Hypothetical reasonable/unreasonable question?

[HolyGuacamole]

I don't have kids, so am asking this without experience after reading the other thread about the lady wanting everyone to put "from Santa" on her babies Christmas gifts, which incidentally, I think is unreasonable.

Sooooo....anyway...say you have both sets of inlaws, competitively buying presents for your child? Each inlaw wants their present to be the best/more expensive/generally better than the other inlaws and they are trying to outdo each other....so is it unreasonable to ask them to spend no more than a certain amount?

Just wondering how people deal with that sort of thing?

IT is unreasonable and rude to dictate how much people can spend or what they can buy as presents.

you can tactfully drop hints about generally not wanting too much stuff, but that's it. And then discreetly dispose of anything afterwards that you will not allow/cannot bear to keep in the house.

If inlaws are going to compete they will do whatever you say.

In laws do compete, they keep asking what the other has bought, it's silly. But I'd say leave them to it, or just hint that they shouldn't spend too much. In our case, our excuse would be room in the house as we have a tiny house and each grandparent has bought the baby about 15 big presents and we have no where to put the stuff!!