Do you spend same amount on each child, regardless? And help with 4yr old girl presents please!

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We've got DS a games console, second hand so £90 we'll probably spend another £50 on bits for him, and that's about it.

I have no idea what to get DD, she's 4 and really arty, so she'll be getting lots of new paint, play doh, craft stuff, but I've no idea what to get her as a 'main' present.

Do you do 'exactly same amount' spending, or just stop when you're happy with what they've got?

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I have an 8, 7, 5 and 3 yo and I do not spend the same amount on them, I just make sure that their Santa sack looks full. I intend on getting dd4 the sainsbury's shopping trolley, on sale for a fiver ATM. And a few smaller things. I guess I'll spend about £30. None are savvy enough to put a monetary value on the contents of their Santa sack yet. Clearly this policy will change as each one develops this ability .

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Like others I make sure the presents look the same in terms of value to them rather than monitoring cost. They have little idea about how much things might cost.

I spend the same amount on each child to within a pound or two

And they get the same amount of presents in case anyone counts, i don't think anyone ever has

I have a book to write it in and everything

I dont spend the same. DS is 1, and got about £25 worth on his bday. DD will get a bike for her bday so four times what he had spent.

For christmas DD will get about 75 spent on her and ds again around 25.

I buy stuff they need / would love and the cost is just a byproduct of that (within reason of course!!)

I only have one Ds so he gets as much as i can afford and am happy to spend on him depending on what he needs and what hes asked for. my nieces and nephews each get the same amount spent on them though, i know it isn't always exactly the same number of presents for each of them but the older ones know that their gifts often cost more than the smaller ones so they have fewer gifts

No, I try to match the size of the piles and no of presents. It's going to be difficult this year as DS is getting a bike.

I used to try to match the cost and number of presents when they were younger, but I don't worry about it so much now. They are 9, 11 and 13 and none of them believe in Santa any more.

They get the big present that they really want (within reason) and then stocking fillers. This year DD wants a tablet, DS2 wants an x-box and DS1 wants vouchers.

We definitely don't match the cost - for us it is about making sure each child (aged 4, 9 and 11) get things they will love / need. So far the 4 year old has presents in large boxes, while the 11 year old is likely to have a more expensive, but smaller pile. My 11 year old won't be interested in my 4 year old's gifts and she also understands that a small tablet / camera / phone etc are more expensive than a plastic doll in a big box!

DD1 & DS are close enough in age that their main Christmas present has always been the same, last year for example it was a camera each, there smaller gifts were similar in value but not exact. This is because they tend to be very competitive and will look at number of boxes without being aware of monetary value.

In previous years we did but additional gifts for DS as DDs biological family would buy her loads but as her step family have always treated her equally to DS he 'lost' out to an extent and at age 3 that mattered. Now those have mainly disappeared we are back to equal amounts

This year we also have DD2 who will have gifts but very low cost as she is being given toys we stored from when DD1 & DS were little

I don't think younger kids are aware of what you spend, the value to them is the enjoyment they will get out of the gift and as long as that is equivalent then they (and you) will have a great day

Mine have a really close age gap so I keep things the same.

I buy two pairs of trainers, if ds has a ps game dd will have a computer or ds game.
They both will have odd presents that suit them and not the other but they'll have the same number of odd presents and this year I have a budget which I'm sticking to.

We don't spend anywhere near the same amounts on the children and if we do, it's by luck not judgment. Dd wants a phone, so £10 a month over two years, £240. Ds wants a tablet, so I'm guessing/hoping about £100, maybe slightly more and dd2 wants the frozen lego set that is £30. They are lucky and will get those things, bu the cost difference is massive. I figure it works out the same over the years anyway.
A few years ago mil was so adamant to spend exactly the same on the dc she gave them the difference in change. Twas quite odd, especially as one child didn't get any money as they had the more expensive present. Young Children Ime have no idea of the monetary value of the presents they have been given.

Roughly the same amount, because they are both old enough to understand how much things cost, rather than number and size of presents! But generally I'll get them a big present that they really want and then smaller gifts come from family and friends. There's always plenty to open!