https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 15 May 2026 02:57:57 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/people-giving-lo-gifts#post-1246981 Wed, 27 Nov 2013 10:53:16 +0000 Sapphiresun 1246981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Awesome. Thanks for all the quick responses. I kind of hopes that's how it would work, but didn't want to be all awkward wen I don't have anything for them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/people-giving-lo-gifts#post-1246876 Wed, 27 Nov 2013 10:31:47 +0000 Modern Daisy 1246876@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I would not expect a gift in return! If anything, maybe you can have a bag of candies or peppermint sticks and hand them to people who give her gifts but honestly people just want to buy the baby a present. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/people-giving-lo-gifts#post-1246867 Wed, 27 Nov 2013 10:29:26 +0000 dolphin 1246867@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Agree with what everyone else said. Last Christmas baby was still in my belly (well she popped out a few days before Xmas) and a lot of my friends already gave her gifts. It's usually something small like clothes or books. They got nothing in return. Haha. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/people-giving-lo-gifts#post-1246842 Wed, 27 Nov 2013 10:24:16 +0000 swurlygurl 1246842@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I agree, I often gave gifts to kids without expecting (or even wanting) one in return. A thank you note is nice to know it was appreciated :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/people-giving-lo-gifts#post-1246840 Wed, 27 Nov 2013 10:22:19 +0000 mrs.shinerbock 1246840@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Before we had a LO, we often gave gifts to our friends kids without expecting anything back (and still do!) IMO, part of the magic of the season is making it fun and special for the kids we know. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/people-giving-lo-gifts#post-1246826 Wed, 27 Nov 2013 10:19:40 +0000 Smurfette 1246826@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We gave gifts to children in the past and never expected one in return. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/people-giving-lo-gifts#post-1246821 Wed, 27 Nov 2013 10:17:49 +0000 MapleMoose 1246821@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>From my experience, people enjoy giving gifts to/for little ones without expecting anything in return. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/people-giving-lo-gifts#post-1246755 Wed, 27 Nov 2013 09:56:49 +0000 blackbird 1246755@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>we give gifts to children without expecting one in return. it was typically pretty small (we just bought one for $13). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/people-giving-lo-gifts#post-1246747 Wed, 27 Nov 2013 09:54:42 +0000 Sapphiresun 1246747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>We're the first in our family and circle of friends to have a baby. In the last couple weeks people that we wouldn't ordinarily exchange gifts with have been asking what they can get her for Christmas.<br /> What do you guys do here? Most of them don't have kids so do we just accept them one sided an write a nice thank you note? Exchange a gift with the adult? Is it normal that people just want to give kids gifts without it being an exchange? If people came out of everywhere wanting to give LO stuff was it limited to the first Christmas?</p> <p>If I SHOULD give them a gift in return, we don't really have a huge budget or time to shop to start adding multiple new people to our list. Any ideas for what it could be? I was thinking of some sort of handprint ornament but do people really want that outside of like, grandparents? </p>