like I said, MIL takes the whole equality thing to the extreme when it comes to giving gifts.
one SIL got to town a few days early and went Christmas shopping with MIL. SIL bought her 21 month old son (A) an inflatable ball pit toy for Christmas. MIL decided that it wasn't fair to other SIL's kid (15MO niece) so MIL bought niece one too. I don't think either kid is really old enough to understand the toy, let alone the fact that the other got something they didn't. (especially because neither was present when the other opened the gift.)
All gifts from ILs to nephew had an equivalent gift to niece.
so, should DH and I be tracking all gifts purchased for niece and nephew to make sure our future kid isn't shafted? If so, what's the best method? I'm thinking Excel speadsheet, because then we can make charts to represent any possible discrepancies...
TIA
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I like this suggestion, but I think I'll tell her that every time she gives niece and nephew toys, she should just give me an envelope with the cash equivalent. Why wait until we have kids? I need to make sure SILs' kids don't dry up the funds before we get our share.