Regifted baby gift, is this off or am I just tired!

[Bluerose2]

Ok this is mostly lighted because clearly it’s not important and written by a very tired Mum of a newborn who is probably extremely irrational and over thinking everything! I received a gift from a friend which was obviously regifted as you can’t buy the brand anymore and it is completely the wrong season for baby and sized for a toddler, not a newborn. The family have a very nice life style, so it’s not that they couldn’t afford anything. I’m all for regifting but this is not something I can use and it’s totally obvious it wasn’t bought just now. Now I’ve got to take it to the charity shop and not the one in the small village we live in, in case she sees it there! I have always bought very nice thoughtful gifts for the children in this family as well. Is this a a little bit off or AIBU?

Just put it away for summer 2025

annoying but one day you will use it

It may not be a regift, she maybe bought it on ebay or vinted or somewhere like that. What ever it is it may come in handy at some point when your baby becomes a toddler ,if it's something light & Summery & won't fit until the cooler weather comes along you can layer up to make a warmer outfit etc .You'll figure it out soon enough I'm sure

You've no idea what size your baby will be by summer...

This! I find non parents buy new horn stuff, parents buy 12+ months and for the season they'll be that size!

Maybe keep it for when they are older, they grow very fast.

op how do you know how big he or she's going to be?

They clothes themselves might be big or small fitting.

You are coming across as very ungrateful tbh.

I think people are being a bit unfair on OP. I was regifted a present my mum had bought for my cousin's child. Wouldn't be that bad but my cousin gave it to my son in the same gift bag with the name of her child on it and my mum's name! My mum had bought the same present (as well as lots of other things) for my son's birthday so suddenly had two of the same gift! What really peeved me was that I had put a lot of effort into her child's present but we were able to regift the present to a local family who really appreciated it! It's frustrating when you put a lot of thought into presents for their children!

How can you know how big your baby will be as a toddler? I had two of the same gender with birthdays 2 weeks apart. One was much bigger than the other, in completely different clothes sizes at the same age.
My first child was a summer baby and was in tiny baby clothes for ages, we were gifted 0-3m summer clothes that DC never wore as by the time they were big enough to wear them it was autumn/winter!
Maybe they bought it for their child and never had chance to use it but liked it a lot so we’re hoping you could use it? If you don’t like it then re-gift it. But I think you are overthinking it.

What size is it? Toddler stuff often lasts much longer. Maybe they found it online. Does it matter? I wouldn’t give it away just yet.

If it’s Mothercare, Boots sell their things now.

Lots of people buy bigger sizes when they give gifts for newborn's as they grow so quickly. Why can't you save it. And just because hta a brand you can't buy now it doesn't mean it's not new. Shops like TK Max sell things like that.

When Dd was born someone gave me a toddler-sized coat, which seemed odd at the time (doubt it was regifted, as the giver didn’t have children). Dd ended up wearing the coat for two winters, so it was certainly more useful than the baby grows!

Congrats on your new born xx
Buying baby clothes can be a nightmare. Everyone has different tastes and some people dont think about the seasons. My MIL is terrible for buying because it was cheap or she liked it. I no when i was pregnant, she bought some 3-6 christmas leggings... im yet to recieve these and i know she will give them me at xmas when my 6 month old moves to 6-9 and will then get upset shes not worn them! She did this all the time with dd1. I now give up and if its too small thats not my problem if it dont get worn. She bought dd2 a cute legless romper for summer in 18-24 months recently. Dd2 will be 18 months in december. She may or may not wear it. Im not going to get rid now as i can hopefully make it work.
Dd1 was a dec baby and dd2 june, so we now have all seasons. A friend said a few weeks ago he wouldnt know what to buy. My reply was buy what you like the look of, summer clothes can be teamed up with long vests & tights and there are colder days in the summer, so somehow i will make the most of what im given. Be greatful they took the time to gift you. And if not, remember this when your gifting back

Thanks everyone, grateful for some very responses! Looks like it is mostly my tiredness. It’s not Mothercare, another shop that went a few years ago.
I know that I can’t predict what size my baby will be by 12 months so that’s fair enough.
I think I would always give a gift that was the expected season for that age but I do have a tendency to overthink gifts.
I’ll hold onto it for now and see if I can make use of it and if not it’s charity shop.

No please don’t worry about this. I only thought regift because she has a child who would have fitted this a few years ago when the shop was around. I could be wrong.

last baby gift I bought, it was too small for the extremely long baby produced by the extremely tall mother.

With regards to it being an old brand, so regifted, don't worry about donating it to you local charity shop.

@Bluerose2 I think I would always give a gift that was the expected season for that age but I do have a tendency to overthink gifts

So you honestly think parents of newborns want to be inundated with newborn clothing that will be lucky to last 12 weeks?

No that’s not what I meant. Whatever age I was getting for, I would think about what season it was going to be. I wouldn’t want the child only to wear it on the off chance that they were smaller/bigger.

Tell me you're the FTM of a newborn without telling me you're the FTM of a newborn.

Sizes are almost meaningless after 9 months or so.

I’d hang onto it for now. Don’t assume your baby will definitely be in a set size at the corresponding age. Mine never were.

I've regifted some to my sister. I did tell her I got them given though. My daughter was very long being born plus it was a heatwave so didn't fit into newborn size and went straight into 0-1 or 0-3. We live in a village in Ireland so I got gifted loads for her. People I hadn't even met had left stuff on our doorstep.
I washed most so I couldn't take them back and the ones I hadn't washed I didn't have a gift receipt for so I gave them to my sister and a young mother a few doors down. I didn't want to see them go to waste.

Joules? Went busted but Next bought it and is still sold online and in a few other places. Honestly, sizes for kids are mad. My kids were very rarely in their actual size, often they were in clothes with tags in the next size up or two. My 11yo has to buy 13yo trousers but 10yo tops. My 8yo has been in 7/8 for almost two years. If you like the item, maybe keep it and see when the weather is nicer if it fits. Don't trust tags, go by fit!

Can you be sure it was re-gifted? I usually buy baby clothes in bigger sizes because new parents are often given loads of newborn stuff and then there is nothing for later months.

I'd hate this. Giving a gift I'd have to find somewhere to store for a year. No thanks.

So many people with immense privilege and grotesque materialistic attitudes.