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#2 always gets "screwed".

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My sister said this to me this morning because I'm not going out and buying baby bedding for DS to be.  We have white and green crib sheets. I was just going to go out and buy a bumper.  DD has a crib set and has NEVER used the comforter.  I just think it's a waste of money.

But of couse, she's got me feeling bad.  Ug. 

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  • sucrets4sucrets4 member
    I think it's silly to feel bad about something that makes no difference to a baby and that DS will not remember.
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  • cearleyjaycearleyjay
    i wouldnt listen to people when they say mean things. they are just jealous. i used my comforter as decoration.  just nailed it on the wall.
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  • 2plus42plus4
    Babies could care less about what they have as long as they are warm, loved and fed ( and clean..heheh).  I have 3 boys and hand me downs are a fact of our lives. Thank goodness...WE would be the ones "screwed" if we went out and bought a brand new everything for each child.  We do supplement each childs supply of things as needed so it's not like they NEVER get anything new.  Do what you can, and live wisely with what you got.
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  • canamamacanamama member

    image2plus4:
    Babies could care less about what they have as long as they are warm, loved and fed ( and clean..heheh).  I have 3 boys and hand me downs are a fact of our lives. Thank goodness...WE would be the ones "screwed" if we went out and bought a brand new everything for each child.  We do supplement each childs supply of things as needed so it's not like they NEVER get anything new.  Do what you can, and live wisely with what you got.

     This exactly.

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  • shellydwallshellydwall
    That is just what everybody assumes.  I think that as we have more children we decide what is really important to us.  I am a scrapbooker so I have made sure that all of my girls have at least their 1st year scrabooked all by themselves.  I try to make sure that everybody gets some new clothes for every season, but it doesn't matter how hard I try, I still get critized by a friend.  This is so funny to me because she has not done for her second like she did for her first but for some reason she loves saying "poor McKinley that third child".  I feel that I have realized that new bedding is not as important to me as buying a new car seat, stroller and having pictures made.  I think as we have more children our prioities change.  I hope this makes sense.  Sorry so long!
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  • IrishBrideNDIrishBrideND member
    Clothes for babies (and their bedding) is really all for the parents. Babies don't care about that crap.
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  • July-Love-05July-Love-05
    Bedding is a waste of money and you only learn that with #2. I am only buying new sheets and a blanket and the is because I have a son and I am expecting a girl. They will have different rooms, but everything we bought with DS is unisex. so it will be past down. Dont feel bad.
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  • themrs830themrs830 member

    That's why even after we found out we were having a girl, we stayed with gender neutral bedding (classic pooh) so we can keep it for all our kids. We'll just replace the sheets and such as needed.

    I'm a number 2 and my parents always "learned" from my sister, doing similar things like not wasting money on me for things I wouldn't need, and I grew up just fine! :)

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  • themrs830themrs830 member

    imagecearleyjay:
    i wouldnt listen to people when they say mean things. they are just jealous. i used my comforter as decoration.  just nailed it on the wall.

    oh! I love that idea! I may have to steal that! :)

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  • mika33mika33

    imageJuly-Love-05:
    Bedding is a waste of money and you only learn that with #2. I am only buying new sheets and a blanket and the is because I have a son and I am expecting a girl. They will have different rooms, but everything we bought with DS is unisex. so it will be past down. Dont feel bad.

    Exactly! We had a few different sets and they barely got used. And like everyone else has said, babies don't care about that stuff.

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  • Celtic EmberCeltic Ember member
    I was number 4, and I did get annoyed as i got older at the sheer amount of hand-me-downs ( and 'i didn't give that to you yet, give it BACK! conversations) but as a baby? Like I even noticed. I never understood why people would re-buy everything for each baby.
     

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  • winomom22winomom22 member
    Do you honestly think dc#2 is going to notice? I don't think so, so am not feeling guilty in the slightest. Yes DD#2 is going to get all of DD#1's hand me downs, but she will also get some new stuff of her own. I have already gotten her, her own coming home outfit and few other adorable outfits since all we have is yellow/green for newborn stuff since dd#1 was a surprise. If anything DD#2 is luckier because she will have all of DD#1's toys/clothes right off the bat and will have even more toys/clothes since she will get new stuff for bdays/xmas etc.
    Child #1: 6 yo DD Child #2: 2yo DD
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