"Special" Christmas Gift for My 2Nd Daughter

Updated on December 04, 2010
L.F. asks from Saint Paul, MN
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I have two daughters -- ages 4.5 yrs and 1 yr. I have given my older daughter one big gift every year for Christmas. For example, a nice wooden baby/toddler sled engraved with her name for her 1st Christmas, a nice rocking lamb for her 2nd, a wooden kitchen set for her 3rd, and a wooden doll house for her 4th. I would like to do the same for my younger daughter, but I just can't come up with any good ideas. Obviously, all the gifts that I just mentioned are still around and are still in good shape, so it seems silly to buy a second of any of them. Any ideas? (And you don't have to say it -- I know she's only 1 year old and doesn't know the difference. Silly or not, though, it matters to me.) Thanks for your help!

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K.S.

answers from Dallas on

a sled with her name engraved is something special that you might want to do for her for her first, they will be able to keep this & will want their own, even a rocking horse/lamb, if it is one they can keep & even use for their kids then i would repeat that too, the other gifts like a kitchen/doll house i can see how you might not want to repeat those...what about a child size wooden rocker (you could have her name put on that too), or a nice wooden cedar chest, she could use for toys now & other things later (like blankets, or eventually a hope chest)...

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K.N.

answers from Austin on

A nice wooden toy chest with her name or monogrammed initials, perhaps with a whimsical painted decoration or big cabbage roses.

Wooden children's piano
Children's wooden, fancy art/painting easel.
Wooden wagon
Wooden train set
Carved, wooden music stand
Children's picnic table & benches

(I am sitting on my daughter's bed, looking at my wooden bunkbed doll bed which I got from Santa when I was 4 and which I gave her last year. I wouldn't give doll furniture to a 1 or 2 yo--because of the tendency for the child to try and climb/sit in it and break it. But perhaps on a future christmas, you can consider wooden doll furniture.)

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M.S.

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I like the idea of a nice wooden toy chest with her name engraved on it.

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D.S.

answers from Tulsa on

a baby bed for her babies

J.L.

answers from Los Angeles on

It matters to me too, so I totally get it. How about an engraved baby bracelet? Every year for my baby's b-day I am giving her a special pair of earrings (she only wears them on special occasions, and each year is a new stone). good Luck!

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R.D.

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Give her her own engraved sled like you did her sister so she has one too! It could be the same (or similar), or completely different if you want. A different color, different design, or different calligraphy could set them part. It could be a tradition that your babies get THAT as their first Christmas gift. :) It sounds like something they may keep and pass down, so they each deserve their own, IMHO.

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