions

Christ sake

Buy her what she wants, there is a place for educational toys of course but equally a place for what she wants too, as long as you can afford it.

I’m sure all of us remember asking for something and never getting it - I’ve always held it against my parents that they never did get me a Mr Frosty 😂

Don't most parents buy a mix of things. I adored my barbies.

One of my DC wanted a bag of carrots for Christmas once, I obliged , he was delighted.
can you buy cycled rat from charity shops and a new educational toy of your choosing?
play cash registers and pretend shops are great for basic maths and teachers neg toddlers about work , social skills etc
i do find it a bit odd that you are discussing Xmas and gifts with a 3 year old. If you make Xmas about gifts then that is what it wiil be. Can’t you chat about making Xmas decorations and cards and games you will play and the relatives you will see on the big day., going to bed late,
mince pies for samta. divert her away from the importance of gifts.

What did you want as a child, i dont mean get her the same things i mean i got what my child wanted as that is what I wanted my parents to do for me

Buy her what she wants!

All this. How has she learnt about these things?

I have no issue with Christmas gifts being all about fun, but I’m wondering how she has so much information about the toys you name.

Buy her things she will play with. If she doesn’t play with it however educational it will be a waste of money.

I’d maybe go for a bit of both…there’s nothing wrong with children playing with Barbie’s, and it could be the start of a nice collection.
we’ve had numerous little live pets, and my girls always loved them.
at that age I would have got the kind of thing they liked, and then a nice hardback version of a book for when they were a little older, or a personalised one, with a little handwritten note from us on the inside cover. Or something a bit ‘boujee’ like a crocheted teddy.

If I was on my high horse though I’d try and steer you away from lol dolls…the amount of plastic wrapping in just one of those balls gives me the shivers!

I’d get it. Wouldn’t bother my arse to overthink the educational value of it at age 3.
She'll be learning loads every other day of the year.
Her face will light up on Christmas morning and you’ll know you did the right thing.
You won’t get any credit, of course. But I have a boy the same age as your daughter and the gift for me truly is seeing his face when he realises that Santa got him what he wanted.

ETA - what is it they say? That you get about 6 Christmas days where they’re old enough to understand but not too old to realise the truth about Santa? Spoil her while you still have the magic.

do you not walk through supermarkets with your children? Or have play dates at other children’s homes?

It’ll maybe be from toy aisles in supermarkets (Tesco has The Entertainer in their stores), ads on YouTube etc.

I'd do a mix. Some things she wants and some things which might be good for her.

There's that something they want, something they need, something to wear and something to read thing which some people do

I have three yo twins and do all these things, but neither they nor their sibling until age 7/8 would say things like “LOL surprise dolls, Mini Little Live Pets, Barbie” - this isn’t really three year old territory in my experience (and I see a lot of three year olds). They can identify toys associated with tv shows and books - they’d recognise Bluey toys in the supermarket, or a Gruffalo puzzle.

My best guess is a lot of YouTube or tv with ads?

Buy her what you think she will play with and enjoy.
Don't feel you need to get Barbie stuff AND lol dolls AND Little Live Pets etc.
Stick with one type so it's not to overwhelming.
If you go for Barbie there's other things you can get like the Barbie Annual or a copy of the magazine to put in her stocking.
She won't be able to read them - but you can read them to her.
There's usually loads of colouring books and craft sets for those toy brands too.
You could also get her things like bubble bath or a toothbrush with the characters on.

JFC. I think you misread the OP as ‘please piss on my parenting and tell me how much better than me you are’

this this and this.
All my old Polly Pockets are still up my mum's loft!

🤣🤣🤣.
I'm really tired right now and thought I must be imagining extreme the pass-ag nature of that post.
Good to know I wasn't.

Mine still love it!

Buy her what she wants it’s Christmas after all!