ds now talking non stop about nintendo ds....we havnt bought one..should we?

[littlemisschatalot]

ds is 6, we didnt want to buy him a ds so we bought him playmobil and lots of other stuff. all hes talked about for the last 2 days is the ds that he put on his list, and how excited hes going to be...what games he will get...how he will be sad if he doesnt get one..
i am wobbling and thinking should we buy him one? will it be forgotten about on christmas day or will it be the only present he wants?
i'm not sure what to do. dh says dont buy.
at 6 he stronly believes in santa and the magic..will this ruin it?
i have talked to him about the fact that santa dosnt bring everything you ask for, but chooses the things on your list that he thinks you will like the best...
help!

I had reservations about buying one for my DDs. DD1 spent all her holiday money on hers when we took her to the USA, she was 8. DD2 had hers for her 6th birthday 2 years ago. She had asked before but I think 6 was a sensible age to take care of it.

I limit the amount of time they are allowed on it even though DD1 is now 10. But they have looked after them and throughly enjoyed using them. They are a godsend on car journeys and on aeroplanes.

There are some great educational games, they love brain training and we have bought DD2 a learn french one for christmas this year.

I have not regretted buying them at all.
(DD2 had to wait for hers as she asked for one a year before we let her have it. I do not think there is anything wrong with explaining to your DS2 that he needs to wait until he is older.)

If he's that excited about it, it was on his Christmas list and you haven't warned him yet that it might not come then I would get it for him.

Has he asked for the Playmobil as well?

Maybe hand deliver him a letter from an elf/FC saying that the sleigh can't carry both and asking him to be a big boy and reply with the one he wants most?

Surely it isn't too late to take the Playmobil back?

I know that some people would say that you shouldn't, but it sounds like he is really, really looking forward to opening it and so I would get it for him.

I think the DS is most child friendly and has some lovely games - maybe ask them what bundles they do so that he has a game as well?

I would tbh

ds3 is six and loves his, we find it easy tolimit his time on it which was my concern- and his games areselfselected as veryy basic level anyway (SN, chooses fifi etc over pokemon and battles)

In fact he's managed tolose his and he has a few games for his stocking so we have palced one on ring and reserve at Argos as an emergency measure (cheaper than replacing that number of rpesents tbh, and a godsend for appointments etc)- £79.99 for the black one.

Games are perfectly manageable if you look about for second hand and on ebay etc(if he wants themmroe often you can also rent them via lovefim,we use that service for DH's wiii)

We told ds (5), who desperately wants a Wii, that Santa doesn't bring Nintendo branded electronics! However, one set of grandparents are buying him one which is fine because he will so LOVE it and goes with our belief that Santa doesn't bring massively expensive gifts.

we did something slightly different when dd was 6 and wanted a ds to as we thought she was a bit too young. Instead, I got one for xmas (I did want one anyway) and santa brought dd a game to play on mine. This worked really well and as she did use a lot that year, she got one from santa a year later. But it was her main pressie and not just an add on iyswim.

we bought one. grandparents said they would go halves on price as he had been talking non stop about itthere too.

That's nice! My pregnant-headedness means that I can't bear to disappoint any of the DC this year!

I hope he enjoys it!