Important thing I learned after having a baby

Sonadora · October 2011

I am never giving anyone a baby blanket as a gift again.

Which sort of sucks because I knit and love to make blankets for people. I made 3 for B!

However, we got SO MANY blankets/quilts as gifts for her. Handmade and otherwise. I don't even have anywhere to store them, so they are just piled on the spare bed in her room.

And now I'm sort of embarrassed that I used to give out blankets because I never realized how common of a gift it is. It's like the crystal bowl and candlesticks of weddings gifts...of which I ended up with 14 and 7 pairs respectively.

Amanda78 · October 2011

Ha! I just emailed a friend that is pg and told her not to register for any except for Aden & Anais swaddles. We have 10 that were gifts. However, I disagree on the handmade ones. We have 3 of those and I feel like they are all pretty special!

I got more crystal vases than bowls I think-and only one set of candlesticks! However, I got 2 cake stands. Neither of which have ever been used.

theprincessPAT · October 2011

We didn't get a ton. I think we got three? One we use all the time now (in fact I almost need to find out where it was purchased so I can buy another). One I'll probably never use. The third my mom made from the quilt that I used until it was in pieces. I probably won't use that one either, to be honest. We do have a square from that quilt framed and hanging on the wall.

Sonadora · October 2011

We ended up with:

5 quilts (2 handmade)

2 kintted/crocheted blankets

6 fleece blankets

Plus the 3 I made.

We use one fleece in the stroller and I used one of the knitted ones in her infant car seat. I hung one handmade quilt on the wall. The rest take up a good portion of the not-very-large closet in her room.

amberdaz · October 2011

We also have a ton of blankets and where we live it doesn't get too cold so they're stuck in the closet until maybe Thanksgiving or later. My grandma crochets so we have a few from her, my mom made 1, and several other from my mom's friends.

OregonPachey · October 2011

We got a TON of blankets and my favorites are the handmade ones.

Strunella · October 2011

We got a few blankets, including 2 handmade blankets and a handmade quilt. I honestly use all of them...I just rotate. I love my handmade blankets knowing that someone put so much time and love into them. So definitely keep making blankets and giving them as gifts!

hopingwaiting · October 2011

They were time-limited for us. There was a period of time early on when you could not have too many swaddle blankets and burp cloths, but they've all been put away for months. I love the handmade blankets, but in LA I just don't use them much.

BobbiJanay07 · October 2011

I never got a ton of blankets with either boy, it might be location though. To the PP that got a cake stand as a wedding gift, so did I and it doubles as a punch bowl. I have never used it but I know some day I will.