I don't really buy toys during the year for my girls. Even for their birthdays I stick to 2 items or so. But around the holidays, the deals are SO good!! I find it so hard to resist!!!
I think this year I might try "need, want, wear, read" to try and be better. With a few "stocking stuffers". 
squash / 13208 posts
I know - such good deals!!!
For DD her bday is in March so its a great time for me to shop for her bday.
Also if its a great deal I will buy it and save it for Easter baskets!
I try not to go overboard at Christmas because they get gifts from family members too and I don't want 500 new toys in my house
pomelo / 5678 posts
Tell me about these deals! I am not much of a shopper at ALL, so I am pretty clueless.
I think I am doing 1-2 presents and then making the rest. We usually try to make them all. Last year I literally knit her a giant panda. We don't do a lot of gifts, we tend to do experience things, so maybe 1 gift or 2, and then lots of experiences.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22646 posts
I've actually noticed that we do less around the holidays/bday and more just random gifts/toys throughout the year! DS' 3rd bday is in a few weeks and Christmas after that and we don't even have any ideas about what to get him!
persimmon / 1165 posts
DD's birthday is in March so it has been too long since I've bought her anything cool and I feel like I'm going to go overboard this year. Her grandparents are over-the-top with gifts and usually that stops me, but this year I kinda don't care about too many toys at Christmas.
pineapple / 12566 posts
I actually find it hard to find gift ideas! I only have one main gift idea for each LO at the moment. They are also always spoiled by their grandparents and other relatives, so it makes keeping gift giving to a minimum fairly easy knowing they will receive lots of other stuff.
coconut / 8279 posts
J's birthday is 8 days before Christmas. It's a bit of a toy explosion towards the end of December.
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
Every year I have the best of intentions, I go in with a set budget, a list for each child/family member. My problem is I shop so early that then the "really" good deals come out and I'm like "well come on it's so cheap, I'm going to pick that up too" and it can quickly snowball! I'm really going to do my best to avoid that this year.
cherry / 118 posts
I am having a hard time with gifts of LO2. All of our baby toys and hand-me-down clothes are all in good condition. I don't know what to put on her wish list.
wonderful olive / 19353 posts
@mrsjyw: Ditto! We don't get much stuff for DS since he's usually gifted too much stuff during his birthday and Christmas that'll last him all year long (and then some)!! We rotate out and it works for us.
hostess / wonderful persimmon / 25556 posts
The last couple years, yes. This year, not so much. I have a very small budget for LO this year and I'm sticking to it.
wonderful pea / 17279 posts
Yes! I gripe about all the extra little people I buy for, but really it's a joy. The holidays are for the kids!!
pomegranate / 3863 posts
A little but since DS's bday is 3 days after Christmas, I'll be honest and admit that we do buy him new things throughout the year! It's just not realistic for us to never buy him new toys except for that 4 day span in December!
grapefruit / 4321 posts
I find it hard to come up with enough ideas! Her birthday is a month before Christmas and everyone is always asking us for suggestions for both events and we don't even have ideas for what WE are going to get her. Kid is spoiled rotten and doesn't need anything. We even asked her what she wants Santa to bring her (she's almost 3) and she just asked for another baby doll.
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
My family generally does cash and my ILs like to buy a lot of *stuff*. Every now and then MIL comes up with a good idea but usually she ignores my wish list....
@LuLu Mom: hahaha that is exactly my problem.
@Greentea: Amazon is a really great place to look. The Lightning deals have already started. Last week they had Hape toys all day long. I'm so bummed I missed the kitchen wares. 
GOLD / wonderful coconut / 33402 posts
@Truth Bombs: Totally agree. I give any ideas I have to family so we don't end up with a bunch of crap. Which I know we will anyway. So I have NO clue what to get it. I feel like I am buying stuff just to buy it for her.
I asked her what she wanted Santa to bring her. She said a new doctor kit. Super already told my sister to get her that.
grapefruit / 4903 posts
I grew up in a family where Christmas was a huge deal. Gift giving is totally one of my mom's love languages, and she still splurges out for us and the girls. Add that to the fact we don't really buy toys during the year, and I want to buy everything at the holidays! They have November and December birthdays, so I keep a list all year and then brainstorm to fill it out in the fall to watch for sales and hand out ideas when asked for them. I do check myself though. Christmas was smaller for DH, and it's one of the few things about which we have different expectations as to what's enough. Usually I'm the cheapskate 
pineapple / 12053 posts
Not really because I know she has a ton of stuff already and then her birthday is 2 weeks later! So I have a hard time figuring out gifts that will be used when given so close together.
pineapple / 12802 posts
@Truth Bombs: We have exactly this problem. Even if I have a slight idea, I don't want to give it away because it's all I got!
wonderful pear / 26210 posts
Kind of...my son's birthday and christmas are in the same month and we buy things for him year round according to his interests.
The hard thing with him is that he's not interested in experience gifts and he doesn't understand monetary gifts in terms of saving for the future.
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