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Unwanted gifts for baby?
My husband and I are expecting a son. I strongly dislike typical boy clothing and like unique, gender neutral items instead. I hate all that blue cheap cotton stuff with boats and cars all over it. So I’ve been unique buying clothing at nice stores for our baby boy.
Well, my mother in law showed up at our house with a HUGE bundle of run of the mill baby boy clothing complete with blue pants sets with cars, trains, sail boats and inane sayings like daddy’s little boy on T-shirts. In short, my personal nightmare. Stuff I would never put my son in. I was gracious and thanked her for all the clothes thinking I could just hide them in the closet when she said more were on the way and she was going to continue to buy more stuff for her new grandson. HOW DO I AVOID THIS? Weeks earlier I showed her all the clothes I bought so she has a very clear image of our taste. I love this woman and I know she’s only being generous but I really, really, really hate those kinds of clothes.
I had a similar thing with my mother-in-law, but it was mostly about books. She’s not a discriminating buyer of books: she kept getting awful things like the Disney versions of fairy tales rather than the proper fairy tales–or just well-meaning but inane things like alphabetical prayers or little Bible stories abridged and altered beyond recognition or sense. Books are easier to shelve than clothes, of course, but books have a lasting effect on the child’s development, in my opinion. (My husband, unfortunately, has fond memories of the Mr Men series and has bought dozens of them, but that’s another story…)
I just used to talk about what children’s books I liked and was looking out for, and she gradually started looking for them. (Of course, she still can’t tell the difference between an original book and an abridged or spinoff version, but at least there are fewer of them coming.)
I think that your m-i-l is quite rightly longing to choose stuff for her (first?) grandchild, and you definitely want to encourage that in some form–you might want her to babysit or to put money in the baby’s bank account later.
Next time she arrives with an armful of clothes, tell her not to buy any more as you’ve got enough now until he needs school uniform, and it’s greener (I mean more environmentally friendly) if you don’t have more than you need. But give her something to look out for that isn’t in danger of hurting your tastes. For instance: music tapes for the baby’s bedtime routine (classical music, esp. Mozart, is supposed to be good for later Maths skill development, for instance). Remember, if it takes longer to find, it’ll cost her less money over the weeks; and if she’s got something specific that you both agree on, but that she has all the buying of, she’ll feel so important–and that is what you want her to feel.
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