I prefer to say something like "thanks for thinking of us", but I won't lie and say something is cute if I don't think it is. I'd put it on in front of them or take a picture of the kid in it. Then it can be donated.
Depends on who it is I guess - if its someone that expects it and you are going to catch grief, I might just take a picture of LO in it and send it as a thank you email and then be done with it. Also, if it is something hand made by a grandmother or aunt, then yes, I would put LO in it. But if its just purchased and ugly/not my style - charity.
For me it would depend upon whether it was a close family member/close friend or a distant relative/work friend. With the closer people I would probably have baby wear it once and take a pic, then donate, saying that he/she outgrew it. For other people, I would write a thank you note and then donate it.
they probably won't remember anyway. There's probably SOMEthing they gave you that you could have LO wear... like socks, booties, a hat...
I guess it depends on who gave whom what..My mom gave some clothes to my cousin and made a point to mention that the baby wasnt in some things she got her.. But its true, there are other things they can wear from the same person.
You will probably get uber amounts of clothes from your shower, and your friends and family just wanting to buy LO gifts. LO will grow so fast, that by the time your friends/family who gave the ugly outfit visit, LO could have easily grown out of it. If you don't want them to feel bad, you could mention it, like
"Oh, LO was wearing the outfit you bought the other day! But man you should have seen this atomic poop! It just blew her a$$ UP! So, the outfit is in the laundry. I wish she could have worn it!"
It depends on who bought it for me and how often I see them. But more than likely it would go to the donate pile with all the Christmas clothes my in-laws got me
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MIL already bought some of those outfits with goofy sayings on them which I can't stand. I plan on using them when he goes to visit grandma or as a spare outfit in the diaper bag.
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You will probably get uber amounts of clothes from your shower, and your friends and family just wanting to buy LO gifts. LO will grow so fast, that by the time your friends/family who gave the ugly outfit visit, LO could have easily grown out of it. If you don't want them to feel bad, you could mention it, like
"Oh, LO was wearing the outfit you bought the other day! But man you should have seen this atomic poop! It just blew her a$$ UP! So, the outfit is in the laundry. I wish she could have worn it!"
My in-laws are notorious for doing this and taking tags off so they can't be returned. All the clothes we received like this for DD are packed away in her closet with the other clothes that are now too small for her. I'll probably just get rid of them when we get rid of all her other clothes.
Of course! That is the only adult thing to do. Which is worse, offending someone who was kind enough to give your child a gift? Or incurring future "bad" clothes from them? I think their feelings are more important, it's no skin off your back to throw it in your donation box to clothe some poor kid somewhere.
And I do have some really lame outfits - silly little rompers that would probably go smashingly with bobby socks and a pinwheel hat. I've put some of them on for an in-home visit from gift-giver only, but I just can't take him in public looking like that.
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do not pretend to like anything because you like/love the person who gave it to you. i did this with MIL before H and i got married and now i have more gaudy Italian ruffled, flower, golden, taffeta table cloths than i know what to do with. i finally told her to stop giving them to me 2 weeks ago because she was going back to Italy and i KNEW that this meant that i was going to get another shipment.
i also pretended to like a religious Armani statue she bought.....now i have 3.
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do not pretend to like anything because you like/love the person who gave it to you. i did this with MIL before H and i got married and now i have more gaudy Italian ruffled, flower, golden, taffeta table cloths than i know what to do with. i finally told her to stop giving them to me 2 weeks ago because she was going back to Italy and i KNEW that this meant that i was going to get another shipment.
i also pretended to like a religious Armani statue she bought.....now i have 3.
It's not like if you were honest and told her you hated it that you'd be any better off. It sounds like you'd just have a variety of things you think are ugly rather than sets.
People's tastes don't improve when their feelings are hurt if someone they give a gift to is brutally honest about their opinion of it. I'd say, express your appreciation and keep your opinion to yourself about what it looks like. Then take it to charity if you don't like it. Generally with clothes for LO I try and get it on her at least once and send a picture of her in it to the gift giver, people seem to enjoy getting to see her in the outfit they bought and it's no skin off my back to stick it on her once.
I would probably pretend to like it, and then hold on to it until it was too small. I wouldn't worry about making sure they wore it when they saw them because that would be way obvious anyway.
The best part about newbornish sized clothes is that most that people gift you are completely impractical and most of the time the baby doesn't even get to wear them before they grow out of them. That's usually the perfect excuse!
I would absolutely pretend to like it, and then stash it away/donate it when LO outgrows it. You can't change peoples' taste, so there would be no use in insulting them.
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Re: If someone gets you really ugly, non-returnable baby clothes...
they probably won't remember anyway. There's probably SOMEthing they gave you that you could have LO wear... like socks, booties, a hat...
Depends on who it is I guess - if its someone that expects it and you are going to catch grief, I might just take a picture of LO in it and send it as a thank you email and then be done with it. Also, if it is something hand made by a grandmother or aunt, then yes, I would put LO in it. But if its just purchased and ugly/not my style - charity.
I guess it depends on who gave whom what..My mom gave some clothes to my cousin and made a point to mention that the baby wasnt in some things she got her.. But its true, there are other things they can wear from the same person.
Nooooope.
You will probably get uber amounts of clothes from your shower, and your friends and family just wanting to buy LO gifts. LO will grow so fast, that by the time your friends/family who gave the ugly outfit visit, LO could have easily grown out of it. If you don't want them to feel bad, you could mention it, like
"Oh, LO was wearing the outfit you bought the other day! But man you should have seen this atomic poop! It just blew her a$$ UP! So, the outfit is in the laundry. I wish she could have worn it!"
Good will....
you don;t want the person to think you hated the gift, but you don;t want them to think you guys loved it and continue to buy you ugly stuff!
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Haha This!!
I'd pass it on to someone else.
What? You didn't see LO wearing it? Oh she/he looked so cute. Too bad it doesn't fit anymore.
"Would you pretend to like it?"
Of course! That is the only adult thing to do. Which is worse, offending someone who was kind enough to give your child a gift? Or incurring future "bad" clothes from them? I think their feelings are more important, it's no skin off your back to throw it in your donation box to clothe some poor kid somewhere.
And I do have some really lame outfits - silly little rompers that would probably go smashingly with bobby socks and a pinwheel hat. I've put some of them on for an in-home visit from gift-giver only, but I just can't take him in public looking like that.
I would pretend to like it, but then drop it off at Salvation Army.
do not pretend to like anything because you like/love the person who gave it to you. i did this with MIL before H and i got married and now i have more gaudy Italian ruffled, flower, golden, taffeta table cloths than i know what to do with. i finally told her to stop giving them to me 2 weeks ago because she was going back to Italy and i KNEW that this meant that i was going to get another shipment.
i also pretended to like a religious Armani statue she bought.....now i have 3.
It's not like if you were honest and told her you hated it that you'd be any better off. It sounds like you'd just have a variety of things you think are ugly rather than sets.
People's tastes don't improve when their feelings are hurt if someone they give a gift to is brutally honest about their opinion of it. I'd say, express your appreciation and keep your opinion to yourself about what it looks like. Then take it to charity if you don't like it. Generally with clothes for LO I try and get it on her at least once and send a picture of her in it to the gift giver, people seem to enjoy getting to see her in the outfit they bought and it's no skin off my back to stick it on her once.