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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do you believe all of her "big" gifts are destined to be hand me downs?  Seems crappy. [/quote]

OP here - I never said I'd give her hand-me-downs as a gift, but I'm not going to go out and buy a new bike when there is a perfectly suitable one in the attic.  That wouldn't be a gift, just something that we make her own when its time for her to use it.  It also means that a bike, etc. is one less option for a "big" gift when it comes time for Christmas/Birthday.[/quote]

You should not make every big thing a hand-me down.  There is being frugal, and then there is being cheap and unfair.  Every bike she owns as a child should not be a hand-me down, regardless of the status of the bike in the attic.  And yes, I have two children that are 17 months apart. My youngest son always gets his own smaller bike or scooter.  You will send your younger daughter a clear message if EVERYTHING she gets was new and shiny for someone else.

As for parties and such, I have a friend whose child was born a few days after Christmas.  She just sends out the invites a lot earlier than usual.  If we are in town, we ALWAYS go to his birthday party.[/quote]

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