Do you get a present for a sibling too when giving the new baby a present?

[ilikeyoursleeves]

Going to visit my mates new baby son tomorrow, she has a 2 year old girl too. Should I take a little gift for her too? Thanks.

yes my dd1 remembers the pressies she got 16 months ago! We also brought her a "im the big sister" tshirt

Oh definitely. Preferably something that is for 'big boys/girls only' and/or contains glitter.

Your mates will appreciate anything that will occupy her quietly for half an hour. Unless the fuckers who bought my 2 year old a drum along with a gift for our newborn son

yes I would. One of DD1's best presents like that was a packed of chocolate buttons and a CBeebies magazine!

PMSL @ harpomax.
Yes in response to OP.

I always get a little bottle of 'bubbles' for older/toddler siblings - on the theory that it's appropriately celebratory + something they can do reasonably unsupervised

i agree with everyone else

dont worry if its inexpensive. 2yo cant work out that a new baby outfit cost £20 but her choc buttons cost 35p. she will prefer her gift

your friend will appreciate your thoughtfulness

Yes. It will be really appreciated, by the parents and the little girl. I didn't expect it, but it was so nice when ds was born that so many people thought of dd too I agree that it need only be small though, and definately something that requires little or no help from the parents - so nothing messy

Yes, I always do and really appreciated it when others did the same for my dd when ds was born.

Doesn't have to be much.

I don't give anything to the new arrival, I just give home made cakes or other food to the parents,

ha ha ha ha ha!!!!

great topic to discuss as i have been pondering on this for a while. before i had 2 kids i didn't see the importance of giving a gift to the elder sibling but since having my ds2 (4wks old!) i feel strongly that its more important to buy the older kid something as he/she has a level of understanding than that of baby. when people bought my son1 gifts he was extatic and his smile went from ear to ear, even if it was a pencil!and when people came with just a gift for baby he asked what they got for him, so i soon understood and made him open babys gift so he was a part of it. also, i have been shopping for clothes for ds2 as he is surviving on big bros used clothes, and each time ds1 manages to make me feel gulty if i did'nt get him anything and its so difficult to lie...and it breaks your heart to say no to them at that time because you feel that they might feel you love them less!oh the woes of being a parent!

we have just has DS2 and lots of friends also bougt something for DS1, which was really kind. However DS1 (5yrs) came to expect a gift so is someone only gave something to DS2 he was asking where his was . Overall I think it is best to get something for the older child, the are going through a big change in their lives.

Hi all, thanks for the responses! I visited my friend and her DS today and took a gift for DD, a wooden jigsaw so she was very happy with that although it did end up in a slight tantrum from friends DD when my DS tried to join in with the jigsaw!

Yes. I always give siblings a small token present if I'm giving the new baby something.