Comments on: 2007 Holiday Gift Guide

By: Gift Ideas Uk

Gift Ideas Uk — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:18:24 +0000

Wonderful site! Thanks for sharing these great ideas… I especially love the rookie mom’s t-shirt.

Regards,

Kris M.

By: Julia

Julia — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 03:26:09 +0000

If you use costco.com to create a calendar you can also put each person’s picture on their actual birthdate! They are less expensive and you can customize them more. It’s all I do for holiday gifts for the last 2 years.

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Thursday 13: Gift guides we love » RookieMoms Blog — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:37:06 +0000

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BuzzLoves.com: News » Blog Archive » Gifting Goodness — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 07:11:56 +0000

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By: RookieMom Heather

RookieMom Heather — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:36:45 +0000

Chele, it sort of depends on the kid and the situation. Holden and Julian were very into stickers around that age but their little friend Olivia couldn’t have handled the responsibility to not eat them. Get out some stickers when you’re sitting Right There (like at a restaurant or on an airplane) and see if the magic happens. I always stay close when stickers are involved because I don’t want them Everywhere.

By: Chele - Moms Love Shopping Host

Chele - Moms Love Shopping Host — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 04:06:52 +0000

I’m a little confused about the sticker recommendation for babies. Babies 12-18 months are rather young to understand the purpose of stickers and they would end up in their mouths. Could you clarify? I apologize if I misunderstood.

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My Tiny Kingdom » Gift Guide For Good Kids (Or Even Merely Tolerable) — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:18:40 +0000

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By: Larry Chipkin

Larry Chipkin — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:48:39 +0000

Grandparents are making the growing of a TickleMe Plant a must have gift for their Grandchidren. This amazing plant that MOVES when you TICKLE IT, also has pretty pink cotton candy like flower. The branches even droop when Tickled!

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Thu, 15 Nov 2007 04:50:53 +0000

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By: RookieMom Heather

RookieMom Heather — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:13:11 +0000

I think we’ve found that if you proactively ask for things you DO want, that can help sometimes. Frankly, the lure of toys is too strong for most grandparents to resist — especially if they live far away and think that just one thing… ok maybe two or three… is not a big deal.

Another thing that has worked is that we phase in the toys throughout the year rather than BOOM on Dec 26, Holden has 17 new toys. I’ve also been rather scrooge-like about not wanting the baby to be overwhelmed in the opening of gifts, but I think now that he’s 2.5, I”m going to lose that battle.

So, we’ll let him open stuff and then confiscate 80% of the goods and work with him to pick which toys to donate.

By: regina

regina — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 15:49:55 +0000

here’s a question: how do you politely request of friends and family not to buy your child gobs of plastic crapola for the holidays?
We are trying very hard not to obtain a lot of stuff, working our darndest to be ecofriendly and really trying to buy the baby goods of quality not quantity…but certain family members dont share this idea….