easter gifts for mindees???

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urgent help needed!!!! My youngest, ds3 goes to a childminder, my other 2 have in the past but no longer go to her too. She's also a neighbour who lives just opposite, and her dd goes to kindergarten with ds2 & her ds is 1 year older than ds1

anyway, she's just sent round a massive bag of presents!!! 1 easter chocolate bunny each for all 3 kids, even tho only 1 goes to her, plus a giant wrapped up present, I think is a box of choc for me, or maybe something else for ds3.

Do you all get your mindees gifts? Do they get them in return?

She is lovely but maybe a bit too nice. I dunno if I should be buying her 2 kids easter & Christmas pressies too (she also bought all 3 of mine Christmas pressies!

What should I do, just accept or rush out and buy her and her entire extended family gifts for every occasion?

I have given my mindees a small egg but not bothered about mine getting something back, I wouldnt worry about getting something for hers if you dont normally, I am sure thats not why she did it, it is certainly not why I do it!!!!

I always give a chocolate Easter egg to my mindees. I also have mindees with older siblings, who I no longer mind, and I give them the same because I like to treat them all equally. It's never anything expensive (usually a special 3-for-2 offer), and is really just a token gesture.

We usually make Easter baskets to fill with small chocolate eggs too.

I definitely don't expect anything back, although mindees usually give me chocolate for Christmas!

I don't give my mindees easter gifts/eggs. I give out birthday and christmas gifts and draw the line there! I have a huge family to buy for at every hallmark ocassion and I also realise most kids are inundated with eggs, and parents may well feel unsure/awkward about whether to return the favour or not. We are not even buying ds and two dss's anything for easter as they will be inundated!

I wouldn't like to comment on whether you should return the gesture as don't know your reationship with her, for example if you or your kids see her / her kids socially. However I'm sure she didn't want you to be this anxious, as S88AHG says sure she do it so you returned gesture!

I'm not stressed really, just a bit overwhelmed at her generosity. She really is lovely to the boys. And her kids are lovely too, so feel bad not havng got them anything, tho I rarely see them, but ta for feedback

i have given all my mindees an easter egg or treat (the babies got easter teds) i also buy their siblings something so they dont feel left out
i dont expect anything back and certanly dont want anything as my weight watchers is going fab
just except the gifts and dont worry about returning the favor

I've just got 2 sisters at the moment, a toddler and 3 month old baby. I've just given them Easter bunny teddies as too young for eggs. Didn't get anything back and didn't expect to.

It depends on your relationship imo.

My cm gave ds a small lindt bunny and me an Easter egg.

This week with ds (I'm on my holidays) I've been making easter cards so will pop one of those through the door with maybe a small easter gift for the cm's son.

well doubt ill/dd will get anything as all mindees off now till late next week!..i didnt even get a card off one of them for my birthday and have held parties for them when its theres so was a bit!

we did make cards and paper flowers for them to give to parents tho and i do have egg here for 'them' when they return!?

I gave mindee an egg, and parent said she has bought egg's for my two DC's and my step son which she will drop in, and I feel awful about it!

Hate to think that she feels she HAS to buy them an egg cause I bought mindee one. It is different, me buying mindee to mindee's mum buying my kids, IMO! (If that makes any sense at all )

brother&sister mindees2's mum bought chocolate treats for my kids which i thought was very sweet of her i hadn't got anything for them but i didn't feel guilty about .

I bought mindees little pressies and look what I got! (I've already posted this picture once, but I love it so much and I'm so touched, I thought I'd share again!

I got my 11mth old mindee a pack of m+s bunny biscuits as she likes a biscuit bless her! I bought them because i wanted too and never expect anything in return-i did get a lovely txt from 'Mum' when she found them in the babies bag, it was really nicely worded-and contained no calories which was even better for my diet also!! xx

I usually get the packs of chocolate lollies and give them to my mindees.

We decorated plastic eggs and filled them with mini lindt eggs and a fluffy chick! My 3 mindees had one and I sent two back for mindee2's sisters. We also made Easter cards.

Between my ds and I we have about 14 easter eggs!! Every year I tell my family not to buy them and now I think I may have to ask mindees' parents too. Does that sound ungrateful? I object to all the packaging used, it's such a waste.

I had eggs from 2 mindees but not the 3rd and would prefer parents to spend the money on their own dcs.

Anyway, going to go and make a start on the mountain of choc in my fridge!!!!