Just wondering what everyone does as far as birthday party gifts. LOs will be attending their first party and I am not sure if I buy one gift or two. What does everyone else do?
Ugh, I'm not sure! At Christmas, we give each kid in a family their own gift, no matter how many kids we have (one before the girls came along).
But birthdays.... I would maybe have each kid give a gift, but maybe something related, like a doll, from one child, and an accessory for the doll from the other child. If there was something more spendy that I knew would be appreciated, I'd probably make it a family gift. I kind of hope they end up with their own friends and I don't have to deal with two gifts to one kid, but I somehow doubt it, especially while younger.
TTC since May 2006. After 3 failed Clomid cycles, 2 failed Injectibles/IUIs, 2 failed IVFs and 1 failed FET, we moved on to adoption!
Last ditch FET resulted in BFP, and identical twin girls!
We've only had one so far, since my girls are so young, but my plan will be the same. I take whatever I would spend on the child if I only had one LO (close friends might be more than, say, a DC classmate) and double it to determine my approximate budget. Either they'll get one larger gift or a couple of (probably related) smaller ones, depending on what I find.
If it is a friend party I bring a gift from each child. Especially if it's the kind of party where they charge per child. Sometimes we'll do a bigger gift from both girls, but usually I just bring two presents.
Re: Birthday Party Gifts from twins
Ugh, I'm not sure! At Christmas, we give each kid in a family their own gift, no matter how many kids we have (one before the girls came along).
But birthdays.... I would maybe have each kid give a gift, but maybe something related, like a doll, from one child, and an accessory for the doll from the other child. If there was something more spendy that I knew would be appreciated, I'd probably make it a family gift. I kind of hope they end up with their own friends and I don't have to deal with two gifts to one kid, but I somehow doubt it, especially while younger.
TTC since May 2006. After 3 failed Clomid cycles, 2 failed Injectibles/IUIs, 2 failed IVFs and 1 failed FET, we moved on to adoption!
Last ditch FET resulted in BFP, and identical twin girls!
We give 1 gift as a family
We've only had one so far, since my girls are so young, but my plan will be the same. I take whatever I would spend on the child if I only had one LO (close friends might be more than, say, a DC classmate) and double it to determine my approximate budget. Either they'll get one larger gift or a couple of (probably related) smaller ones, depending on what I find.