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October 2011 Moms
Stewartandmaura
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Self-control
Stewartandmaura
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I am having a hard time controlling myself Christmas shopping for E. I want to buy everything I see that she may like. I keep telling myself we are finished shopping for her, but it's really hard not to pick up a few more things every time I am out.
How many presents will your LO have on Christmas morning?
How do you keep yourself in check?
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Re: Self-control
BFP #1: July 12, 2010 Natural M/C: July 26, 2010
BFP #2: January 30 ,2011 Born: September 29, 2011
BFP #3: January 5, 2013 Born: August 25, 2013
DS born Oct. '11
TTC #2 with PCOS since Nov. '13
Dx: Low Progesterone (3.3) on 8/12/14
Waiting for RE appointment on 10/28/14
Surprise BFP on cycle 12 -- 10/19/14!
EDD July 1, 2015
Maybe it's because I know that no matter what I spend our hard earned money on to get him, he'll probably still prefer playing with the ugly plastic watering can from the back porch, or bouncy skyball that he appropriated from the dog toy stash. Or find some other random thing around the house that's a million times more interesting to play with.
::shrug::
BFP 1/18/11, EDD 10/1/11. Born at 37w5d on 9/15/11.
***BFP Chart***
"There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.
I'm the worst. We do presents every night of Channukah, and then one for Christmas - so 9 gifts total. Well, then I realized we needed something from Santa - so 10 gifts. But then I saw a train set he'd love, and a little blanket, and more and more. He now has 16 gifts total, not counting his stocking. So I think we're going to add some of his smaller gifts to his stocking.
But I've had to be done with shopping since we started last night with Channukah.
We are in the same predicament. E would rather pick up leaves outside and chase the dogs to pull their tails then play with any of her toys.
Yet I can't help but buy her "things i know she'll love". Yeah, right. It's more things I wish she would play with.
From us, each kid got 8 things from Santa this year and 4 gifts under the tree. Plus they also get a certificate for their day out with mom and their day out with dad.
I didn't want to go overboard because the only thing she really "plays" with is her Talking Zoo. She got a ton of gifts for her birthday and hardly touches them. I didn't want to get her a ton of items she won't play with. I am going to save the money on additional gifts and use it for around spring time on something big once she is a little older and more into playing.
I love this idea. I remember you telling us about what Audrey chose for her day with you this past year. So cute! I told DH about it and we're going to steal your idea, hope you don't mind!
BFP #1: July 12, 2010 Natural M/C: July 26, 2010
BFP #2: January 30 ,2011 Born: September 29, 2011
BFP #3: January 5, 2013 Born: August 25, 2013
I haven't started Christmas shopping yet but I want to get her new shoes or boots, a potty, backpack, magnetic puzzle, a bathtub book, and maybe an Etchasketch type of thing. For her stocking there's a lunch kit for day care, markers and coloring book, and some realistic animal figures. Trying to think of more stuff.
I'm feeling like a bad Mom reading this, since all C has is two gifts under the tree. One of those was a box of blocks that he never got around opening on his birthday. He's got Gerber puffs, crayons, and fruit pouches for his stocking. I think that I would be more tempted to buy him stuff if I had a (paying) job. It seems like most of C's stuff is hand-me-down. His clothes, his toys, but he really doesn't care and I don't dress him in things that look stupid, have stains, or signs of wear. To be honest with you, one of his favorite things to do is to open the tupperware drawer and empty the contents.
we are kind of the same. I am not working and although we can afford to go all out, we just aren't. I don't feel right about going all out because she honestly doesn't care about toys and stuff. She would be perfectly happy to get a helium filled balloon for Christmas. We said no gifts at her birthday and still came home with literally, a truck bed full of toys. Her favorite thing (and the only thing she played with) was a helium filled balloon my uncle got her that was attached to her gift from him. She gets spoiled rotten from family members and gets hand me down toys from cousins. So I felt like getting more items was wasteful when it came to our funds. Andplusalso, we have a 900sq ft house and nowhere to put more toys or clothes. Honestly, I wish family would stop buying her so many things because of the lack of space and because I don't want her to grow up thinking Christmas is about gifts.