is it werid i buy my kids at least 5 things for their birthday?

To each their own. Personally, my kids get one gift from me, one from their brother, one from the grandparents, and one from the great-grandparents. If they have a party, then they might get gifts from their guests, but usually we just do a family party.

Are you trying to boast that you have money? If so, you make yourself seem very lame. With that said, get your kids what you're going to get them.

no i wasnt i was just trying to lay that we have the money to do it i wasnt trying to brag or anything

No not weird at all
I dont get that much from my parents any more but I used to...now i get things I need like last year I got a new CuisineArt pot and pan set..
my sister whos 11 still lives with my mom and she gets spoiled on Christmas...LOL
our lving room used to be filled with presents but there is only 2 of us so you could imagine how much we got.

and for birthdays it just depends. My mom has no spending limits, so if theres something one of us really wants like I'll say my sister wanted this stupid electric scooter...well she got that and like one other thing...if we dont know what we want she will just buy a whole bunch of little stuff

Its normal in my family to get your kids stuff. the number never really matters but we always end up getting a lot

I was always raised to get one or two gifts for my b-day and i found it really odd (and some what irritating) that my IL's buy the children more then 1 or 2 gifts

I don't get my kids a certain number of gifts, I set a certain spending limit. And it's not as much as we can afford - I do not want spoiled kids.

For my son' s birthday parties, we don't do the family gifts at the kid's party. We normally reserve those for at home or the day of his birthday. This cuts out a lot of time opening presents at the party. This worked really well, when my son was younger because he was overwhelmed with so many gifts all at once, plus it gives the other children more time to play at the party. As far as the amount of gifts he gets, it really depends on what we get him. When he was around 2-3, he did get more because it didn't cost a lot for his gifts. Now, he wants more expensive type toys so he doesn't get as many but we still spend the same amount as his other birthdays.

I don't think so. I would get my kids one different categories of things - a game, a large motor toy, some kind of clothes they would like, a puzzle, a book, ect. Sometimes they would be used. I would save things up.

I usually buy my child only 1 or 2 things, but that's just because I don't want so many toys! lol I think to each his own. I don't think it's weird, but I think it's a lot more common place to see parents buying 1 thing for their child.

I will say it may intimidate everyone else who only brought 1 thing. It may make them feel like they didn't get enough, so maybe that's what she's feeling and that's why she wanted to leave and brought it up.