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Christmas

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Oh dang I have forgotten to get my child anything for christmas

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Fillyjonk · 17/12/2008 06:55

She is 10 months old

I actually forgot . This is not a principled stand, I forgot.

She is the youngest of three, her big siblings have stuff though not huge amounts, about £30 each plus books. And it is not like we are short on toys here

Oh I am a CRAP MOTHER!

I can't not get her ANYTHING, can I? I will have to get her a token little thing, some socks or something? And god she will need a stocking.

It is rather a contrast to ds's first christmas when the house looked like santa's grotto

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RaspberryBlower · 17/12/2008 07:03

At 10 months she's probably just as happy playing with everyone else's wrapping paper. Get her something small but don't worry about it.

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Fillyjonk · 17/12/2008 07:12

the problem is more that the other kids will be

tbh otherwise I think I'd just give her wrapping paper . Its not like she knows what is going on with Christmas.

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RaspberryBlower · 17/12/2008 07:22

Will the other kids think Father Chrismas has forgotten her? You've still got time to get something though, haven't you? But I mean, I don't think the fact that you forgot until now makes you a crap mother or anything!

piscesmoon · 17/12/2008 07:39

I don't see a problem-there are still 8 shopping days to go! She doesn't need anything-it is more for the other DCs.

jingleMAMADIVAsbells · 17/12/2008 07:56

You are not a bad mother just because fogot about her at christmas, it's not like she has nothing!

If it were me I'd go to Argos and grab a Gloworm and summit daft.

sansoucitherednosedcariboo · 17/12/2008 08:12

That's okay! She doesn't know Xmas from Easter at this age and you're probably stressed out & over-worked! Anything will do...

piscesmoon · 17/12/2008 08:12

It is hardly too late-I haven't even got a tree up yet.

sansoucitherednosedcariboo · 17/12/2008 08:13

We haven't got our tree up either...

compo · 17/12/2008 08:18

just put stuff like socks, toothbrush, bubbles, chocolate coins in her stocking

jingleMAMADIVAsbells · 17/12/2008 08:19

No tree here either although think will put it up tonight if I can be arsed.

Tillyscoutsmum · 17/12/2008 08:25

Buy her something you would probably need to buy her anyway (a new outfit or pj's or something)

bozza · 17/12/2008 08:29

Have you nothing in the loft that can be rewrapped? I did that for DD's first Christmas.

GooseyLoosey · 17/12/2008 08:36

Could you just wrap up a large empty box for her to play with - having first drawn something fun on it like a house and maybe cut come windows in?

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Fillyjonk · 17/12/2008 08:41

no its not a problem at all

I shall just give her one of the gifts that the older kids would have had, probably a cuddly stegasarus

I am just very struck and lol at the constrast between ds's first christmas and dd2's

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piscesmoon · 17/12/2008 08:53

I think it is much nicer for them. I am struck by some other threads where babies have got Santa's grotto awaiting them and everyone wanting to see them open their presents! It all seems way OTT, especially as they will be much happier playing with the wrapping paper!

MrsBadger · 17/12/2008 08:55

I will own up to wrapping clothes from the Things To Grow Into drawer on occasions like this

but the cuddly stegosaurus sounds cool

treacletart · 17/12/2008 08:59

put a big baloon in a box, or even a cheapo beach ball - she'll love it and it'll look like a big box to her from santa.

Lemontart · 17/12/2008 09:00

Agree that it is more important for your other children to see all of them being treated equally, than the actual financial side of it. Still loads of time to wrap up lots of little things - I even wrapped up a packet of nappies for DD2 for her first Christmas! Doing a stocking for a 6 week old baby was ridiculous but still did it for DD1 to see she was the same. I wrapped up socks, baby grows, new blanket, little book, bath toy etc. Wish that was all they wanted/needed now..

blueshoes · 17/12/2008 09:04

For each of my dc's one-year Christmas present, they got cash. Either top up their Child Trust Fund (for tax efficiency) or open a new account for them (if it is a cash deposit, remember to fill in the Inland Revenue R85 form so that your dc receives interest without tax taken off).

YOur 10-month old would probably be more interested in the wrapping from your older dcs' presents tbh.

TooFoggy · 17/12/2008 12:59

what about a bunch of little animals from tickseed or torysrus and wrap them individually?

LittleFairySmile · 17/12/2008 14:51

Def. balloon (or many balloons) in a very big box. Other DC will see very big gift for her, she'll have loads of paper, a very big box AND balloons. What more could a 10mo want?

WalkinginWaynettaWonderland · 17/12/2008 15:00

Filly - DS3 (3.5mo) is being given the same present we gave DS1 for his first Christmas (a door bouncer)....And when I say "same present" I mean I am going to rummage around in the attic, find it, dust it off, wrap it, and viola!!!

As you say, very different to DC1's first Christmas!!

MamaHobgoblin · 17/12/2008 15:57

DS is 9 months and tbh it hadn't occured to us to get him anything - both sets of grandparents are going over the top, as far as I can tell - until this week, when I stopped being practical and realised that I was going to be sad if he didn't have anything from us for his first christmas. So we got him a couple of things from Mothercare/ELC - a farm trailer and a car. Not doing a stocking, though!

Can imagine it's quite different when you have older children who'll wonder why the baby doesn't have anything...

threestars · 17/12/2008 23:28

I'm only giving dd (9 months) a stocking (well, ankle sock since there aren't many small things that a baby's allowed to have) to keep the magic alive for ds.
She's having a main present from FC too, and then a smaller one from us. Basta.

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Fillyjonk · 18/12/2008 08:42

re the balloon suggestions-sorry to be a grinch but do you know that balloons are quite dangerous for babies? If they bite on them they sometimes inhale the balloon which is VERY hard to remove

my neighbour is a paediatric nurse and made me promise when ds was born not to have balloons for him til he was big enough not to bite them.

just thought i'd chuck that in.

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