wait for baby shower?

janglebangle87 · January 2011

Let me start this by posting how my baby shower is going to work. I am not finding out the sex of my baby, but I am going to ask my Dr to look and check for me. Then, closer to the baby shower my sister in law is going to call and find out the gender. When she has the cake made she is going to have the baker dye the inside of the cake pink or blue. I am having a HUGE baby shower with both my family and my DH's family. I thought it would be cute for ALL of us to find out together

My question is, I have the theme picked already for the nursery. It's gonna be unisex, but do I wait to buy the crib and furniture or do I go ahead and buy it? I don't want to expect my family to buy it, but I don't want to take it away from them if they want to or plan on it.

KtGirl88 · January 2011

I would probably go ahead and buy the furniture. I think that is usually a thing for the parents of the the child to buy. If they want to buy bigger priced items maybe suggest a stroller, car seat... ect. You wouldnt want to end up with a crib you hated or one that wasn't safe but super pretty.

ksevin · January 2011

I would buy it yourself unless someone has specifically said they want to buy it for you. (That's a really cute idea with the cake!)

mbritto4 · January 2011

How many weeks will you be for your baby shower? A lot of people like to have the nursery at least mostly done before their shower so they can show pictures and then have a place to put away a lot of the gifts they receive. If you find a deal on a set you like I'd not hold out. My MIL volunteered early on that she wanted to buy us a glider under a certain price point so we bought one and she paid us back. If she hadn't offered we'd have just bought it.

You'll have enough other large ticket items I'd not do the furniture on there too. Usually you have to pick it up from the store (if its BRU) and that'd be a pain for whoever was purchasing for you to coordinate. You could wait until after your shower and use gift cards towards purchasing your furniture if you were concerned about cost.

LyndseyLC · January 2011

what a cute idea!!

Weezergrl · January 2011

I would just go ahead and buy it yourself. You are going to need tons of stuff that your family could buy for you. If you buy it now you can start working on the nursery. Otherwise, you will have to wait.

ladymcp · January 2011

Love the idea of you all finding out together, a beautiful family bonding moment.

Buy the furniture yourself but wait on getting the bedding until after, a baby shower is always full of surprises.

meg1974 · January 2011

I think most furniture is gender neutral, so if you already have the theme picked out you might as well get the furniture as well (or put it on your registry).

That said, we got out crib the night before I went into labor with DD. Nothing like waiting until the last minute!

ladymcp · January 2011

I changed my original thought, put the crib on your registry too, I didn't even use it until my son was 4 months old, and I plan on waiting this time around to get it. If you don't get it for the shower you will have plenty of time to get it.

cburitz · January 2011

fogleer:
I would buy it for yourself if you feel better having the room together. If your family wanted to buy you a big gift like furniture and then found out it was taken care of, I doubt they'll decide now they're only going to buy a 3 pack of onesies. There will be plenty of other big deal items for them to get if they want to spoil the baby.

This.

Buy it now. If your family was planning to buy the nursery furniture, they would've told you by now. Most likely for your shower you will get a lot of baby clothes and diapers. DON'T buy clothes! Wait until after your shower and then you can buy whatever you didn't get.

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