If your kids are anything like mine, they have no trouble telling you what items they’d like on their wish list. And if your family is anything like mine, even with your kids’ wish lists, they will still ask for specifics like sizes, things your kids are and aren’t allowed to have, and more.

Here are the 5 things I’m doing today to ensure their wish lists are shopping-ready for the rest of the family.

1. Add their clothing sizes + update regularly

Having two boys in their tween and teenage years, their sizes seem to change overnight. Double-check their Gift Preferences to make sure that the most current sizes for clothing are listed.

2. List what NOT to give your child

This is the part of the Gift Preferences that I think can be the most important for people shopping for your child. If you have any restrictions on gift items, list it in the what not to get me section of the Gift Preferences. For our family, it’s violent video games (we have a hard rule on that one).

Another important note to make is if your child has any allergies. If you have family members who often gift things like food or beauty products (like lotions and perfumes), this is a very valuable piece of information.

3. Check their wish list for restricted items

Like I said above, I have a tween and teen in the house, and they’re both able to make their own wish lists on Giftster. With that said, they both try to slip one past Mom and Dad by adding that one item that we’ve continuously said no to. I approach this in two different ways. The first thing I do is have that important conversation with them about why the item shouldn’t be on their list, and I ask them to remove it.

Sometimes, they do; sometimes, they don’t.

If they don’t, I pull up their list on Shop For and mark the item reserved. I find this to be much more effective than going onto their list (if they have a child account) and removing it because the item could always end up listed again. And I’m sorry, but there are only so many emoji pillows one child needs (true story).

4. Add gifts they already received to their I Got This List

My older kids are much better at taking items off their lists that they’ve already received, but I have to remember to do this for my toddler. Now’s the time to take a minute and clean up items they got and move them over to the I Got This list.

5. Add things you know they’d like and didn’t list

I’m guilty of saying “oh! I should add this item to my wish list,” and then not adding it. My kids sometimes do the same. Take a look at their lists on the Shop For view, and if you see something they should have added, add it using Suggested Items at the bottom of the list. I like to do it this way so the shoppers in my family can see what I’ve added to their lists and what the children have listed themselves.

A little thought with their wish lists today can save you a bunch of time later. Check Giftster to view your kids’ wish lists and get a jump on the holiday gift-giving season.