My SIL has four children, and has told me she has EVERYTHING I could ever possibly need and not to buy a thing. I’m thankful, but I have heard that some items, such as car seats, are only good for two years or so.
Does anyone know if there’s anything else that shouldn’t be handed down? I’m capable of buying whatever, but if it’s free, hey, why not!
Just want my little bean to be safe! Thanks girls!

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I got one of those little sewing machines that does embroidery by a computer program from my mother, and I have lots of fun monogramming stuff. Most of my son’s clothes have been monogrammed, the little pockets on his dress shirts, he fronts of his jon-jons and overalls, the hoods of his coat, etc. I think its cute, and will make a good keepsake for him, but my SIL tells me that it’s such a snobby thing to do and to not act rich when I’m not. Which is pretty rude to say about a baby outfit.

Is it snobby to monogram things? Not all of his things are, just some of them. All our wash clothes, table clothes and pillow cases are too, from me learning to use the machine.
katerina: That’s what I thought.

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my SIL went into labor and her water broke at 24w they kept her in the hospital and stopped the contractions until she was 28w and the baby’s lungs were formed. he was born about a month ago now and wont be home until late august he is 4 pounds almost.

okay my question is. do you think by fall/winter he will be too big for 0-3/ 3-6 month clothing? they are having his welcome baby party this weekend and they dont want anything but clothes they have everything else her sister also had a baby who is 6 months old now. i have a TON of new with tag clothing left over from my son.

i have never known anyone who had a preemie and dont know if he will start to gain weight quicker, my son was born in the winter so when he comes home they will be weather appropriate but not something he could use now.

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Is this just another way for women to torture men. My SIL is prego and having one when she invited us I said men dont go to baby showers then her and my wife just smiled all evil like and said, Oh this is a CO-ED baby shower.

How can I get out of this? I did not do anything wrong, why should I have to go.

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Hi, I’m a SAHM of 2 toddler boys and we’re not planning on having any more… So, I sold most of my outgrown baby gear to a co-worker/friend for 5. My MIL insisted that I SAVE everything for her daughter my SIL who’s NOT even pregnant!

The friend I sold my items to has two jobs and she works very hard I thought that she could use the items considering that she is pregnant and expecting this yr. While my SIL and her husband make a very comfortable living and can afford to buy new and she’ll have a couple BIG showers from her co-workers, husbands family and her own…. Also, NONE of the items given were items from my MIL or people that she knows they were items I received from friends. I still have the crib, glider/ottoman as well as a pack n play that if she wants them she can have but, the other items were just taking up too much space… Do you think I’m in the WRONG?

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Our baby boy is due October 11th. A few of my gfs threw me a shower last weekend and they made a up a clotheslines of cute baby clothes. (They took the tags off.) I already bought a bunch of baby clothes as well beforehand and my mom already bought some clothes too. I think my MIL bought some clothes and my SIL too. Honestly we are all set with clothes, especially newborn clothes. I have a family shower this weekend of older relatives and older friends of my moms. My mom told everyone where I was registered for the things we need. My mom said an aunt told her she was going to JC penney and buying clothes for the baby. I did not register there. I was at a baby shower a couple of months ago, and it seemed that no one bought things off her registry, just bought a ton of clothes. she got way too many clothes, and they weren’t for the appropriate season with no receipts. I am not ungrateful for any gift, I just want it to be useful. Did this happen to you or someone you know?
I did not register for clothes for this reason.

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whether it’s for a shower or a birthday or just because, do you buy them clothes based on your taste or theirs?

Not everybody likes the same style of clothing for their infant/toddler so when I am buying for someone else’s children I always buy according their taste, unless they specifically ask me to buy according to my own taste (like my older sister who will freely admit she has no taste). So which is it for you?
If you knew my SIL you wouldn’t think this question was silly. She had her daughter almost 13 years ago and shops for my 18 month old as if it were still 1996?!

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My Sil has a 2 day old baby girl that she’s bottle feeding. She’s using Earth’s best organic formula and anti-colic bottles (i’m not sure of the brand). Her baby cries a lot during bottle feeds and seems to burp a lot during and after her feeds but she doesn’t spit up much. Is this normal? Do "anti-colic" bottles really prevnt colic and wind in babies? Also, I’d like to buy her some more bottles and I’m giving her nappies and baby clothes. Can someone recommend some good bisphenol free bottles? I live in Australia.

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I just had my son 3 months ago. I think that my husband and I are doing a pretty damn good job.

However, I think that my SIL is trying to do ANYTHING in her power to be "better" than me. On purpose. She has this type of personality so it is pretty definite that she is trying to make me feel as if anything I do, she is going to make a point to do it better.

She is now apx. 5 months pregnant…first baby. Anytime we go out together and I am picking up things for my son (i.e diapers) she says something like "oh, I heard that organic diapers don’t have chlorine in them so I am going to use those"…even though she has already bought a bunch of non-organic clothes and baby shampoos and such so using organic diapers is use-less in her situation. She is just saying things like this to make it sound like she is "doing something better" than me.

Another example. Last night my brother, my SIL, and myself all went out to the mall (with my son) to do some last minute shopping. I drove. She says "when I have my baby I am not ever going to take her out in the car…only to the doctors because it is soo dangerous out on the road". She said this because I was bringing my son out…as I always do…in the car!

Then she will always ask me what I think of "this and that" and then completely ignore my answer…almost like I am giving her unwanted advice that she doesn’t want to hear….even though she asked…I swear she just asks to hear my answer so that later she can come up with "something better" that she is going to do…. LOL

Now she is the type of person that doesn’t listen to anyone. No matter what you say…it goes in one ear and out the other….how do I deal with this?
Another thing she said yesterday that I just thought about. She knows that my husband and I had a ton of money saved up for our son in a bank account before he was born. We had to drain that account when we unexpectedly had to move while I was 8 months pregnant and needed the money to have a place to live. So now she is always saying how she has ALL this money already saved up for their baby and how ALL of her money goes to her baby…I feel like she is trying to throw a dig out at me because we had to use the money for a place to live.

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