Presents from 17 month old?

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Do you buy your partner a present from your DC? Also do you buy a present for your parents from your DC? If so, any ideas that are fairly on the cheap?! I was thinking a more sentimental item/ home made crafts 😂

I'd maybe get them to help make a tree decoration or a card but other than that no.

I used to get my parents/in laws one of those photo calendars or a framed photo of them with DC. Never got something for Christmas for DC's dad, though usually did for his birthday.

Nice box of biscuits to your parents/in-laws

Christmas socks to your other half or a very large Toblerone

No. Babies don’t give presents.

Of course they do

I used to for birthdays but not for Christmas for DH.

Grandparents always got a birthday and Christmas cards from the grandchildren (our 3 children are the only grand children both sides) but not presents until the children were old enough to choose themselves.

No gifts to DH at that age, I think we started when DD was 3-ish.

Grandparents - they got always a calendar with photos. I think we didn't do any craft at that age, later definitely (until end of primary school I think)

I think a homemade decoration sounds lovely for the grandparents. I'd probably ask your partner what age you want to start giving each other gifts from the DC. I think when they're old enough to pick something out sounds good, but no reason you could do this year.

When the kids are old enough to understand Christmas and understand that you give gifts, and know a little about what daddy/mummy/nanny/childminder would like, but not old enough to go unaccompanied to a shop or use money, yes I would take them to the shop and help guide them with gifts of a suitable price etc. Before that no - it's literally you buying an extra gift and saying it's from them which seems pointless!

Go to one of those Pottery Cafes, they'll have ornaments and tiles to do hand and foot prints.

Nope never, how strange.

From a 17 month old? No.

My 3 year old son was able to choose a present for his grandparents and his baby brother for the first time this year.

From a baby, no. The only thing I did used to do was a card on Father's Day and he would do the same for me on mother's day. Bit twee I know, but we didn't agonise over presents.

As do dogs 😁

My DCs are older but when small I did homemade Christmas cards, eg reindeer from their foot print, hand print Christmas tree. I also gave grandparents a framed photo of dc or a photo bauble.
As they got older I’d take them to home bargains and let them choose a small gift, just a token that they had chosen.

I mean we labeled gifts 'from all of us'. So no, not separate gifts from the children when they were little.

Occasionally if they saw something (usually candy) they specifically said they wanted to give a grandparent we'd buy it for them to give.