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Giving their presents to NT siblings?

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r3dh3d · 13/12/2006 14:40

Bit of a moral delai lama here.

DD1 is nearly 3. SLD. She has been given assorted presents over the last couple of years by well-meaning relations, which are completely inappropriate for her. Dolls, tea sets, toy farms, lego..... you name it, she's had it and ignored it.

DD2 is 1 in a week or so, and then there's Christmas. I can think of a few things to give her, but virtually all of them we have already been given at some point for DD1.

Do I buy them all again in the faint hope DD1 might one day understand eg what a doll is for? Or do I save myself some money (which we need to pay for DD1's carer) and just wrap up her old toys for DD2?

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sunnysideup · 13/12/2006 14:55

I'd wrap up the old toys and no agonising about it!

Socci · 13/12/2006 15:51

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FioFio · 13/12/2006 19:33

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Twiglett · 13/12/2006 19:35

I'd wrap up the old toys with absolutely no qualms at all

2000milestoeidsvold · 13/12/2006 21:11

wrap the old toys and hand then on - my two share each others toys and dd2 seems more taken with dd1's dolls than dd1 and so she just gets them to play with. Have bought a trike for dd2 for christmas but suspect that dd1 will get more use from it and dd2 will be able to use dd1's bigger trike iyswim. So share it round.

theheadlessreindeer · 13/12/2006 21:46

I agree, re-wrap old toys. My child with sn is the youngest, but I stil find xmas and birthdays hard, as she doesn't really "play" with toys. She loves coathangers, and her favourite thing at the moment is a bottle of coke thats half full so she can slosh it!

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