How do I politely tell my MIL that I dont want her to keep getting us used baby clothes?
Monday, April 26th, 2010 at
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Wow that’s a tough one, Im in the same boat with my mom. For our first daughter she bought the best of everything. For our second daughter who is 5 months old she has spent $7!
She nagged me because I bought her a brand new Britax Marathon car seat, the same one I bought our first daughter at the same age, and told me I should just get a cheaper one. She complains that I buy her all new Carter’s clothes… the same as I did for our first.
I finally sat down with her and told her that I would prefer to give my daughter the best I can offer.
Honestly in your situation I would say the best thing to do is to thank her but tell her you’d rather buy baby new clothes than have her get all the used ones because you want to be able to use the clothes again for another baby. Whether or not that’s true, it can be used.
Good luck, its a tough situation.
Tell her politely that you already have plenty of clothes, please do not purchase any more… Telling her to purchase you only new clothes is kind of ungrateful and much tackier than her buying you used ones. Be polite and just tell her you don’t need anything else. If she DOES buy you used clothes again, instead of throwing them in the trash you could give them to someone who needs them – there are a lot of people out there who would love to have free baby clothes, and putting them in the landfill is kind of a waste.
there isnt really a nice way to go about it.
maybe just tell her that the baby already has tons of clothes and really dosent need any more.
my mother in law doesnt buy used (i dont like used items either, and im not a snob or have tons of money, i just dont like the thought of putting my child in used clothes) but she always makes this huge deal of having to know what size my son wears, and once we tell her she goes had buys him clothes 3 sizes too big! and never includes a gift receipt so we have no idea where they came from to get the right size. its super annoying. those clothes usually end up at the bottom of his closet forgotten and never to be worn.
Dear Roxy,
It is custom that the old cloths of baby are given to the newborn baby.
But instead of refusing and hurting them, You simply accept and dont use it (if you dont want to use).
tell her " this is my first baby and i want only new clothes for her" you are not expected to get her anything we will.
just tell the truth. "I really think my baby has enough used clothes so we’ll start getting her new items…"
if you don’t wanna use the used clothes give them back to the thrift store or a local homeless shelter. one mans trash is another mans treasure.