August 2013 Moms
kwhite27
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Clueless like "Rachel"
kwhite27
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Remember that Friends episode where Rachel has her baby shower and is a complete and total mess?!?
That is me.
I am so humbled by the amount of gifts I got at my shower yesterday. I just spent 2 hours sitting on the nursery floor going through everything. I went through every emotion possible and now I feel as though a massive anxiety attack is inevitable.
I have been so calm up until now. Not so much anymore!!
Do babies really need this much stuff?!? LOL.
Breathe....
Sorry about the vent post. It was needed. 
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Re: Clueless like "Rachel"
And no, babies don't usually need half the stuff we buy for them. Most of it is just over marketed so we think we need it.
That is awesome that your shower went so well!!
I was thinking yesterday that I was given so many NB/0-3 clothes I don't know how she will ever wear them, but then I also remembered babies usually go through a couple of changes a day and at some point I will be relieved that I have them all. This was of course after I fought the urge to get rid of a bunch of it. I tend to over purge my own closet and I'm having the same urges with hers.
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Yes I was surprised by the amount of clothing I received! Just about to start washing it all. Haha. Good thing it's small clothing. Should only be one load of laundry!
I am team green so I have been trying to hold off buying a ton of clothes until after baby is born. Then it's go time!!
I was so humbled by the whole experience and so unbelievably grateful. It was a small shower with the dearest ladies in my life and I was truly blown away with how much they spoiled me and my LO.
Haha. I had to move it to the nursery! It was stressing me out in my living room. LOL.
Ditto to both! I'm working on getting stuff out my living rom, but the nursery's not set up yet so most stuff doesn't have a home.
I finally took the time last week to put all of our shower stuff away!
Part of my motivation became that SD was coming the weekend and I wanted her room to be as uncluttered as possible. DD and SD will be sharing a room/nursery.
Me too! It's too overwhelming to think about. I'm having my mom come help me sort it all. I'm not washing all the newborn clothing so I can exchange of needed or just wash it later. He has lots of newborn stuff already washed.. And he's probably gonna be a chunk! :]
Aw! My husband and I felt the same way after our shower. So glad your friends and family were so generous
We actually waited to start organization/storage until this last weekend (almost a month later) because I was feeling so overwhelmed by it all. As we went through boxes and bags on Saturday shipped to us and gifted at the shower we tossed the trash down the stairs and yelled "baby landfill!" SO much stuff and so much trash/packaging left us asking the same question - do we need all of this!?!
But once you get it all unpacked and put it away it won't feel so overwhelming
It is completely overwhelming! And like most posters said, babies really don't need all that stuff but I'll admit I felt more "prepared" having lots of baby things. Overwhelmed but like I was more ready when LO does come.
And look on the bright side, having a nursery to put it all in and out of view helps the overwhelmed feeling. Right now we are living in my parents guest house that is like one big room and a bAthroom and I live in and look at the mounds of bab stuff all day. I'm so grateful but feeling claustrophobic
I'd be black and blue if I got slapped anytime that thought ran through my head! All I want right now is my mom's help organizing and cleaning and walking me through all this. I hate living so far from my parents. Luckily, she is coming to stay when the baby is born for as long as I need her!
I love the Friends baby shower episode! I love all the episodes actually.
"Did I say garage? I meant 'gar-bage'". I die
Exactly. In about a year you'll realize half the crap you registered and received you didn't really need. As a STM I find myself chuckling at the things FTMS ask for. But I was once there as well!
It's all part of the FTM process. We all do it!