What to get 6 month old for Christmas ? (Second child)

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Baby won’t care about Christmas but older sibling will question it if Father Christmas doesn’t bring anything for both of them

What makes it harder is there’s plenty of bits being handed down from first born meaning there’s really nothing needed

What are you getting your subsequent born young ones?

I wrapped up said hand me down toys that had been hidden away from the eldest so they thought they were new! Worked a treat. Cardboard box and random baby toys!

For stocking, there was a new toothbrush ready for the first teeth, a new beaker for water, a weaning friendly food packet, and a sensory toy I think. (light up ball or shaker or something like that, I can't really remember, and to be honest baby nor eldest will remember either!) oh and a new outfit and socks. Almost all things I would be buying anyway, wrapped up!

Dd got clothes, a couple of wooden figures (holztiger and lanka kade) to add to our animal collection and a rubens barn doll for her first Christmas. She was 7 months.

Things they need anyway - pyjamas, bubble bath, a hat, etc. And I think I indulged the nice wooden toys/expensive cardis I lusted after in places like jojo maman bebe but never usually bought

I wrapped up said hand me down toys that had been hidden away from the eldest so they thought they were new! Worked a treat. Cardboard box and random baby toys!

I did exactly the same!

@Pansypath

Things they need anyway - pyjamas, bubble bath, a hat, etc. And I think I indulged the nice wooden toys/expensive cardis I lusted after in places like jojo maman bebe but never usually bought

I remember doing similar at that age.

DS didn't "need" anything to be happy apart from a clean nappy and breastfeeding.

However it seemed important to everyone else for him to have presents - especially DSD so I just wrapped up things that I knew we'd use in the future.

A beautiful decoration for the tree or house from somewhere special. My DD has a lovely engraved glass bauble and subsequently a musical snow globe that I hope she will keep into adulthood.

I wrapped up clothes which I already had in the next size. Also any books or toys my eldest child wouldn't recognise. Once my eldest saw his own presents he didn't pay much attention to what his sister had.

For DD3’s first Christmas filled her stocking with a sippy cup, spoon, bibs and fruit net.

Santa brought her a pretty dress, a bath toy and a cup, plate, bowl and cutlery set.

For DC2 I bought a jumperoo from a Facebook selling page. His own new cup, spoons, bowl & bibs for weaning (he turned 6months a few days before Christmas)

Yep we did the old toys no-one had seen fir a long time, also something's that were new like a newly published Julia Donaldson book, xmas dec with their name, and few bits that needed replacing like toy food / bath toys. But the pp was right the eldest won't take a lot of notice once they start on theirs

My baby is due soon and I have gone through all my DDs baby toys, I kept the nice ones and the ones she liked and we cleaned them up together and I said that these are going to be for the baby. she is excited about giving them to the baby. I'm going to get her to wrap them too. It will hopefully be a nice way of her learning that it's all to share now. We do it so the stockings are from father Christmas. So I have got the baby, a couple books and one of those tummy time mirrors. I think I might get some clothes too. Just for a bit of magic for DD, and so she doesn't think they baby has been naughty Haha. But everything else under the tree will be DDs old toys. :)
Just realised I need to get a stocking for the baby 🤦‍♀️😂

We did same for first few xmas and bday where we had boxed up older childs stuff as 4yr age gap.

1st xmas he was 5wks old so brought things like rattles, weaning stuff etc for stocking as needed anyway.

Would recommend Lanka kade wooden animals we started a collection and 6yrs later have loads and nice price range too, we use little footprint and little goat gruff to order ours

Useful things for the nappy bag - small tub of sudocreme or Vaseline, warm winter socks or mittens etc. Extra bibs.

A sippy cup? the next size of bottle/teats as necessary? Cos Santa knows what everyone needs as well as wants!!

Or other things that older sibling may have had but would be better to be replaced, like bath squirters etc. (Stacking cups are great in baths and just need a decent wash, but I feel that squirters/ducks etc have a finite life and ought to be replaced as the water inside them can get scummy over time, especially if stored away for a while). Older sibling, if still a fan of bath toys, may also get something more suited to their age, or a special duck/animal that is easily identifiable that is their own and not the baby's (yet)...

A fabric book? Or board book? (Cos in most houses I know in real life, Santa always brings everyone a book - older sibling would presumably be getting one suited to their age too).

I made DD2 a sensory basket as her stocking.

Under the tree she had stacking cups, a soft dolly and couple of wooden toys.

I wrapped my eldest old toys from when he was a baby to give to DS2. And they were different seasons babies so some winter clothes.!!

Something that the older child wants but that the baby will be very happy to share, thus promoting sibling attachment.

Also stuff from car boot sale or jumble sale, or handmedowns from someone not an immediate family member.

DD's big present was a cot mattress, since we were about to move her out of her crib. And since stockings in our house always contain underwear, her big brother got pants and she got nappies!

That is brilliant @Lyonesse2020