Baby Needs on your Christmas List? Poll

jeggomyeggo · October 2012

Do any of you make Christmas lists for your parents? We do, mine require it. Anyway, all I really want/need are things we didn't get from our registry.

Is a breast pump too cray-cray to put on my Christmas list? (I'm half joking, but I'm definitely half serious. I don't want to shell out the dough.)

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Allycat11 · October 2012

My parents still ask for a list of what we want and the IL's typically ask for suggestions. One of our main requests this year is anything left on our registry.

EAMommy · October 2012

amnat84:
Let me clarify...I did include a note on my list about baby items and asked that if they wanted to buy the baby something to check out what was still needed on the registry since I knew people would ask anyways.

And we TOTALLY make lists still. Christmas has not changed in the slightest since we were kids

Same here!

brianabrad · October 2012

My in-laws asked for a Christmas list and I told them baby stuff or gift cards for baby stuff. I told my mom the same thing. We don't need anything for us right now but what we will need soon are things for baby girl.

jobiann · October 2012

We totally do lists still and my list is almost 100% baby things with a note that includes anything on our registries! I'm not shy about it.

DH's list doesn't include anything to do with baby...apparently we now know who the true baby is...LOL!

this decaf life · October 2012

My parents just give me money but since yours still buy gifts you might as well ask for something you want and have a need for!

[The only question I have is - does your insurance not cover a good pump? IMO no reason to spend money on something you could get for free.]

ungraceful13 · October 2012

My parents and grandparents will ask what we want or need for Christmas. I will tell them that something off our registry would be great.

BLPL101 · October 2012

I will tell my parents I want anything off my registry. My IL's would never think to ask for suggestions because they love to surprise us and we usually end up with stuff we would never use/want. I wish they would ask for a list! My grandma always gives cash. I cannot ever remember her giving anything else but cash. She's smart! lol

Reyka9 · October 2012

I asked my parents for a birth photographer for Christmas, lol. We live 1300 miles away from family and since DH will be preoccupied with caring for DS while I'm in labor, the only way I'll be walking away from the birth with any photos is if we hire someone to take them for us.

I also asked DH for a new baby video monitor for my birthday (early December) since the infrared vision on DS's died a few weeks ago.

I don't see a problem with asking for what you need!

lulamagoo · October 2012

There isn't a SS option;)

We asked for money towards a nice camera, technically it would be a gift for us and the baby.

pebbleann · October 2012

jobiann:
We totally do lists still and my list is almost 100% baby things with a note that includes anything on our registries! I'm not shy about it.
DH's list doesn't include anything to do with baby...apparently we now know who the true baby is...LOL!

Glad I'm not alone on this one. I feel like things will never change.

Kie310 · October 2012

I did with my first!

sbevmc09 · October 2012

I say it's fine to ask for things you need for baby, at least it is if your family is anything like mine. Both sides of our family are always begging for gift suggestions, but we just never really have anything on our list. The year we were PG with DS we asked for gift cards to Walmart to go towards our baby furniture and we ended up being able to buy the crib, changing table, and glider with those gift cards. They were happy to get us something we actually wanted/needed and we were happy to get something we wanted/needed, so win, win

If they're asking for a list/suggestions then I would assume they really want to know what you want and I would tell them even if that's a breastpump

MelissaRae1525 · October 2012

I did ask for a new camera if they were going to get me anything. Since ours was an unplanned pregnancy our families have been great about helping us get ready (way more than I ever expected and more than they needed to) so I wasn't really wanting/expecting anything for me. But my grandparents still think I should get a Christmas present and when I mentioned asking for a camera to FMIL she told me she already got us one as our Christmas present.

cluebee · October 2012

We usually do lists for my family, too. They have to be submitted several weeks prior to Thanksgiving, but my family already knows that everything I want is baby related. No one has even mentioned anything about my list for this year, as I think my registry speaks volumes about what I would like/want/need.

JumpAroundBucky · October 2012

We still do Christmas lists in our family- my parents always make one too. We're putting where we are registered for the baby and then putting some fun items that we don't NEED, but would be nice to have (ex: a bigger tent for taking baby camping, a hiking carrier, a swing, prenatal massage

etc). I'm sure people will be buying baby related items anyway, so we might as well let them know what we need still.

Mamapoo · November 2012

My grandma and mom both require a Christmas list from me. I've got a stroller and car seat on my Christmas list. I'm actually contemplating a breastpump too, but I don't want them to think I'm asking for TOO much, since the car seat and stroller are a couple hundred dollars already.

Mamapoo · November 2012

Lol, P.S, not only do I made a Christmas list, I still get presents "from Santa".

We each get a BIG gift every year from Santa, and then little things that we ask for Stick out tongue

meganiobe · November 2012

We still do christmas lists, and since we aren't have a shower for our second we are asking for boy things that we don't have or need. Plus I know that baby is getting gift from both of our parents as well. So I see no problem with putting that on your list.

kimmlet · November 2012

EAMommy:
amnat84:
Let me clarify...I did include a note on my list about baby items and asked that if they wanted to buy the baby something to check out what was still needed on the registry since I knew people would ask anyways.

And we TOTALLY make lists still. Christmas has not changed in the slightest since we were kids
Same here!

Me too! Santa still comes and everything, I care not that I'm in my 30s, it's part of the magic.

tsweet16 · November 2012

jobiann:
We totally do lists still and my list is almost 100% baby things with a note that includes anything on our registries! I'm not shy about it.
DH's list doesn't include anything to do with baby...apparently we now know who the true baby is...LOL!

We will probably be in the same boat list wise, on top of that our anniversary is in between xmas and the due date and we're on major lock down on spending. He's getting a baby for his present(s) though so...

pghctwife · November 2012

My mom always asks for a list. I WISH my MIL would... she is the one who needs to (awful gift giver!).

Last time I did ask for baby stuff. Im not sure if I will this time, I dont really need to much tbh. I just directed her to my registry though and didnt ask for anything specific. My pump was on the registry though (which my mom did get me, for my shower).

ELL31310 · November 2012

Both my parents and my IL's ask for lists. And we still get gifts from Santa as well

I will be asking for certain things off my registry or money/gift cards to use for things we still need. I think DH will ask for things he wants. As much as I would like him to ask for baby things he never gets to buy things for himself so I'm glad that he will get to have a few things that he would like to have. Last year he had to use the money he got to pay some bills and we havent been able to pay him back yet so he deserves to get some things for him.

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