Buying up now or waiting?

[Kalohabreeze]

I am torn.. part of me wants to go crazy and buy buy buy.. but another part wants me to wait till my baby shower and see what I get off my registry..

What is everyone else doing?

[rawheid]

well this is #2 so I'm not getting a shower again. So I'm waiting to see if this babe is a boy or a girl. If it's a boy I'm set! If it's a girl I have enough gender neutral sleepers till I feel up to buying girly stuff. As for diapers they are all gender neutral if not a bit boyish. That's just the way it's going to be.

[Kalohabreeze]

It must be a southern thing :(, I keep hearing about people not getting showers for each baby.. that totally reaks.. but then again we'll take any excuse to get a bunch of women together down here:)

[rawheid]

it seems to be frowned upon around here. Weird, I know. Especially since most people will give the mom to be a gift anyway. It just seems like a shower isn't accepted. because of this attitude I threw my friend a welcome baby get together. She was so nervous of making people offended so we just put the invite out as "your presence is gift enough". Personally I have nothing wrong with having a shower for a second baby.

If you're going to get a shower I'd wait and see what you get and then go shopping.

[momahen07]

thats the way it is,i wont be getting a shower now either ,because its another girl,everybodys reaction has been well thats great now you or noone has to buy anything for the new baby i hate that my new baby is being talked about like sloppy seconds

[Dandelion]

Well, My husband and I moved back to the States when I was about 4 months along. We moved to an area where we don't know anyone and meeting people has been a little difficult. The only people who have been getting us things have been our parents. I've been slowly buying everything else that we need since I won't be having a shower. So far we haven't gotten anything off of out registry from friends. *shrug*

[susansabrina]

This is our second child too. We are having another boy but I don't think we will have another shower. My first shower was a fun get together but only 2 people bought stuff off the registry. It was such a pain to get tons of stuff I really did not want or need. Someone bought my son a set of pink girly clothes, someone else a HUGE case of disposable diapers, and another wonderful friend bought a swing but I had to return it too because the shower was at my mother's house in Denver and I had come in from home in Alabama. :banghead: I spent 2 days returning almost everything, mostly without reciepts, to stores all over town. The thoughts were really nice but just completely impractical and mostly not my style. Target is the worst for returns too. :yuck:

[dknute]

This is my 4th baby, and I am trying really hard not to buy things yet. I usually end up buying something, and then someone gives me one anyway.

[Domino Pads]

well this is #2 so I'm not getting a shower again. So I'm waiting to see if this babe is a boy or a girl. If it's a boy I'm set! If it's a girl I have enough gender neutral sleepers till I feel up to buying girly stuff. As for diapers they are all gender neutral if not a bit boyish. That's just the way it's going to be.

Exactly the same here. DS only turned 2 last month and I wasn't into blue stuff when he was born so most of it will be perfect for the new baby regardless.
I am having an ultrasound next week to check on a kidney issue and if we find out gender then then I will buy some socks afterwards... ;)
That's it!

[nmm2112]

#4 for me too ... but I had gotten rid of most of my things. This is going to be our last baby so I'm torn between trying to save money and not buy things and buy all the cute little things I know I'll never get to have reason to buy again.

I've been buying a bunch of little diapers and baby clothes just because they are soo so cute and the baby will have to wear something!!!:giggle2: Plus it's helping me get into the mood, sort of speak, for our new little addition.:thumbsup:

[StephV]

I just found out I am having a baby shower (this is baby number 2) and I'm still buying what I feel I need. We don't need much for this baby because I kept most things from DD is great condition. But I feel that people can give me what they please and I'm more than happy to buy what I want. If they buy off my registry (which is more of MY personal shopping list) then great, if not that's fine too. After all it's MY baby not theirs :)

[foodie.yarnie.mommie.]

I could never wait :giggle: I started buying as soon as we found out the sex. If we still lived in my hometown I have friends who would probably through us a small get together, but since we don't we're not having anything this time around and that's not unusual since it's our 3rd and we already have a boy and a girl. Both sides of our family, aunts, uncles and stuff usually do send cards with money though, but not until after the baby is born.

[AtoZMomma]

This is our 3rd baby. We didn't have a shower for our 2nd child b/c he and his sister were so close in age, and we already had everything. But this time, we were surprised--I had already sold/given away everything--including maternity clothes. So friends have passed stuff back to me. I'm not buying any stuff except for CDs--wait, I did buy a little dresser and cute drawer pulls. Two close friends have 1 year-old girls, so we're getting awesome hand-me-downs in the clothes department (and blankets, toys, swing, pack-n-play, etc), but this is our 1st time to CD, and I've totally caught the fever! It's hard to keep in check with what I "want" and what we probably will "need." I'm tempted to buy a bunch of NB diapers, but she'll probably grow right out of them so fast.

[Deema13]

I wouldn't count on getting stuff off your registry if I were you, I just had my shower last saturday and didn't get one thing off of mine! I was really disappointed cause I got alot of stuff I didn't need and none of the stuff that I do need.And due to financial issues it would have been nice if people actually thought about what we needed and not just about what they happened to think was cute.

[kitkatkc]

I'm waiting until after the shower... we are not finding out the gender, so I have picked up some GN stuff at garage sales, etc. And have gotten all the furniture ourselves, but I have so many relatives with LO's (my SIL had her BG 6 weeks ago, and we are sharing her NB stash) I am getting hand-me-downs for now. I will see what I get, and then we will decide what we absolutely need after that. I have been building a diaper stash, as I didn't know until today that I could register at the only B&M store around here... so I will set up a registry there, but I doubt that anyone will get me cloth :( I think that not knowing the gender has really helped to keep me from buying... that, and I love stalking spot's corner and FSOT, so I am content to just fill out my stash of size small dipes, and maybe even start on the mediums...

[tdmr25]

I have just bought some things from garage sales. Not too worried about the shower. We never get what is on our registry. People never look at them.

[gothiclibrarian]

I've bought just the basic things that I wanted to have around without "hoping" someone would get (stroller/carseat/1 set of sheets/a couple basic sleepers and clothings/etc.).

I'm trying very hard to be a good girl regarding my diaper stash...but I gotta admit that I have an itchy mouse finger that would love to get another couple dozen NB pre-folds and cloth wipes, but I have one more shower to go and they know I'm using cloth, so I have my fingers crossed.

And I went a bit nuts on legwarmers...but for clothing I am being very very good and waiting on that last shower :blush:

[logansmom1215]

This is my second and I wasn't counting on having a shower, but I think I'm getting one anyhow. I have heard my husband mention the word shower a bunch of times to friends and family and he keeps going into my address book and then leaving it open. I had already registered anyways just in case people wanted to know what we needed. It is especially helpful because we just started CDing. I am not going to buy anything myself until I know if it's a boy or a girl (after delivery). I'm also throwing a welcome baby party on the 28th of September. Hopefully the LO will be here way before then.

[LuciGoosie]

This is #3 for me. We already have one boy and one girl... so no shower this time. But my mom cant keep herself from buying stuff for the baby. Just clothes, receivin blankets, etc. We still have most of the big stuff from my dd who is 4. We need a new stroller/carseat but have all the furniture and stuff. I've been trying not to buy too much but you just can't help it when you see something so cute you just have to have it. I haven't cd'ed with my other two, so this is new for me. i'm just not sure what to buy. Sizes totally confuse me on the dipes. So any advice would be appreciated. I'm not sure what to start with. Just PF until I see how it goes? Pockets, AIO, fitteds??? there is so much to choose from and I want everything! So I'm really having to control myself. What's a good size stash just to start while I get into the swing of it?
Thanks ladies! Luci

[brandislee]

This is our second child too. We are having another boy but I don't think we will have another shower. My first shower was a fun get together but only 2 people bought stuff off the registry. It was such a pain to get tons of stuff I really did not want or need. Someone bought my son a set of pink girly clothes, someone else a HUGE case of disposable diapers, and another wonderful friend bought a swing but I had to return it too because the shower was at my mother's house in Denver and I had come in from home in Alabama. :banghead: I spent 2 days returning almost everything, mostly without reciepts, to stores all over town. The thoughts were really nice but just completely impractical and mostly not my style. Target is the worst for returns too. :yuck:

I know it's the thought that counts, but that's so annoying! I mean, if I didn't know someone well enough to know their taste (or even well enough to know what the GENDER of the baby was!) I would get a gift card for them! I mean, seriously!

I won't have a shower this time, and it's not totally because it's #2. I had a job the first time and the girls I worked with threw me the only shower I had. My family lives too far away, and apparently they're not terribly excited about this baby because no one has bought him anything... not that I expect it, but it does surprise me a little. My sister, especially, loves to buy baby things. My in-laws I don't think actually believe I am pregnant; my SIL is getting married 2 weeks after my due date and "they're too busy." Mixed blessing, though- no MIL visit after the baby is born!

So I've bought what I needed myself. Thankfully I didn't beleive the doctors when they said my first was a girl, so 90% of her newborn stuff (and all the big stuff) is gender neutral. I just needed a few things. And I have only bought this poor little boy one onesie and some side snap tshirts because I can't bring myself to fall in love with ANY boy clothes!