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Lisa
My son is 5, almost 6 and he asked Santa for a remote control Iron Man for Christmas. It is too much money and bills come first. How do I explain to him why Santa didn't bring the gift he wanted. I know with the questions he's been asking its about time to tell him the truth about Santa but what do I do for now? I know I can tell him he's not going to get everything he wants, but anyone have a way to explain this to him that he will understand? Thanks!
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Please don't do what others are suggestions about telling him Santa isn't real. (roll of eyes)
Kids learn disappointment as a part of growing up and sometimes we don't get what we ask Santa for. We all have gone through that.
I remember one year I wanted a robot to clean my room. That is all I really asked for. We had a big box under the tree that sounded like metal when shaken. My parents kept telling me Santa couldn't bring a robot in his sleigh but I was sure my parents bought me one. We were allowed to open one gift on Christmas eve. My parents kept telling me it wasn't a robot but with all my heart I KNEW it was. It wasn't. It was a reading lamp to hang over my bed. I still remember the disappointment I was about 8 I think but I got over it.
I like the idea someone said to tell him Santa ran out. So maybe each time your son mentions it you can say "Well, honey you know Santa visits a lot of kids. A lot of little boys want Iron Man too so Santa could run out of them." but also say "Santa knows what you like so even if he can't bring your Iron Man I am sure he will bring you other toys you will love."
If you can maybe let him peek online or in a catalog at a toy you did get him. Show it to him and try to get him excited about that toy instead. Tease him and say "Maybe Santa will get it for you." This way you move his focus to the new toy.
I've done that with our kids when they want something we just can't afford or that I'm sure they will be bored with it. You know a cool toy not worth the money. It does work at least for my kids.
Plus maybe you can get him the Iron Man for his birthday when the price is lower.
Please don't do what others are suggestions about telling him Santa isn't real. (roll of eyes)
Kids learn disappointment as a part of growing up and sometimes we don't get what we ask Santa for. We all have gone through that.
I remember one year I wanted a robot to clean my room. That is all I really asked for. We had a big box under the tree that sounded like metal when shaken. My parents kept telling me Santa couldn't bring a robot in his sleigh but I was sure my parents bought me one. We were allowed to open one gift on Christmas eve. My parents kept telling me it wasn't a robot but with all my heart I KNEW it was. It wasn't. It was a reading lamp to hang over my bed. I still remember the disappointment I was about 8 I think but I got over it.
I like the idea someone said to tell him Santa ran out. So maybe each time your son mentions it you can say "Well, honey you know Santa visits a lot of kids. A lot of little boys want Iron Man too so Santa could run out of them." but also say "Santa knows what you like so even if he can't bring your Iron Man I am sure he will bring you other toys you will love."
If you can maybe let him peek online or in a catalog at a toy you did get him. Show it to him and try to get him excited about that toy instead. Tease him and say "Maybe Santa will get it for you." This way you move his focus to the new toy.
I've done that with our kids when they want something we just can't afford or that I'm sure they will be bored with it. You know a cool toy not worth the money. It does work at least for my kids.
Plus maybe you can get him the Iron Man for his birthday when the price is lower.
How much money should I spend on my Son's first birthday?
D4rkG0dd3s
I was thinking about spending about $100 on 1 big gift (Fisher price gymnastics bounce and spin zebra), and 4-5 smaller gifts (Peek-a-boo Monkey jack-in-the-box, and some others), and spending about $50 on the fixings for red velvet cupcakes, and decorations. What do you think?
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Walmart makes great Cakes and Cupcakes. My son had a Spongebob theme. The cake had Spongebob and Patrick on there, They were like 4 inches tall, like the size of a smaller action figure and tons of color. Under $20 for the theme cakes and it is a 1/4 sheet cake. feeds like 20 or less. You can also get a smaller theme cake and cup-cake combo. That is under $20 and it is about 12 cup-cakes and med size round cake. Or even better for his brothers first B-Day we got a 30 cup-cake cake and that had an elmo theme all the charecters on it with tons of color too. It is 30 cup-cakes and it can be a 6cup-cake by 5 cup-cake or any shape you want, but it looks like a cake and is made out of all cup-cakes you can pull away from the whole mass of cup-cakes. Price is great there for B-Day stuff, but we usually get a giant balloon and some regular smaller ones from the local party store. We got a Dora balloon for his 2 year old "girl" friends B-Day and it was bigger than her. All the guests loved that idea too, Kids love balloons.
He's one, but he only has one first Birthday and it is once a year for birthdays it's not like he has a birthday every month. Like all the other holidays, they only come once a year so make the best out of them. I am not saying go out and spend $800 on a first b-day but get what you think he would really like or what you would really like him to have. It's an unforgettable event and it only will happen once, make the most out of it.
Walmart makes great Cakes and Cupcakes. My son had a Spongebob theme. The cake had Spongebob and Patrick on there, They were like 4 inches tall, like the size of a smaller action figure and tons of color. Under $20 for the theme cakes and it is a 1/4 sheet cake. feeds like 20 or less. You can also get a smaller theme cake and cup-cake combo. That is under $20 and it is about 12 cup-cakes and med size round cake. Or even better for his brothers first B-Day we got a 30 cup-cake cake and that had an elmo theme all the charecters on it with tons of color too. It is 30 cup-cakes and it can be a 6cup-cake by 5 cup-cake or any shape you want, but it looks like a cake and is made out of all cup-cakes you can pull away from the whole mass of cup-cakes. Price is great there for B-Day stuff, but we usually get a giant balloon and some regular smaller ones from the local party store. We got a Dora balloon for his 2 year old "girl" friends B-Day and it was bigger than her. All the guests loved that idea too, Kids love balloons.
He's one, but he only has one first Birthday and it is once a year for birthdays it's not like he has a birthday every month. Like all the other holidays, they only come once a year so make the best out of them. I am not saying go out and spend $800 on a first b-day but get what you think he would really like or what you would really like him to have. It's an unforgettable event and it only will happen once, make the most out of it.
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