Christmas for your kids....equal $ or #

jettagurl

I know this is really not all that important - just curious if you worry about either.....

Do you tend to get all the kids an equal # of gifts, or spend an equal amount on each?

 

MelandJeff

I do equal $, but then, my kids are 14 years apart. If they were little, I might concentrate more on #

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JOEBunny

DS is 7 months and DD is 3.5.  DS has about 150 toys.  He can't play with them all and his favorite is actually a plastic hammer.  DD wants an American Girl doll.  DS is getting 1 big thing, a book shelf for his room, he needs it, so we are making a "present" of it.  So technically, we are spending about the same, but DD is getting toys and DS is getting furniture.

katie277s

Well I only have one right now, but when I was a kid, my parents always made sure we had the same number of gifts and one big gift to open last.  Most likely, that is what we will do when we have more. 

grja

Well, DD is only going to be 7 months at christmas, so i think until they're old enough to notice, its not going to be an issue. Once they're old enough, its going to be based on $. But i think i'll get filler stuff thats cheap so the # works out also.

LeisureSuitLauren

I guess we attempt to do both. I would feel weird about spending much more on one and not the others, though I know the kids wouldn't notice that. I'm pretty sure they wouldn't notice the number of each gifts either.

UGAbride

I'm not sure if we'll ever worry about that too much...especially while they are really little, since they are so close in age and same gender - basically everything will be shared.  I know this year, we will pretty much just put everything out in the family room and it will be a free for all between the two of them.  I guess as they get older and their interests are more specific, we'll try to make sure they are both having good, equal Christmases and not worry as much about the actual dollar amount. 

Growing up, I always got a lot of clothes, and my brother got more electronic stuff...that's what we wanted, and I think it probably varied who had more spent on them on a given year. 

Littlejen22

They have no concept of money right now so it will be equal # - some of DD's gifts might be small things wrapped and DD's might be all together (like his train table, a few destinations and trains will be one big gift.)  DD will only be 12 months though.  When they are old enough to care about who I spent more on I will focus more on money but there might be a time frame where I have to worry about both (thinking a 10yo might complain about money and # but when they are teens they better know enough about money to realize that there is only so much money in the world so if you want an expensive gift you will have less to open.

shopgirl78

Littlejen22:

They have no concept of money right now so it will be equal # - some of DD's gifts might be small things wrapped and DD's might be all together (like his train table, a few destinations and trains will be one big gift.)  DD will only be 12 months though.  When they are old enough to care about who I spent more on I will focus more on money but there might be a time frame where I have to worry about both (thinking a 10yo might complain about money and # but when they are teens they better know enough about money to realize that there is only so much money in the world so if you want an expensive gift you will have less to open.

This.  Equal number, they don't know about $ and value now.