WW U Do?

cromanow

Q: My cousin has 2 little girls and is not planning on having more. On Thanksgiving she and her mom via phone and FB asked if we knew what we were having. She said she has a bunch of girl stuff to give us - if we are having a girl.

DH and I were not planning on telling our family (except for mom and dad)... our family has our shower planned for Feb 2 and we are going to announce then. My cousin has FB'd me and asked again ... I did tell her that we are having a girl and she said she has sooo much stuff and to tell her what we need.

We live out of state from our family and will be driving in for the shower. We are not close and I feel weird telling her what we need. I actually dont know what we need b/c we havent had the shower yet. I do want to take advantage of the things she has but I feel uncomfortable saying "yes we want it all" - I am one of those ppl that hates to ask for things ... even when they are offered ... WW U Do? How would you ask for the 'stuff' ...I also imagine she would bring it to our shower?

Let me know your thoughts

Disneygeek77

I would just ask for clothes.  Hopefully the seasons match up.  If there are other things that you didn't get at the shower ( swing, tub, excersaucer etc) you could politely ask her about it but for now I would just just say clothes. 

heylee

I would tell her you don't know what you need and that you will take whatever she wants to give you and you could offer some money which she would probably say no to anyway.

vespa42

I would let her give me whatever she wanted.  Just thank her and tell her that whatever she could give you would be great.  Even if you end up not needing it you can always pass it on!

najii

I agree. I would take whatever she's willing to give. Don't feel bad at all. She wouldn't have offered if she didn't want to give the stuff away. You're probably doing her a favor by helping her make room in her house!

 I think in general having babies is a time in your life when you are going to need help. You may need to ask. And if someone is offering, even better. Enjoy it!