gifts price range?

selinda85 · December 2012

How much will you be spending on ur kids or kid.. I have my 2 yr old who i have always gone all out for now with #2 here i plan on doing the same for both. However i never now when enough is enough.. So how much do yall plan on spending im already up to $115 for #1. Is this crazy or average or normal?

MrsWindyCity · December 2012

I don't think there is an average or normal - it just depends what you can afford and what you are comfortable spending. We're spending about $100 on DS this year. I don't really have an issue spending more, but there is nothing big he wants, really, and I'm not going to just buy a million things just to spend more.

klynne924 · December 2012

We're already up to over $300 and are planning on getting him a few small things, so we'll probably end up spending between $400-$450. I wish we could and would budget to spend less than what we are. Honestly though, he doesn't have many toys, just a lot of books and puzzles. He only gets toys on his birthday in June and Christams because I refuse to buy him toys throughout the year. We bought a LeapPad 2 Explorer bundle pack and a bike with matching pads and helmet, so that is the majority of our $300 spent.

Like PP said, it just depends on what you're comfortable spending and can afford to spend.

jennygirlmt · December 2012

I'm a SAHM, so our budget for DD1 is $100 and DD2 is just getting a book and her name on the big present to share. The big gift is a kitchen which I scored on a great deal from Kohl's ($50). I think a what's right is whatever you can afford. I feel someone is overspending when they put it on a credit card they can't pay off or not pay other bills (though I guess if that's what you are comfortable with to each their own.) If we made $300,000 a year I'd probably buy more than I am now (though I hope I wouldn't since kids don't need that much stuff!).

jannv11 · December 2012

What do they really need?? DS has so much stuff I am not buying much for Christmas. Plus our families will buy stuff too so I'm not spending more than $75 or $100.

Ardmhs83 · December 2012

We have spent around 350, but by the time I am done with stocking stuffers, etc it will be closer to 400. I know my parents have already spent like 500 on him

He is already spoiled...can't help it our family goes all out at Christmas!

baby1012 · December 2012

Ardmhs83:
We have spent around 350, but by the time I am done with stocking stuffers, etc it will be closer to 400. I know my parents have already spent like 500 on him He is already spoiled...can't help it our family goes all out at Christmas!

This is us exactly. I think we are closer to $500 at this point because his "Santa" gift is a big train table and wooden Thomas set-up. Those things aren't cheap. I usually start shopping early, especially when I find things on sale, and stash them away. I feel like a build a good amount of gifts to give him for the price I end up paying. Seems crazy, but Christmas is also our big holiday and we go all out. And he has 2 sets of grandparents that also go crazy so we usually end up with waaay more gifts than he needs so we donate as much as we can in terms of "old" toys.

sschwege · December 2012

jannv11:
What do they really need?? DS has so much stuff I am not buying much for Christmas. Plus our families will buy stuff too so I'm not spending more than $75 or $100.

Same here.

It just seems like the more you have the more you have to clean up. Plus it just keeps multiplying year after year. We do 'no gifts' at her birthday because it's just too much!

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