My mum has bought DD a dress knowing we won’t like it.

[Glasscabinet]

It’s DD first birthday soon and my mum has asked me to collect an outfit from hers ready for DD birthday.

My mum was laughing as she said that neither me or DH will like it/to our tastes but in her eyes it’s lovely.

What planet would I dress my DD, on her first birthday, in an outfit that caused a round of laughter over.

One hand I could be polite and pretend that DD got it dirty or I could straight out refuse to accept it.

What a waste of money and material. If anything I’m actually quite annoyed.

Sorry: what’s wrong with it?

It's beautiful

Put dd it in.. Take pics.. Send to dm. . Shame a nappy explosion...
Change outfit
Everyone is happy...

What a bitch your mum is! Chuck it straight in the bin and yes, pretend it was damaged.😉

Time to go nc.

I can't believe your mum bought your dd a dress 😡

Put her in it, take a few pics.

1. It will make your mother happy
2. You can use the pics for blackmail purposes when she is about 15 and won't tidy her bedroom

You are massively over reacting.

Yes, this!

It's hideous 😂 😂

It's really cute.

It’s cute for a few pictures but not really practical for a baby crawling around. The problem seems to be your Mum knows you won’t like it but thinks she has the right to override your wishes.

Although I'd probably lose the head band.

It's cute? Not maybe my taste but it's a pretty outfit for a first birthday

I'd just put her in it tbh. You don't have to love everything your daughter wears

It's cute. Put in dress

Take pic

Change unless seeing mum. Then a poo explosion

But whats wrong with the dress ?

Yikes....it is fairly ghastly!

Is it your mother's intention that DD is to wear this all day on her birthday, for whatever way you're marking this?

Putting DD in it for a photo for your mum, not too much of an ask. If your mum is trying to get her to have it on for the duration of the day/party/whatever, that's a different matter. Because it's awful.

Also presumably you can take off the skirt for when she's crawling around/playing after pictures?

She'll outgrow it in a couple of months. Dress her in it a couple of times. Put it in a memory box for her and she will decide if she wants to keep it when she's 18.
(By the way - your daughter will probably want no end of cheap princess dresses in the next few years....be prepared for lots of toddler fashion sense that isn't to your taste).

I wouldn’t put my child in that either but the issue isn’t the dress itself, it’s your mum deliberately buying something she knows you and your partner wouldn’t like. It’s disrespectful to you as a mother. I wouldn’t put my child in it and if questioned, simply say ‘you knew I wouldn’t like it and you were right so we picked something else for her’. No need to pacify someone that doesn’t respect you, regardless of who it is.

Is the skirt bit separate?
Just dress her in the body suit part so she can crawl around.

I agree with pp, put it on her, couple of pictures and bin. I also think it's a sight, but it won't be the ugly thing she's given and it's not worth upsetting anyone over.

Can’t imagine trying to change a nappy with all those layers on the skirt! Must win the vote for most impractical clothing for a baby.

It's horrible but dress her in it for a while. As soon as it's sticky or foody you can change her.

Naah I'd completely ignore that outfit and put her in what we wanted. Weird that your mother knows you'll hate it but thinks you'll use your daughter as a clothes horse anyway

It's just clothes. Buying your granddaughter a dress you like that their parents don't is hardly a big deal. The child will probably wear thousands of clothes over the years that their parents don't like

I wouldn't really say a dress is overriding parents wishes. That's more a problem with actual parent decisions

Over reaction.
It's 1 day. She'll never wear it again.
Your dd also won't give 2 shits or even remember wearing it either.