Tiny pile of presents :(

[Clandy]

Just put all dc's presents out, this year I was determined not to go overboard like last year.... I've gone the total opposite and they have hardly any presents at all I know there is nothing I can do now but they will love what they have got but I feel sad!

I am sure whatever you have is plenty! Don't stress and enjoy your day xx

dress the piles up!

I have scattered baubles and draped tinsel over them, and gone heavy on the ribbon and bows. Also they are artistically displayed, not just piled up. It makes a difference to the first impression, a big impact, and from then on they don't care.

Have a lovely day.

Blow up some balloons - they fill the gaps!

Honesty it does not matter. Have a lovely Christmas.

I've done the same thing. My 5dcs have got 3 presents each plus a little gift bag/stocking with 4 small things in. It looks like a pile for one not 5 but I know they'll be happy with what they've got.

I'm also looking at a very small pile and feeling sad. ds is only two so really doesn't need more, but it doesn't feel as 'special' as it should

Same here, but all lovely things that have taken a lot of thought.
I think they will be happy...hope so :(

Do not worry.

As a child I would rather have had a few well-chosen presents that I really loved than piles of stuff, most of which I wouldn't have chosen for myself.

I am still like that now.

Having a lovely, fun day with your DCs is far, far, far more important than masses of presents and it is what they will remember when they are older.

piles of stuff would be crap.
lots of mess, lots of opening, trying to work out which is the best pressie which sould be used now/put away.
fewer presents much better.

I've learnt my lesson though. Next year it will be one awesome present rather than several ok ones.

Do not worry! You know your dc1 is not expecting anything as she, " got presents last christmas"! They've got everything they've asked for so what more could they need?!

*feels the need to explain to mn that she is the ops sister not a random stalker!!

Dong worry

My son has 4 and no stocking

Well done for showing restraint !!! I have struggled and yes the piles look a bit sparse compared to last year but I know there wont be loads of stuff that will be discarded in days and or broken - no 'novelty' stuff that they laugh at but is essentially useless - just things they really want and a few nice surprises

I've noticed as they get older the presents get smaller but cost more. Dd1's pile is miniscule compared to dd2's, even though dd1 combined her x-mas and birthday budget.

But I agree with other posters, it really doesn't matter. We went way overboard with dd1's second x-mas (I was utterly skint the first x-mas) the poor child spent days being nagged to open presents when all she wanted to do was play with what she had already opened.

If you feel that bad you could nip to your nearest late night shop and grab a few bags of sweets to wrap up.

Our dd's don't have that many presents either. They're very spoilt little girls. Throughout the year too. We trip over their toys, they have so many. Their wardrobes are bursting with clothes. So they're not shirt of stuff.

Don't worry too much. I like the suggestion of filling gaps with balloons.

We've really trimmed back this year and did a present exchange a the weekend so DS has already opened 3.

Better they spend the day playing with things they really want, enjoying lunch and watching Toy Story 3!

Have a good Christmas x

DS is 1. His GPs have gone batshit crazy. All that stuff will be coming here.

He has a small sack of "stocking" stuff and a trike from Ebay. The stocking stuff follows the rhyme "something you want, something you need, something to wear, something to read".

Basically, he has books, new cutlery and socks!

Facebook photos of rooms filled with gifts make me feel ill. Imagine giving a child so many gifts on one day that wasn't Christmas - you just wouldn't! (off on a tangent)

Your piles are bigger than mine!

My two have a small pile each of presents I've carefully chosen over the past few months. There's not loads tbh so have filled spaces with balloons & random bits of tinsel/that stuff that you chuck at the tree (lametta?).

They'll love what they have OP, don't stress about it

Aww thanks yes dd1 has said she wants a princess dress, a barbie horse and a camera and nothing else :) (changed her mind from nothing olibeansmummy) and she has got what she wants. The presents are more expensive and well chosen rather than novelty or tat just to fill up the space. It's just the first Christmas she knows about really and there is no 'wow' present as such. She will be getting loads from family/friends too so she certainly won't be without! Must stop worrying!!

My children have always only had a few presents. But they always got what they had hoped for. Their dad always gets them piles of crap that they don't think much of.

my daughters had 11 presents each each present ranged in value of £15 to £60 each they dont quite well but i saw some ppls xmas photos and felt incredibly bad that their children had triple the amount my kids did of course i dont know what was in each present it could have been a £1 gift in most who knows point is my kids loved it anyway and seemed very greatful for what they had im sure your kids had a lovely day :)

It's better that they had a small pile of gifts that you could afford and didn't get into debt for unlike this woman..

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/1948889-To-think-this-woman-is-mad-getting-into-all-this-debt-at-Christmas

Remember it should be about quality rather than quantity all the time.

When I was a kid (in the 1990s) my mum would lwt me pick out a cheap toy about a few weeks before xmas abd that was my present. Nothing was wrapped and I could play with it there and then. Sounds like your dc are very lucky and you're a lovely mum.

You're beating my Dad. Every year he would wrap something like a rucksack under the tree. On boxing day he would ask to borrow it. And that would be it .