Grandparent Gifts
Does anyone experience grandparents over giving to their grandchild? My son is 2. We live near my in-laws and see them every couple of weeks. Each time we go over there, they have 1-3 new toys for him. These toys live at their house, so it’s not really a space issue for me. It bothers me because we do not regularly give him gifts outside of holidays and, frequently, they will give him a toy that I was excited about getting him for Christmas or his birthday. Then, the toys stay at their house, so when the holiday rolls around, if I choose to get him it, it already has it at Grandma’s House, so it loses some appeal. They also give him gifts to take home for non-gift giving holidays. Example: I don’t want my child to expect gifts on Halloween. Last year, they got him a train set, among other things, as his “Halloween gift.” Just the week before, my husband and I had picked out the same train to purchase for Christmas and we were saving up for it :(. Has anyone dealt with a similar situation? Is it worth hurting feelings to say we would rather him just enjoy time with them than the constant material things?
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