My GF has a friend who just had a kid. The friend didnt ask for any clothes in her baby shower. She craigslisted and bought all the baby clothes second hand. Her reasoning is that kids in the first few years grow up so fast that its stupid to buy new clothing when you have to get rid of them a few months later. The only clothing she bought new for the baby was for an occasion like pictures or for when family visits on a holiday.
It is my guess she probably never had a crib for her first baby because nobody could afford the one on her first baby registry
lolwut. did the kid sleep on the floor? :awe:
Heh, same.I really don't like my family that much. I try to distance myself from the madness.
How does that list exactly spell out entitlement? The point of putting a registry is to get items that you actually want... and if someone wants to get them that, all the power to them.
$800 for a crib isn't that far out of the question, considering you're going to be using it all the time for at least 2-3 years. I don't know what kind of economic situation you are in, but $800 over 2 years is nothing. Everything else is reasonable too... clothes, diapers, and miscellaneous items.
Honestly, if you don't get the items on the registry, isn't it kind of pointless? Get a gift card instead!
Tell her the baby comes with a built in breast pump. Its called a mouth
Tell her she can save bundles of money using cloth diapers.
EDIT: Or better yet buy her a pack and claim each one counts for 20 since it is reusable.
I don't know what kind of economic situation you are in, but $800 over 2 years is nothing.
I need to rant.
Fuck damn....
I have a cousin who is about to have her second child. I'm tired of her ass complaining both on Facebook and in person to family members that she isn't getting enough shit from her Baby registry
"I don't even feel like going to the store to write down things to put on the registry if I'm not going to even get them...."
Really?! Why have a damn kid if you can't afford to get that expensive shit you want from YOUR BABY registry?!
Here are some of the things she has listed:
- $800 Crib
- $200 Breast Pump
- Bottles (specifically "Playtex" brand )
- Clothes and TONS of em! "Osh Kosh or Baby Gap preferred,pls"
- Truckloads of Diapers
- Baby Swing
- Walker
- Toys
The list goes on. She was just going off just now in my Grandma's kitchen about how people are getting her stuff she doesn't need/want or the "wrong stuff" for her baby's shower.
And she has the audacity to ask only for things from a specific brand. My mom dressed me in Osh Kosh as a baby...but guess what? She BOUGHT that shit for me!
I've experienced the same annoying behavior from Brides to be, too.
People are taking this whole Baby/Wedding registry stuff to the extreme.
Ugh, I'm just not going to go. I'll send like two outfits or something. That's it.
/I'mMadBro
I feel like there is a metric shit-ton of exaggeration in this thread.
In regards to the crib discussion: I'm not a parent, but I'd be damned if I didn't get the highest quality unit for my child to sleep in.
I feel like there is a metric shit-ton of exaggeration in this thread.
In regards to the crib discussion: I'm not a parent, but I'd be damned if I didn't get the highest quality unit for my child to sleep in.
$800 for a crib is fucking insane. If I ever have kids they'll sleep in a cardboard box before I spend $800 on a fucking crib.College student. I certainly don't have the funds to put someone else's baby in a lavish crib. $800 is expensive for a crib. I've seen cheaper cribs.
That's cool, and I agree.
But asking someone else to pick up the tab for the highest quality unit and then complaining when no one can fit the bill is a little bitchy.
When I have a kid, I will shower him/her with all the cute baby shit I can find...but I am not going to ask everyone else to pay for that.
Agreed. My buddy's fiancee has a $600 stand mixer on their registry (not sure why the $300 model would not do).
Needless to say, that will NOT get touched.
I'm contemplating just sending her a gift card for $30. I don't have a child of my own so I can't fathom spending $800 on a crib.
Between my wife and I, we make damn good money. But my wife was very open to receiving second hand clothes from people that offered them. Hell, we probably saved hundreds or thousands of dollars that way.
All infants do is piss, shit, and puke on the damn clothes anyway. Best thing they can wear for the first part of their lives are a plain, white onesie that you can bleach the hell out of when you wash them in large batches.
Get her a pack of reusable cloth diapers.
And tell her it counts as a ton of diapers since she can reuse them