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XP Birthday Gifts

fancynewbeeslyfancynewbeesly member
edited April 2014 in Stay at Home Moms
So, Reese in a unique situation but her birthday is coming up. DH and I were talking and his opinion is that she doesn't need anything else. (She really doesn't--at all) and that we don't have to buy her a birthday gift. She is having a joint family birthday party with my niece in a week in a half. And on her birthday a very small party with 3 friends that include pizza and cake. He says the party is the gift. 

I am on the opposite end where even if we get her something small---she should get a birthday gift from us. 

There are three things that she wants for her birthday. A pint of blueberries, the "too expensive Octonauts toy" (Octopod playset) and the "too expensive Doc McStuffins house" (The clinic playhouse).

Her birthday party is next week with family so we will be waiting after that definitely, but I feel like even though she has seriously gotten new toys 1 or 2 days out of the week from everyone, we should still get her something small for her birthday. (And the things that she wants aren't very big either)

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I also want to add that the Octonauts toy and Doc McStuffins toy she has been talking about since March and wanting it for her birthday.

We actually have given her numerous chances to get them in the store with gift cards, etc--and she always told us no, because it wasn't her birthday. So she always got something else instead. 
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  • AprilLVEAprilLVE member
    LoveBeingMama said:
    I would get her the gifts she wants, or at least one of them plus the blueberries. :-) It's her birthday, and even though as has received a lot of toys, she is at the age where she is just now starting to "get" birthdays. It will be special for her.

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  • thechickencoopthechickencoop member
    Haha I remember you posting the Octonauts story. Even with everything going on I think you should still get her something small. She obviously understands how 'birthdays work' so I would imagine she would be a little disappointed if she didn't get anything from you guys.
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  • fancynewbeeslyfancynewbeesly member
    Kimbus22 said:
    Are relatives buying her gifts?  If so, you could direct them toward the things she asked for.  Then she'll get what she wants and your H won't complain.

    Can you guys take her to a zoo or out to do something fun?  Or is that off the table because of her immune system? 
    I did kind of point relatives in that direction first. I am hoping they buy it because neither is TOO expensive and she really wants it. But I told DH if no one buys them, she will be really disappointed on her birthday because she has been talking about them for ages.

    Unfortunately 99% of non toy gifts are a no-go. She can't go into overly crowded with kids areas. So museums, zoos, amusement parks, malls, Barnes and Nobles with the train table, movies, etc are out of the equation. She is cleared (and that was just this last week) to run to the food store/target/etc with us. 
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  • MomIn2013MomIn2013 member
    I'd get her one of the expensive things she wants. Maybe ask your family if they want to go in on it with you, so she doesn't end up getting quite as many gifts, but still gets the one she wants?
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  • cactus5cactus5 member
    I would definitely get the gifts she has been hoping for. My kids do this too-harp on one or two things that they only want for their birthday. They will talk about them all year.
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  • spring_timespring_time member
    Could you have one of those gifts as a back up? That way if nobody gets it, you can have it on hand as one last surprise. I think you should get one of them just because she has been saving up for it in her mind. A word of warning about the octopod...it multiplies. I swear that show is just making up more gups just to sell more stuff. They almost all come with a Captain Barnacles. I think we have 4.

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