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What to get second DD when her sister has everything

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Merrz · 02/08/2023 09:23

DD2 birthday coming up (she'll be 2) I'm finding it really difficult to know what gifts to get her, she has an older sister (3 years older) and she seems to have everything. Even thinking to christmas i find myself always seeing things i could buy for DD1 but then finding it difficult to know what to get DD2 because DD1 already has it all and seems silly to buy the same again. Any suggestions for 2 year old girfts and also how do you manage the issue of what to get 2nd child when older sibling already has everything

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whoruntheworldgirls · 02/08/2023 09:35

At that age mine loved the Vtech Toot Toot range

MollysBrolly · 02/08/2023 10:27

Stop buying for dd1 first

tescocreditcard · 02/08/2023 10:30

I used to re-wrap toys the older children had and give them to my third lol.

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nonman · 02/08/2023 10:31

Put dd1 stuff away when grown out of , re wrap for DD2 when appropriate. You can only get away with this for a couple of years. By which time they might like different things .

PearlHandle · 02/08/2023 10:34

You must be buying the first one too much if you've exhausted everything!

My second dd got a happyland village for her second birthday. And a farm for her third.

It does get less complicated from here on as they develop their own likes and dislikes.

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Merrz · 02/08/2023 11:09

Thanks for the replies, yes I think we did get DD1 far too much for her first couple of birthdays and Christmas's.
Happyland is a good shout actually, we don't have any of it

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Merrz · 02/08/2023 11:10

tescocreditcard · 02/08/2023 10:30

I used to re-wrap toys the older children had and give them to my third lol.

I actually did this for her 1st birthday and christmas but don't seem to have put much a away since, oops should of done that

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Mariposista · 02/08/2023 11:11

How about a lovely activity to do just the two of you. She is only very little still but maybe a trip to a petting farm, beach, or something she will love and have special mummy-daughter time.

110APiccadilly · 02/08/2023 11:13

Soft play season ticket? Only works if you've got times you can take her without her sister though.

theleafandnotthetree · 02/08/2023 11:13

I find this very distasteful, consumption for the sake of it. This "dilemma' of running out of plastic tat to buy your child is such that you felt moved to enquire about in on mumsnet tells me you have very little to worry you. At this age, it scarcely matters anyway.

KitchenSinkLlama · 02/08/2023 11:15

She is still so young that a small gift is fine, if the house is full of toys. Why not put the money you would have spent into a savings account for her?

JenniferBarkley · 02/08/2023 11:24

At this age, it scarcely matters anyway.

I'd be wary of the elder child noticing that they got a pile of stuff for their birthday but their younger sibling didn't.

Definitely dial it back going forward OP. This time around: scooter, teddy or other merch from favourite TV show that eldest doesn't like, her own doll, doll accessories like a buggy etc, books, new bedding for her room?

JenniferBarkley · 02/08/2023 11:26

D'oh, meant to bold the first line there.

minipie · 02/08/2023 11:29

I remember this stage. I virtually stopped buying stuff for DD2 for a few years - she didn’t notice or care, was happy to inherit DD1’s things especially if they’d been put away for a bit in the meantime so felt new.

Things that get used up like paints, playdoh, colouring books were good, but that’s a little older, maybe age 3/4.

Then once DD2 hit about 4/5 she had some quite different interests from DD1, so new gift options opened up.

FayCarew · 02/08/2023 11:41

Buy less for DD1. Buy something good for DD2. Let her have something that isn't an old one of DD1's
If your children are offered two things, let them take turns who gets to pick first from the two items.

givemushypeasachance · 02/08/2023 12:10

If she's only turning two she may not have many particular special interests yet, but that can be a good way of making it clear that a second child's presents are special and specific to them. Something their older sibling isn't particularly interested in.

Consumables good, tickets for things good, it's not just arbitrary more stuff. Something personalised, if otherwise just a generic toy or item?

Bobo87 · 02/08/2023 13:57

Is DD1 birthday around the same time of year?
if DD2 is summer can you get something to play outside? Sandpit? Slide? Swing? Ride on toy? Paddling pool.. Water play toys…
tesco have mini camping chairs on sale right now lol (peppa pig and paw patrol..) (Maybe you have these but just throwing some ideas out there in case you don’t…)

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