Holiday gift question

DD will be 9 months at Christmas. I know that my entire family is going to spoil her rotten, especially since it's her first Christmas. I haven't even thought about what I am getting her, but I'm thinking that I don't really need to get much since she's going to be getting SO much from relatives. Does that make me a bad mommy?!? Does anyone have any special gift ideas that mommy and daddy could get her?

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my first son was two months at christmas and my newborn will be 5 months. I didn't think of christmas gifts for my first and really haven't thought of anything for my second. Don't feel bad, you're not a bad mommy

I'm sure you're DD will get a lot of stuff too. How about getting her a personalized stocking stuffer and fill it up with stuff like books and dvds...I know this one women I work with gives her daughter an ornament every year for christmas. Her mother did that for her kind of a tradition and I thought that was really cute. So far this little girls has almost every disney character related ornament. Maybe you can start something like that with your DD?

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I gave DS and will give DD the Lenox baby shoe ornament with their name, birthday and birthstone

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I don't think its stupid, they're probably going to get so much, they wouldn't know the difference...

maybe you can get DC like a nice outfit or something nice for their room...

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Nope, not a bad mommy! Both of my kids are October babies and their first and second christmases were pretty small as far as what we bought them. A baby can just have so many stuffed animals that sing, or onsies, etc.

Plus we knew that family would spoil them, so we didn't go crazy by any means. Maybe a few little things.

Buy something memorable like an ornament or put some cash in a savings account.

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i feel the same way... i feel like she is only going to be 6 months old and will be spoiled rotten by everyone, so i doubt i am getting anything. i am going to get her though a first christmas ornament, her stocking and her dress for Christmas Day, but that's probably about it. Grandma and everyone else will spoil her and honestly, she needs nothing and i hate having so much excess in my house!

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We were in the same situation last year with DS. We got him a book and a few small things, and then a car.... I think it is Chicco and it has different stages so it's good from about 9 mo to a year - maybe 2 or 3 years.....

You're not a bad mommy!!!! we are planning on doing the same thing this year....

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DH and I were just talking about this. DD will only be 4.5 months but I think we decided to get her her first cabbage patch kid doll... I had one as a kid and it's my most memorable doll! And maybe some books and disney movies to start a collection.

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DD was exactly 3 weeks old her first Christmas. DH & I didn't get her a thing. Last year, she was a year and 3 weeks old we got her two "big" gifts and one thing for her stocking. This year, mommy has been buying things left and right whenever she is out and sees a sale on something DD will like.

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dh and i had the same issue last year... we opted to actually each get smaller things like books and blocks and thngs that we could open on a slower pace.. with one or two larger items....

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For my son's first christmas, we got him an ornament. We also got him some books like How The Grinch Stole Christmas and wrote a message in it.

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Great ideas! I LOVE the ornament idea, and perhaps I can think of something that I can do every Christmas as something special from Mommy and Daddy

Trust me, I would LOVE to spoil her with toys and clothing, but I KNOW she's going to get so much, and I hate having TOO much that some of it goes to waste!

Thanks for the great ideas!