There is a loooong list of things I want to get him totaling way more than we could spend on our child- ha!
I think we want to spend about $200 for his Christmas gifts. It seems a little high but one item will be over $100 so it's not very many actual items. Our budgets for the rest of family/friends is significantly lower.
Do you set a budget for you kid(s) for Christmas?
pomegranate / 3890 posts
Prob around 50-75 bucks. Were on a strict.budget, but.I plan to make the most out of it by buying used, which will go far!
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@stargal: I have some things I am going to make for J too and I'm actually most excited about those gifts which will easily cost the least considering I have so many leftover materials as it is 
nectarine / 2994 posts
We haven't set a budget for this year! But I made a list of ideas of what to get her and what decided what we will give her, then divided the rest of the list into 2 for each set of grandparents who have been asking for ideas for her. The total we will spend on LO this year for Christmas is about $70.
hostess / watermelon / 14932 posts
not really - just "cheap". haha. the only thing I wanted, we probably won't get yet (the teepee).
I think I did well though! I got her an aquadoodle mat, the rockin tunes giraffe, a little people set and a see 'n' say for $25! the FP barn and her stroller-walker were also supposed to be christmas but i gave them to her early.
wonderful clementine / 24134 posts
Strict budget for us this year. It probably means she won't get anything big but she doesn't need anything big.
pomelo / 5178 posts
We are at or under $150 for each kid, but that includes both practical gifts (new pjs/clothes, new cups/plates/silverware, underwear and socks, bathtub bubbles and fizzies for the whole year, etc...) and toys (usually only 3 - 5 toys/puzzles/books). DS is actually only getting about $75 because we're giving him a "big boy" room for Christmas. So with the new bed/bedding, table and chairs, etc... he's only getting two toys this year, since we're spending significantly more than our limit on his room.
persimmon / 1205 posts
We don't have a budget, but don't really want to spend too much. That being said, the two things I really want to get her for (a play kitchen and one of those fold-out couches because she LOVES them) are somewhat pricey so we'll probably end up spending $150 or so. We are big spoilers at Christmas anyway, so I can't imagine we won't do this with A. It will be interesting! haha.
hostess / papaya / 10540 posts
We don't really have a budget. We just get him some essentials he needs like clothes or PJs, then we try to usually get one special toy and maybe another little toy. I actually am unsure of what toys to get LO this year.
admin / watermelon / 14210 posts
I think Charlie will get one rescuebot which is around $15. Olive really has virtually no toys of her own, but she doesn't notice. No idea what we'll get her yet, but nothing big.
I think we'll keep it pretty simple this year. I'd love to buy a bunch of Christmas books instead!
papaya / 10560 posts
Not really a budget, but I will probably spend less that 50. My parents are gifting him some nice items so that helps us out. Since DD is due not too far off after Christmas, we won't be spending too much this year.
GOLD / coconut / 8266 posts
We set a budget of $100 for R's first Christmas. She will only be six months old. I bought her an Oxo feeding bib, a Mozart Magic Cube, an A&A dream blanket, and lots of books. I probably went a little over the budget.
pomegranate / 3503 posts
Not really but I'm not planning on getting anything big unless I manage to make a dollhouse. My husband just got us some family pjs.
honeydew / 7444 posts
We're keeping it simple this year. Less than $100 for sure, hopefully less.
persimmon / 1128 posts
No set budget, but I go out of my way to find all the gifts on sale so it can cut down on the overall expense.
kiwi / 673 posts
We are on a strict budget, so probably a max of $25, hopefully less. We will spend about the same amount on one another, less on everyone else. LO's birthday is also Christmas eve, so a max of $30 (but, once again, shooting for far less) on that. I think even after our situation improves I'm going to try to keep it simple, though.
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
Less then $50. She will be 9.5 months. And our families are going to spoil her. Then her bday is in 2.5 months so more toys. We spent $8 on her big gift, found at consignment.
pear / 1823 posts
Not really, but I don't plan to buy much. At 8 months old, there's not much he needs. Plus, all the relatives are bound to go a little crazy for his first Christmas/Hanukkah so he'll get plenty of new things.
blogger / pineapple / 12381 posts
We always get no more than 3 things for each girl and then a few stocking stuffers. We're on target for about $50/girl.
pineapple / 12234 posts
$300-400 each. We do a few big gifts but we don't get them anything else all year except for Christmas and birthdays. Sometimes it's just things they need too. No one in our families gives gifts to them either so I feel obligated to make the budget a little bigger.
It sounds like a ton but some of it is furniture for B's room, the playroom and even little necessities for E (potty chair)!
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@HLK208: yeah it's crazy how quickly it all adds up. Also now that J is almost 2 there is just so much more we want to buy for him. Last year it was so easy to keep it around $50. He also doesn't get a ton from extended family because both DH and I have large families so the budgets are smaller- which is totally fine but it means that we are the only ones who buy him toys and clothes so that's something to consider.
GOLD / wonderful pea / 17697 posts
@Mrs. Bee: I bought 25 Christmas/winter themed books yesterday...we're planning on wrapping them up and letting him unwrap one a day from Dec 1st-25th!
ETA: It'll probably be around $150. I want to get him a play kitchen and unless I can find a good used one or score a great deal that alone will be over $100. I guess $250 with what we spent on the books...
GOLD / watermelon / 14076 posts
I have no idea. She'll only be 4 months old and doesn't need much. Maybe $50-75?
cantaloupe / 6751 posts
Hmm, not sure yet but I don't think it'll be much. The grandparents spoil her throughout the year and I can't really think of anything she would need.
bananas / 9973 posts
Well, I already bought her a Zany Zoo on sale for $50. Not sure what a 9 month old will really need. Going to get some new little things for stocking stuffers. I want to get a PBK Anywhere Chair, so if the grandparents don't spring for it, I'll probably get it for her myself.
pomegranate / 3759 posts
Well so far i'm at $60 and I have a baby alive sitting in a cart at toysrus.com. Just wondering if I should get it or not. With that I would be over 100. She doesn't get a whole lot from family so I like to spoil her a little.
cantaloupe / 6397 posts
I think we will aim for about $100. So far I've bought the parum pa pum drum and a football taggie toy, so I still have some left to play with. We want to get her an activity table and those are about $50.
coconut / 8279 posts
No budget but with his birthday just a week before I won't be going as crazy as I did last year. And when my parents ask what to get him I'll have suggestions for them this year.
wonderful grape / 20453 posts
We haven't but there are only a couple of things I want to get her. I want to get her a little chair and those land of nod rainbow blocks (which are SO EXPENSIVE). The blocks are probably a better birthday gift (april) but i'm hoping they go on sale. Unfortunately, both items make the total about $300, which is crazy pants for a 9 month old
honeydew / 7091 posts
My budget this year is $100. She doesn't have ANY toys besides the infant toys she got from baby showers, so I need to get her some because it's starting to get rough... haha. She saw me bring in some of her Christmas and Birthday toys (a couple FP Little People sets) and she went craaaazyyyyy over them! I felt so bad for putting them up right away 
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
$100-150 max. I want to get her a learning tower or anywhere chair as her big gift. Depending on which one I can get used the other will likely come from my mom because she usually gives me money to buy whatever I want for LO. I also have a PBK gift card which will help supplement costs for the anywhere chair. LOL
Also want a shopping cart, doll stroller, a mixed race doll, and some Legos. Looking primarily used on Craigslist and fb groups.
clementine / 896 posts
We don't set a budget. So far we've spent $400 on our 2 boys and we're pretty much done. If we find anything else we'd like to get them we probably will but if not, they've got plenty.
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
I don't even know what to buy for my son this year, as we will be abroad, so I haven't given much thought to how to handle christmas morning, which isn't a big deal in my husband's home country.
Guess we should make a plan and possibly pack some cars in our luggage!
pomegranate / 3729 posts
No real budget, just buying what we can afford. We are going to be getting the family some big ticket items that will count as mine and DH's presents (TV, camera, PS4). But, I would rather spend the money that we would spend on gifts on experiences
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
@lovehoneybee: that's what is upping his Christmas budget... we want to get the Hape Kitchen for him, and it's over $100. But I don't want to only get him one thing.
@lawbee11: ha, yeah last year J was 10 months and we spent less than $50
@Lindsay05: same! I have a big family so he doesn't get much so I like to splurge a little for special one-time a year events like christmas and birthday.
@blackbird: have you looked at Uncle Goose blocks? They're the ones we have and LOVE them. I love that we can not only build with them, but learn letters and animals. http://unclegoose.com/products/classic-abc-blocks/
@locavore_mama: seriously you're planning to get all that for <$150?! you are gooooood!!! haha.
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@Mrs. Pen: Bahahaha well, $150 plus the $100 I know my mom will give me to shop for M plus a $50 PBK gift card. 
So technically I have $300 to spend. Sweet! That's more than I thought! Hm I might be able to get another big-ish item.
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