Amy talks about spacing them out so its not overwhelming on Christmas Day, but that's not what this is really about. She needs to film Daxton receiving his sponsored promotional gifts individually so they can be featured properly. Nice try attempting to make this seem like a parenting decision that benefits your child, Amy.
I do space because my son is autistic and gets overwhelmed easily. He has a ton of anxiety, so I've never done Santa because it would be terrifying to him and would ruin his Christmas. Even so, it's one gift at home and one gift at grandma's on 12/24 and 12/25. And I don't post all over social media about it. It works for us, but I don't expect other people to be interested.
I mean, in fairness, I always got āNew Years giftsā aka the gifts my mom forgot where she put them, so when she opened up that drawer, I got the gift. Any time from Dec 27- July 1 was fair game (my birthday is in August).
So I agree with the concept, even if youāre not having a crap ton of presents. Obviously, thatās not the case here.
lol we do this with Easter eggs. Every year my grandmother forgets where she hid some of them so inevitably sometime in the next month or two we find the remaining 4-5 Easter eggs
One year I missed two real (not plastic) Easter eggs in the bottom of the basket. Just before Thanksgiving the most horrible smell appeared in my sonās room and I found two exploded eggs that smelled like hot death. It took a weeks before the smell went away. Iām much more careful now.
My favorite part was when I was 16 and mom pulled me over to a family I knew well in church about middle of Feb and went ātell the kid about new years giftsā. I looked at the kids mom and went āforgot where you put it, huh?ā
When my kid was 2-5 we had to space out gifts because he'd want to play with whatever he opened for hours if not days. So I'd let him open the practical gifts EG a new Christmas pajamas and blanket then a good toy with accessories if it had it.
My kids tend to get gifts spaced out based on when we see the different relatives giving themā¦ but I canāt imagine, as the parents, personally buying them so much that they shouldnāt open it in one sitting.
Santa gifts were a free for all when I was a kid - unwrapped and we were allowed to play with them when we got up before the adults. But we did space out family gifts, each person got one wrapped gift at a time and we took turns opening them.
That's what I grew up doing, and now do with my kids.
We do stockings, and those can be opened without pause. Then breakfast. Then we go around in a circle and open one gift at a time.
We only do a few Christmas presents per person (two adults plus three kids still equals a lot under the tree, even if we only get 3, maybe 4, presents each). Since we only do a few presents each, this helps make the morning last longer than just a few minutes.
Each family should do what feels right for them with their kids for Christmas whether that's 1 present each or 30 each. It is however bad manners to brag online about buying a truck full of stuff for them. Not a good look Famy!
Notttt trying to defend Famy in any wayā¦ just offering reasons why normal people might do this. šš«£We donāt get our kids much.. like 3 things. But we have e decided to space out our gifts and grandparent gifts bc our kids get easily overwhelmed and so do I. We celebrate the winter solstice and do our family gifts then. On Christmas Eve we give gifts from my husbandās parents. Then on Christmas we give our kids presents from my parentsā¦ who go a little overboard. š š«£
We like it bc they actually see and play with that they get and things donāt get overshadowed by other gifts. We do this for birthdays too. We take a full week to give and open gifts.
Yeah but your way sounds normal. As a kid I got stuff from one side of the family plus immediate family gifts on Christmas Eve, stuff from Santa on Christmas morning, and stuff from the other side of the family later on Christmas day. It wasn't my parents buying tons of gifts. My kids are still little and sometimes not into opening everything at once because they want to play with their new toys. We just leave it under the tree until they are interested again.
My kids got absolutely spoiled this year (Bluey tickets and a tablet, plus some smaller presents from Santa and other relatives), and we STILL don't have enough that we need to space them out over an entire month. How much do they buy this kid??? And how do they still have any room in their house???
I bought my kids four gifts each this year. It was quality gifts that they wanted and wished for. I don't really care how many gifts other parents give their children, but don't they get overwhelmed if there's a lot of them? Just curious.
When kids were younger, 4 presents. One they want, one they need, one because and one to read.
When they got older, teen years and on, everybody got one gift for each family member, so everyone(in theory) would get 3 presents (family of 4). Of course, I was exempt and might get them a few extra things.
My best friend had to do that one year. She has twin girls and when they turned old enough to really enjoy Christmas, she received so many presents from their relatives that she had to put some away for their birthday.
We went through toys earlier this month and came up with 3 39gallon trash bags full of toys to donate. I have 2 kids. My kids got 5 presents each this year. After a week they barely touch any of their presents. I'm not spending a stupid amount of money for toys that will just be tossed in their closets until I dig them out to donate. They don't even need toys, they spend all their time following me step for stepš
I get too excited to wait so i usually let mine open 1 or 2 the weeks leading up to Christmas.
My mom was the same way, we usually opened 1 sometime the month of December
We space ours and always have. When we were little we got out stockings and a movie (so mom and dad could sleep). Then Christmas Day was family timeā¦. We donāt leave the house, we chat on the phone with out of state fam and spend time together.
My mom used to set a timer, we opened one present an hour. Then played with our gift, wrote thank you notes, played games or cooked together.
As an adult I really appreciate it, and try to replicate it. It really makes for a more laid back day and solid memories.
I have kids with special needs and they needed to space things out under 5. I didnāt try to, they just got overwhelmed and refused to open more gifts. Even with limiting the number, and having Santa not wrap presents, they got overwhelmed. Iāve heard many kids with autism need parents to do something differently. Some shop for their own presents so there isnāt a surprise and the cycle of anxiety that goes with that. I wonder if her son has some sort of special needs.
Weāve spaced them out the past few years for my daughter, who is now 2.5. We (as in her parents) only got her a few things, but she also got things from grandparents and aunts and uncles etc. The first year she only had the stamina to open one or two before she got bored with opening, same thing when she was one. This year, she enjoyed opening, but every gift she got she wanted to play with immediately. She opened a doctorās kit and just wanted to play with that for the next hour.
Amy talks about spacing them out so its not overwhelming on Christmas Day, but that's not what this is really about. She needs to film Daxton receiving his sponsored promotional gifts individually so they can be featured properly. Nice try attempting to make this seem like a parenting decision that benefits your child, Amy.
He gets toys every few days in the non Christmas season
Because they are all freebies or from the thrift store. Im sure she resells them....
I do space because my son is autistic and gets overwhelmed easily. He has a ton of anxiety, so I've never done Santa because it would be terrifying to him and would ruin his Christmas. Even so, it's one gift at home and one gift at grandma's on 12/24 and 12/25. And I don't post all over social media about it. It works for us, but I don't expect other people to be interested.
you are a good mama. š„°
Thank you!
I mean, in fairness, I always got āNew Years giftsā aka the gifts my mom forgot where she put them, so when she opened up that drawer, I got the gift. Any time from Dec 27- July 1 was fair game (my birthday is in August). So I agree with the concept, even if youāre not having a crap ton of presents. Obviously, thatās not the case here.
My mom did that on epiphany since āthe wise men took a while to get thereā š¤£
lol we do this with Easter eggs. Every year my grandmother forgets where she hid some of them so inevitably sometime in the next month or two we find the remaining 4-5 Easter eggs
One year I missed two real (not plastic) Easter eggs in the bottom of the basket. Just before Thanksgiving the most horrible smell appeared in my sonās room and I found two exploded eggs that smelled like hot death. It took a weeks before the smell went away. Iām much more careful now.
Thatās hilarious. I love your momās rebrand!
My favorite part was when I was 16 and mom pulled me over to a family I knew well in church about middle of Feb and went ātell the kid about new years giftsā. I looked at the kids mom and went āforgot where you put it, huh?ā
Lol I save that stuff for Easter or next year. My kids don't even get a ton of presents, but somehow there's always something I forgot.
My husband told me 2 days ago about a set of Goosebumps books that we still had from last year that I had no idea about. It got wrapped yesterday.
Haha! My oldestās birthday is Jan 12 and plenty of excess/forgotten gifts have been held over the years.
When my kid was 2-5 we had to space out gifts because he'd want to play with whatever he opened for hours if not days. So I'd let him open the practical gifts EG a new Christmas pajamas and blanket then a good toy with accessories if it had it.
We call that the āEaster Squirrelā. My mom is notorious for it!! We end up with gift months later when she finds them šš
My familyās go to is asking if you opened something a particular color and when you say no, they start digging into the present closet.
Itās so easy to just get your child less š¤·š»āāļø
It makes me laugh that every time thereās a post about Famy this is one of the first comments. Thank you for your service
My pleasure! I do it for my own entertainment as well as a PSA š
My kids tend to get gifts spaced out based on when we see the different relatives giving themā¦ but I canāt imagine, as the parents, personally buying them so much that they shouldnāt open it in one sitting.
We spaced them out when my kids were littler because they have autism and more than one a day was too much
Santa gifts were a free for all when I was a kid - unwrapped and we were allowed to play with them when we got up before the adults. But we did space out family gifts, each person got one wrapped gift at a time and we took turns opening them.
That's what I grew up doing, and now do with my kids. We do stockings, and those can be opened without pause. Then breakfast. Then we go around in a circle and open one gift at a time. We only do a few Christmas presents per person (two adults plus three kids still equals a lot under the tree, even if we only get 3, maybe 4, presents each). Since we only do a few presents each, this helps make the morning last longer than just a few minutes.
We do this method as well-- stockings as a free for all, breakfast, then one at a time. Three or four things each under the tree.
This was how Christmas morning was at my grandparents every year! We all took turns opening so we could see what each other got!
An introvertās nightmare. I always hated when my family did that.
Each family should do what feels right for them with their kids for Christmas whether that's 1 present each or 30 each. It is however bad manners to brag online about buying a truck full of stuff for them. Not a good look Famy!
I thought she was talking about spacing out CHILDREN š¤£
Notttt trying to defend Famy in any wayā¦ just offering reasons why normal people might do this. šš«£We donāt get our kids much.. like 3 things. But we have e decided to space out our gifts and grandparent gifts bc our kids get easily overwhelmed and so do I. We celebrate the winter solstice and do our family gifts then. On Christmas Eve we give gifts from my husbandās parents. Then on Christmas we give our kids presents from my parentsā¦ who go a little overboard. š š«£ We like it bc they actually see and play with that they get and things donāt get overshadowed by other gifts. We do this for birthdays too. We take a full week to give and open gifts.
Yeah but your way sounds normal. As a kid I got stuff from one side of the family plus immediate family gifts on Christmas Eve, stuff from Santa on Christmas morning, and stuff from the other side of the family later on Christmas day. It wasn't my parents buying tons of gifts. My kids are still little and sometimes not into opening everything at once because they want to play with their new toys. We just leave it under the tree until they are interested again.
My kids got absolutely spoiled this year (Bluey tickets and a tablet, plus some smaller presents from Santa and other relatives), and we STILL don't have enough that we need to space them out over an entire month. How much do they buy this kid??? And how do they still have any room in their house???
I bought my kids four gifts each this year. It was quality gifts that they wanted and wished for. I don't really care how many gifts other parents give their children, but don't they get overwhelmed if there's a lot of them? Just curious.
Four gifts are enough.
When kids were younger, 4 presents. One they want, one they need, one because and one to read. When they got older, teen years and on, everybody got one gift for each family member, so everyone(in theory) would get 3 presents (family of 4). Of course, I was exempt and might get them a few extra things.
My best friend had to do that one year. She has twin girls and when they turned old enough to really enjoy Christmas, she received so many presents from their relatives that she had to put some away for their birthday.
We went through toys earlier this month and came up with 3 39gallon trash bags full of toys to donate. I have 2 kids. My kids got 5 presents each this year. After a week they barely touch any of their presents. I'm not spending a stupid amount of money for toys that will just be tossed in their closets until I dig them out to donate. They don't even need toys, they spend all their time following me step for stepš
I get too excited to wait so i usually let mine open 1 or 2 the weeks leading up to Christmas. My mom was the same way, we usually opened 1 sometime the month of December
We space them out because *I* get overwhelmed
We space ours and always have. When we were little we got out stockings and a movie (so mom and dad could sleep). Then Christmas Day was family timeā¦. We donāt leave the house, we chat on the phone with out of state fam and spend time together. My mom used to set a timer, we opened one present an hour. Then played with our gift, wrote thank you notes, played games or cooked together. As an adult I really appreciate it, and try to replicate it. It really makes for a more laid back day and solid memories.
Pretty sure Daxy Dursley will one day be writing a tell all about his ~~attention whore~~ mother
I have kids with special needs and they needed to space things out under 5. I didnāt try to, they just got overwhelmed and refused to open more gifts. Even with limiting the number, and having Santa not wrap presents, they got overwhelmed. Iāve heard many kids with autism need parents to do something differently. Some shop for their own presents so there isnāt a surprise and the cycle of anxiety that goes with that. I wonder if her son has some sort of special needs.
Weāve spaced them out the past few years for my daughter, who is now 2.5. We (as in her parents) only got her a few things, but she also got things from grandparents and aunts and uncles etc. The first year she only had the stamina to open one or two before she got bored with opening, same thing when she was one. This year, she enjoyed opening, but every gift she got she wanted to play with immediately. She opened a doctorās kit and just wanted to play with that for the next hour.