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Okay. Now I get the real picture of the author of this thread. I now have an idea also of the age and maturity level we are dealing with. It makes sense!
Your response is a very juvenile one! Since when do nursing pads or bras get labeled that way? Nursing a child is one of the most loving, natural, and healthy things a woman can do for her baby. It is also a great need and want in an infant's life. To equip a mother and infant with such items is neither gross or tacky! To think so says a lot about YOU.
I think it's now time to grow up.
That's exactly what I was thinking when reading that post you quoted. She is either a troll or a teenage boy or girl about 16 years old.
Every baby deserves there own welcoming committee/ baby shower/ name ceremony/ celebration of new life.
Every pregnancy and every baby is unique! They can be the same gender and nine months apart and I am still honored to share a gift and glad tidings for the new little one and the creation of a new family.
PEACE ON EARTH BEGINS WITH BIRTH
If I don't no the guest of honor to terrible well I skip the gathering yet still forward a gift card. If the people are near and dear I will even bring a dish for the freezer in addition to my presence and present. It's an opportunity to share, plant a seed and nurture the hope for a better tomorrow.
I was reading a thread in another part of the forum. It reminds me of a practice that's common here. That's parents putting diapers on the registry. Another poster from my area said people they know put baby formula on the registry. Doesn't that seem tacky? I mean, being a parent means being responsible. I don't have any children. Why should have to buy your children diapers that might not even fit them? What's next? A college fund being on the registry?
I think it's actually quite responsible to put necessities rather than luxuries and superfluities on a gift registry. That shows an awareness of the nuts-and-bolts responsibilities of parenting, and probably an awareness of the financial realities of the parents.
Buy them a couple packages of newborn Huggies and get over it.
Every baby deserves there own welcoming committee/ baby shower/ name ceremony/ celebration of new life.
Every pregnancy and every baby is unique! They can be the same gender and nine months apart and I am still honored to share a gift and glad tidings for the new little one and the creation of a new family.
PEACE ON EARTH BEGINS WITH BIRTH
If I don't no the guest of honor to terrible well I skip the gathering yet still forward a gift card. If the people are near and dear I will even bring a dish for the freezer in addition to my presence and present. It's an opportunity to share, plant a seed and nurture the hope for a better tomorrow.
I agree. That includes second, third, etc babies. I had a shower with my second. I had a totally different group of friends at that time, than I had with my first. I didn't need a lot, but some stuff does get consumed and/or worn out.
Even if the parents didn't have need of stuff the baby is still aware of weather or not his/ her presence is welcomed and celebrated or just tolerated. I've attended births where mama and papa are in conflict and the baby just doesn't want to come out. Resolve your issues, celebrate the new life!
I was reading a thread in another part of the forum. It reminds me of a practice that's common here. That's parents putting diapers on the registry. Another poster from my area said people they know put baby formula on the registry. Doesn't that seem tacky? I mean, being a parent means being responsible. I don't have any children. Why should have to buy your children diapers that might not even fit them? What's next? A college fund being on the registry?
I think it is tacky. A registry is for those things that are not everyday necessities. That would be the equivalent of putting bread and milk and condoms on your wedding registry. Just no. All kinds of wrong.
If people want to get you diapers they will do so regardless of whether it is on your registry.
I think it is tacky. A registry is for those things that are not everyday necessities. That would be the equivalent of putting bread and milk and condoms on your wedding registry. Just no. All kinds of wrong.
If people want to get you diapers they will do so regardless of whether it is on your registry.
Seems to me that a registry is for whatever someone needs or wants. Maybe the social expectation is for it to be fun / frilly stuff. I applaud someone with enough self awareness, though, to say, hey, I'm dirt poor and I need diapers, a car seat and a stroller -- in that order. If you gave me a christening outfit I'd sell it on eBay for diapers. This isn't tacky, it's just realistic.
Seems to me that a registry is for whatever someone needs or wants. Maybe the social expectation is for it to be fun / frilly stuff. I applaud someone with enough self awareness, though, to say, hey, I'm dirt poor and I need diapers, a car seat and a stroller -- in that order. If you gave me a christening outfit I'd sell it on eBay for diapers. This isn't tacky, it's just realistic.
Good point.
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If you gave me a christening outfit I'd sell it on eBay for diapers. This isn't tacky, it's just realistic.
Far better to get someone a needed gift then frills and luxuries. Kind of like giving a Sterling silver serving set to a person you know needs a loaf of bread.
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