To organise my own mother's day things

[ohnowhatdidido]

I quite like all the silly little traditions. When I was a kid, I would wake up early to make my mum breakfast on mother's day and give her my handmade cards. I know my mum really liked these things and my gifts as a child ranged from picking flowers in the park and putting it in a hand decorated vase (read ruining a good vase my mum already had with sequins etc), or saving up my pocket money to buy my mum jewellery from Argos. She's kept them all to this day.

Last year my very own baby was born on Mother's Day. DH is not very sentimental but I asked if I could please have something cute and little from our baby this year. I asked about a month ago if he could take our baby to a pottery cafe and get her hand prints on a little mug. But because of various illnesses he couldn't get it organised (not his fault at all). But I've just booked an afternoon tea for the three of us and toying with the idea of getting a personalised mug that says love from [DC's name].

Is it really sad?
I just want to do all the silly little gimmicky things. Like have a mug with mummy written on it. I don't usually like that kind of generic tat but it feels kind of special to me now.

You’re not being unreasonable but maybe you should wait and see if your partner does do something nice for you or give you a gift from your baby, before you give yourself a gift.

This is my duaghter’s first Mothering Sunday too and her partner has reluctantly booked a dinner table for the 3 of them as he wants to do his hobby during the daytime.

I feel a bit disappointed for her to be honest.

It seems very odd to expect a Mother's Day present from a baby who has no awareness of the day at all!

Definitely get something with handprints on.

Not sad at all.

You've grown, carried, birthed and taken care of an entire human... Its my first Mothers Day too and I hope my OH does something lovely, even if my LO isn't aware of it all, it's more about my OH showing appreciation until my LO is old enough to understand it all

Not odd at all. I would have done this if I'd thought of it. It's the thought that matters. Even if it's thinking for a baby who has no awareness of the day at all 😁.

Do it OP. Your baby isn't aware of it yet, but it's still a lovely thing.

I’ve made hand and footprint crafts with my 2 year old for myself as they’re things that I want to have and keep but aren’t something that dp would do. But I enjoyed making them with my little one and now I have some lovely things made to keep forever 🥰

Dp has taken him to choose a card and a present for me though and we’re going on a day out altogether tomorrow which will be nice 😊

You could do this yourself. It doesn't have to be for M day.