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December 2, 2007 at 8:20 pm #46027
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InactiveI have two Christmas questions. I know, as if you all don’t have enough holiday stress to worry about
1. Evie will be 10 months at Christmas. She is one of those kids who has not really shown an interest in toys. Her favorite thing so far has been my grandmother’s tin measuring cups and her empty Gerber Puffs container. I see so many cute toys but I hate to have family spend money on them if they are just going to sit around in a toybox. She’s pulling up, cruising and speed crawling, so that is what she is interested in doing right now. The only time she really plays with toys is when I give them to her to distract her in her carseat! Anyone have a child around this age last year and can recommend a good toy? Should I tell family to get no toys? Some people tell me it’s her first Christmas, so she’ll never remember!…don’t think I can do that. I actually just ordered this, from DH and I, based on the “hours of fun” parents claimed their kids had!!:2. How much is appropriate to spend on Evie’s full-time babysitter for a gift? A co-worker told me that one weeks pay (hers)is appropriate, but I thought that was a bit much. She’s really into knitting and using her sewing machine, so I was thinking of a Jo-Ann fabrics gift card, but how much? And, is a gift card too impersonal??? Thanks to all of you!!KatieDecember 3, 2007 at 6:34 am #46032Anonymous
InactiveI usually give my sitter who watches just Brodie 4 days a week a $100 cash or a $100 gift card and then something else small, like this year I got her a gift set from Starbuck’s which was about $20. I pay her $300 for 4 days , so I couldn’t afford to spend that much on her for X-mas, although I have heard that is the recommendation too, one week’s pay.
December 3, 2007 at 2:21 pm #46040Anonymous
InactiveI wouldnt over do it with presents for her.. but I would get something that she could use now and in a couple months from now (you’d be surprised how fast they get older) We dont have that toy, but it looks cute..and should be a good one.I used to be a “nanny” and would get anywhere from 100 to 200 usually. It would just be added to my pay for that week. For the fulltime job I got the 200 and the part time job I got 100. (But that was years ago;) )Sooo maybe like 150 in your case?December 3, 2007 at 3:20 pm #46048Anonymous
InactiveHow about for your babysitter a gift certificate for a manicure/Pedicure or a massage? pampering gifts are always nice! You could attach it to a nice plate of christmas cookies or something.
for our when they were that age, we got them just a couple of gifts to open and then funded their college funds for the first christmas. Even if you start it with just a little money, then every time a family member gives them a gift of money we put it in there. It actually grows really quickly. When family asks what they can get, we always say money for the college fund. Even if they give us like $25, they always buy a little toy for the kids to have something to open.Enjoy your first Christmas as a Mommy! They get so much fun as they get older!!Ann MarieDecember 3, 2007 at 8:32 pm #46074hellbennt
KeymasterI think we’ll give my sitter a week’s pay- BUT she’s a BARGAIN



as for a present:
my friend gave THIS to the boys and Ari loves it so so so much! He got it at about 12 months I’d say, if not younger. If I know anyone that I need to get a baby present for, this is on top of the list! He crawled around with them, put them in & out of their case, put them everywhere, lol! And he still loves them!December 3, 2007 at 8:34 pm #46075Anonymous
InactiveI bought something similar for Cooper made by fisher price… they have one in the ped office and he loves it.. I think if she doesn’t use it now she will as she gets older…. Don’t have anything to offer about the sitter. sorry.
December 4, 2007 at 12:15 am #46084Anonymous
InactiveHow about one of those toys that they can push around as they learn to walk? My first two boys didn’t play with toys a whole lot at that age either, but they did like their walker. Just an idea.
This isn’t the one we have, but you get the idea:
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2781593 -
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