To not want to dress ds in stuff just because it was a gift?

[sweetjane]

Let me be clear: it's very kind of people to give us baby clothes. I do realise that. But why why why do people persist in giving us those T-shirts with stuff like "Tiny Tearaway", "Gremlin", "Menace", & "Here Comes Trouble" on them, and jeans - JEANS!! for a 6 month old baby?????

Dh says we should dress him in them when we see the people who have given them. I say we should donate them to charity and have done with it.

I admit I am a bit strict when it comes to baby clothes and it's only very recently that I have dressed him in anything other than sleepsuits. And I don't really want to offend people. But I am putting my foot down on this. Am I being unreasonable? What do you think?

I think yabu. It was kind of them to send gifts. I understand if they are tiny babies but at 6 mths there is nothing wrong with jeans and T-shirts. IME for them to get out of sleep suits helps them understand the differences between night and day. i.e. comfy clothes to sleep in for bed.

The only time I did not dress dd was before 3 mths if we weren't going out anywhere. I got a very impracticle sleepsuit which popped over her head which she hated, which she wore once when my parents visited to humour them. Other than my dd wore every item, liked or not. Who cares if they are going to need several outfits per day, just put it on first and change it later!

No, it's not about snobbery. It's about taste.

i used to like dressing my ds in clothes with gimmicks on its harmless fun but it wouldnt hurt for you to take pic with child in clothing send as a thank you and never put on him again some people have paid good money with kind thoughts so it wouldnt hurt to look appreciative by taking photo as thank you

i used to love my little boys 0 to naughty in 60 seconds no one thinks its tacky not every one likes things like that just depends on the individual but dont charity shop them could you not sell them on and buy something else so there money isnt jsut wasted as they all were kind in buying something

may not be to your taste so sell them if you cant take them back and spend money on something else so its not completely ungrateful and jeans for a 6 mth old are fine my ds had plenty of jeans and shirts

winkywinkola, I knew plenty of six month old crawling babies...including my own!

WW, my ds2 crawled at 6mo. Didn't wear jeans though, because it was summer .

Wow. I seriously did not know babies could crawl at six months! Amazing.

Then jeans (with poppers) are a good choice. But naffness is never a good choice.

People are being kind and generous sending you gifts. But if you don't like them, thank the senders and give the gifts away or back to the shop.

Know what you mean about sleepsuits! So easy, comfy, warm and cosy. That's what my kids wear/wore unless a relative came over who had bought them an outfit then I made sure they wore it. No need to offend.

The unfortunate thing is that if you take the clothes back to the shops with all the sales that are going on recently and no reciepts for them you'de only get pennies back for them.
Send them to the charity shop where someone else would appreciate them

YANBU, I feel the same about stuff i don't like, but some people will go to extreme lengths to ensure their gift is worn....

I well remember my DD's 1st birthday party, I had dressed her in a lovely dress with embroidery etc etc (had been a gift actually). A sister of a friend I had invited because she had a son about the same age gave her a nasty halterneck top and matching shorts, then proceded to plonk her down, undress her and put her into said shorts set for the rest of the party .

I don't really get the giving baby clothes thing,unless you really know someone's taste. I prefer toys and reckon the babies do too.

WinkyWinkola - ds2 crawled at 4 months!

OMG. Four months? That's incredible. I didn't even think they could hold their heads up for that long. Blimey. I eat my words! Jeans all the way baby!

He was born able to hold his head up!