Baby Re-Gifting

It  has certainly been a year of firsts, even for this 3rd time mommy and why would Christmas be any different?  I made a decision about gift giving and I’m still a little wishy washy about it.  For the first time, I am re-gifting toys to Doodle that were previously his sisters’.  Sugarplum has always played with the toys Honeybun used before and I have gifted the girls toys that were previously used by friends. But this will be the first time I’m taking toys my children had previously and wrapping them up for the littlest.

I got Doodle one new set of rolling cars and airplanes, but the rest will be re-gifts.  I let each of the girls pick a toy out of the “retirement” box which is all the baby toys that have been packed away since we moved back from Dublin and hubby and I each picked one as well.   What’s most interesting though is that each of the girls picked a toy for Doodle that was their most favorite when they were little, even though they haven’t seen the toys in over a year!

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(Honeybun and Sugarplum with the gifts they’ve chosen for Doodle when they originally received them)

I’ve always handed down Honeybun’s toys as Sugarplum was ready for them and gotten Sugarplum new (or new to our family) things as gifts.  But Doodle doesn’t really need anything aside from maybe some bibs that don’t say “Daddy’s Girl” and I can’t justify buying him more things that will just use money we don’t really have to spend on things that will just take up space that we don’t have.

What do you think, have you or would you re-gift (like actually wrap up and give as a gift) a siblings toys?