So many babies in the family now. Just boring.

[RoarerBoringAlice]

I know I'm being unreasonable.

But it's how I feel.

I am the eldest of 6 siblings.

My youngest is a young adult.

Ive done the baby bit. My brooding is over and done with.

I had my children earlier than my other siblings, they all started late, I started early.

So they are all in full bloom of their young families.

Being 5 of them all having 3 + kids each it's just seems like an ENDLESS parade of new babies.

All of whom I love of course, its not the babies that bore me but this trend that was not about when I had my kids is ever present, gender reveal parties, baby showers, naming ceremonies...

Arghhh. I have to just smile and sit through the same shit over and over. It's either a boy or a girl. It's not that exciting.

I never felt the need to have this constant attention when I was pregnant.

People visited the baby when it was born.

If you were lucky you got a baby grow and a balloon.

Now it's arranging meals out with decorated tables and games and confetti cannons and it just does my bloody head in.

Of course I would never say this to anyone in real life.

But christ. It's fucking trying to get through over and over again.

I agree, babies other than your own or GC are tediously dull.

YANBU at all OP

I can totally understand you OP. We have a LARGE family on DP’s side and the do like babies and celebrations. I love the babies, don’t get me wrong, I love a snuggle and a sneaky sniff of the baby head. However, the expectation of a gift at every occasion is starting to annoy me. Baby shower, gender reveal, visiting the baby and mum for the first time, christening/baby naming.. it just all gets a bit too much. I’m trying to minimise buying plastic crap and be a bit more eco friendly in general so there’s this aspect too.
I quite like it though when the whole massive family gets together though, there’s something heart warming about it.

@formerbabe Definitely - I don't consider my colleagues family members It's more that it's the area of my life where pretending to be interested in babies on a constant basis is a requirement. My immediate family members have mostly not had kids.

Its gotten out of hand now with attention seeking requests for loads of presents baby showers, gender reveals and the like, I can see why you're bored of it all, YANBU.

It’s good to get it off your chest here, so you can keep a smile on for your sisters and brothers.

I'd rather poke my eyes out with a hot fire poker than go to a baby shower. I can't fake coo and ahh over baby crap lol. I've never been broody.
We just avoided nieces shower. Thankfully we live far enough away to say nope to hard to get there at that hour. Truth is, we ain't even awake at that hour and I not wasting a Saturday on a baby shower lol Plus a shower for her 2nd is a basic present grab

I just don't love the whole tiny baby thing. Give me a toddler or teen sny day. I just can't get excited about tinies although I pretend along with the best of them.

DS1 was the first baby on both sides of the family.
No one knew what to do with us/him. Both our sisters hated losing us to babyhood.

FF 10yrs and everyone’s having babies and wants to spend every weekend at ours/doing stuff with us etc.
The younger DC love their baby cousins but me and DH started to feel a bit dumped on.

We had a chat about our boundaries -
DSil can’t come over every time she’s at a loose end with the kids and drink wine while DD watches them.
My DSis doesn’t get to piggyback on our holidays then fuck off, leaving troubled DN with us indefinitely .

It would be nice if the family had fussed over your dc in the same way but that’s in the past and jealousy will only hurt you and your DC.
Focus on your future relationship and how much the next generation love seeing each other.
Then draw up some clear lines that work for your family.