Do you buy your kids the stuff they ask - for....For xmas?

mckayleesmom wrote: Do you usually go buy what they ask for or get them something else?

This is kind of stemming from karen's post about junky toys the kids ask for.

I have a confession.....I usually know what I want to buy them....so I put the thoughts into their heads....

If a commercial comes on with something I find cute or that they would play with...I start raving about it and pretty soon....bam...they want it...

mom2my2cuties replied: I usually divide thier list among family. However last year - I got everything on Mikee's list.

luvbug00 replied: yes Mya is a spoiled little girl. she gets 75% of what she wants ( unless deamed age inapropriate, like the cell phone she wants)

Maddie&EthansMom replied: No way. Maddie and Ethan want everything they see. Last year they could choose one thing they really wanted and I made an effort to get it for them. This year it will be the same way. It worked out very well last year. No complaining at all! They knew what to expect (as far as not getting more gifts, etc)

Our Lil' Family replied: Last year was his first Christmas so I started a 3 gift rule. I'm basing it on the 3 gifts that were brought to Jesus when he was born, which is the true meaning of Christmas anyway.

So far I have 2 of his 3 and they were fairly small things so I'll probably get one more thing and make it a pretty big gift.

MommyToAshley replied: Ashley usually only asks for one thing, so I try to get that one thing as long as it is reasonable. This year for her birthday, she also wanted a REAL cell phone, but I told her she had to wait until she was 16. So, she asked for the Dora Talking House.

Crystalina replied: Yes, Izabella and Evan usually get everything that they ask for but they don't really ask for much. All year if they are good and do their little chores then they get to get something at the store so they usually go after what they want right away. That leaves for a nice short list for Christmas. They usually get the bigger things from Santa for instance Evan will be getting his Spongebob t.v. and dvd player and his Gravedigger battery operated car. They don't get alot for Christmas but they usually get the bigger items. They don't care though. I mean when they cash in their good points they tinker around the toy section forever because they can't find anything to buy. Izabella has been putting hers towards the clothes she wants so that's fine with me. I'm trying to teach them also that they can save their money instead of spending it just because it's there.

redchief replied: We try. Of course since the kids are older, their tastes have matured (meaning more expensive) so they know only to ask for one thing.

Maddie&EthansMom replied:
That's what we do.

The 3 gifts in our home include:
1. Something they want
2. Something they need
3. Something they can read

And normally I put "Something they can wear" in their stocking That way I can get them their new mittens and hats

FYI..It works really well. Even at Maddie's age. She didn't feel deprived at all. And up until now I'm the only one I knew that did this. My mother thinks I'm

coasterqueen replied: Kylie doesn't really know what she wants. Seriously. Everything we've gotten in the past she doesn't play with for very long either. She's just not into toys. We usually get her 1 thing she asks for w/in reason, but other things we get her are usually something we think she would like - usually more educational.

moped replied:
Aimee, that is interesting because when I had your anme last year I bought a very cool scarf and mitten set for you and then as i was thinking about it I thought there was no way a person in texas would need to wear these........darn!

CantWait replied: I usually try and devide it up. I like the idea of the 3 gift rule, and might try and incorporate that this year.

I've already got the kids big gifts picked out, and can't really think of anything else, so it might be less this year, which is fine with me. They still have stuff coming from my grandma (probably cash), and my mom (which will probably be something they won't use anyway).

MM'sMama replied: It depends we tend to do 50/50 but the grandparents on the other hand tend to go crazy.

Maddie&EthansMom replied:
LOL....well, you did good then b/c I don't wear mittens and scarves. I don't normally even wear coats as I'm so hot natured and hate the feeling of being 'bundled'. But, I do make my children wear them.

I loved what you got me last year. That cami got lots of wear this summer! And I loved the book, too!!

MyLuvBugs replied: Try too.....doesn't always happen, but we at least try.

moped replied: Well this will be the first xmas for Jack to really understand stuff......he really wants a christmas tree this year he said - LOL

I will spoil him with Thomas Thomas Thomas

hawkshoe replied: I buy them what they want within reason. If I think it isn't made well or it is to expensive or they probably won't really play with it, then no, I won't buy it. I also always buy some things they don't ask for but I think they will enjoy.

Boo&BugsMom replied: I dont ever get everything on Tanner's list. He sees a commercial on everything and he always wants whatever it is. We'd go broke. But, I do have him make a list and I try to get the things he wants most, as long as they are not overly expensive. Then I get other things that I know/hope he would like but he has never seen. It's a mixture of both.

Our Lil' Family replied:
I told ya....separated at birth!

kimberley replied: they will get one "commercial" thing they ask for from Santa. the rest is more practical.

but i do pass along their wish list to the rest of the family so they usually get a few things they want.

Heather77 replied: Yes, we try to get most of what they ask for. Both of mine are pretty specific usually, and know exactly what they want. Of course we usually can't get EVERYTHING... b/c they want everything they see ... but there are certain things they request over and over again for months, so those are the things we try to get.

Hillbilly Housewife replied: we get so much junk from the inlaws, and my mom and grandmother spoil them with clothes... so it sounds really bad, but we save up all the McDicks toys we get from the happy meals throughout the year and use those as stocking stuffers... I wonder how old they'll be before they realize that a happy meal comes with a toy?

We used to get them a whole whach of useless stuf just because they wanted it... but this year, we're only getting them one or two things, probably a computer game they can play with or some more crayola magic paints or whatever it's called...

Kaitlin'smom replied: last year was the first year she really had a wish list, so I got one thing on it that she really wanted I will do the same this year....I hope to depends on what she has on the list. She needs new funiture so she wont really have much under the tree.

holley79 replied: We would get the "reasonable" gifts on Brandon's lists. For Annika I'm not sure how that will work.

Calimama replied: Well mine cant ask for anything yet... but I have a habit of buying everything my 3 year old nephew asks for. Of course it's easy to spoil OTHER people's children lol.

Kirstenmumof3 replied: We usually try to get one or two things that they ask for. If Spencer had it his way, he would get the entire Sears WishBook! Emily is pretty easy to shop for and usually is grateful for anything that we get her. Claudia on the other hand is impossible to shop for, there was the care bear phase and we got her all those miniture little care bear houses, then there was the dora phase and we did the same thing. Now it's barbies, but she has all of Emilys old barbies. So I have no clue what to get her!

punkeemunkee'smom replied: I don't but Santa does!

Tay gets what she wants all year This year and in all years past-since she could ask for something specific-She has gotten that and then anything I find that I know she will enjoy....the thing is I buy all year and by Christmas we end up with TONS of presents under the tree-I am trying to be better this year