I need to have a winge... I'm really quite annoyed at the moment and I'm not sure if its because I'm being hormonal/over reacting or irrational.
I've been making a list of all the stuff we need for the baby (this is our first) and its all starting to add up to quite a lot.
I had originally planned on getting the bedding all from mamas and papas but due to costing I opted for some cheaper alternatives for things like bed sheets and clothes but i still wanted to keep the theme/colours so kept some of the items (teddies/bumpers mainly). It only added up to £60ish of original items from M&P.
Anyway hubby keeps going on about how expensive it all is and using the "does baby really need it" line. I.e. do you need to spend £8-9 on a baby bath? £8 for baby grows? (their from sainsburys!) etccc.....
Ok so the baby doesn't need cute teddies and colour coordinated bumpers but I want to buy it anyway as it looks nice and because I'm trying super hard to cut costs on everything else so its my splurge items.
so anyway i decided to buy second hand as everyone does it so i thought whats the harm at least i get what i want that way and he started telling me off implying I'm being cheap and to just buy brand new. So I kept a look out for discount codes etc and yesterday said btw im ordering x, y, z as its on offer and he started the does baby really need it stuff again.
A lot of parents want to buy all the top gadgets and bits and bobs for their kids and for once in our life money isn't a huge issue so why the Mr scrooge attitude?
I haven't had a huge amount of time to look for bargains/discount codes etc as i was told its bad luck to buy too early in advance so have only just started looking (I'm 34weeks) but its all becoming far too stressful and i feel absolutely deflated at the moment.
I thought the whole baby shopping experience would be fun and exciting and its proving the complete opposite so far.
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Over reaction/hormonal or just unreasonable hubby?
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primprincess · 04/06/2014 10:43
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