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Original poster

To want a mothers' day card from 7 week old DD...

43 replies

BarrelOfMonkeys · 28/02/2009 19:29

...and should I start hinting to DP now?

Or am I being utterly ridiculously precious?

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ThePregnantHedgeWitch · 28/02/2009 19:33

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hotbot · 28/02/2009 19:33

hint away - i was never really that sentimental but now i have dd i really would be very cross if dh didnt d something for me on mothers day from dd.....
i cant help myself and to make it wors i tell him fathers day isnt as important.... i am soo bad.

hotbot · 28/02/2009 19:34

hint away - i was never really that sentimental but now i have dd i really would be very cross if dh didnt d something for me on mothers day from dd.....
i cant help myself and to make it worse i tell him fathers day isnt as important.... i am soo bad.

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hotbot · 28/02/2009 19:34

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Leo9 · 28/02/2009 19:35

ridiculously precious, IMO.

If you wait till she buys you something because SHE wants to it will be all the more special. IMHO.

MinnieMummy · 28/02/2009 19:35

YANBU but don't expect your DH to realise without much hinting/direct telling!

IME men just don't get how important it is to us!

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diedandgonetodevon · 28/02/2009 19:36

No, not ridiculous. Get hinting. It's mother's day and you're a mother!

Tommy · 28/02/2009 19:36

I got one (eventually) from DS1 when he was about the same age.

DH "forgot" to give it to me first thing and I got really upset about it.

It was a lovely card - something about spending all that time in your tummy and when I came out I was so glad you're my Mummy!

BalloonSlayer · 28/02/2009 19:36

Bloody hell of course you're NBU.

DS1 was born 2 days before father's day and I asked my Mum to get a card (didn't have the nerve to do it before I went in). I was still in hospital on Father's Day and I popped the card and pressie my Mum had bought into the little plastic cot thing DS1 was in so that DH could have it when he came in to visit. It was so aaaaaahhh!!!

I loved doing it, and your DP should love getting you your first mothers' day card.

Original poster
BarrelOfMonkeys · 28/02/2009 19:46

Thanks - in that case, going with the majority, let the hinting commence!

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Kimi · 28/02/2009 19:46

Of course you should get a card, this is your first mothers day and it is special

TheInvisibleManDidIt · 28/02/2009 20:00

Ds1 was about 6 weeks old on my first mothers day. I got a 'happy birthday mum' with the happy birthday scored out and mothers day written in

LadyMuck · 28/02/2009 20:11

Of course YANBU!

I am still mildly peeved that I spent all of Mothering Sunday in labour with ds1 and he wasn't born until 5am on the Monday. I had to wait until the following year.

And as well as a card you are entitled to a lie-in and breakfast.

Wallace · 28/02/2009 20:21

I dont think hinting will be enough - men don't do hints (or is that just my dh?)

A direct "OOh, I am so looking forward to my first mothersday card/ chocs/ flowers/ pampering/etc!"

Blondeshavemorefun · 28/02/2009 20:24

riven 22 march

and

NYABU

you are a mummy,it will be your first mummys day so you NEED and DERSERVE a card

hint snd mention it, maybe say to him, would he like you to buy a card for his mum

and hope he takes the hint

MuchLessTiredNow · 28/02/2009 20:26

You should have one - I was so upset that a friend of mine didn't get one from her DH (spouting about ridiculous commercialism) that I sent her one from her dd myself

beansontoast · 28/02/2009 20:28

oh ladymuck!! what bad luck (glad you got a lovely baby though)

and to you barrelofmonkeys...of course of course you get a card...though i imagine at this young you are still pretty chuffed with simply having the baby/being a mum...nice to have it commemorated(?) though!

LyraSilvertongue · 28/02/2009 20:32

It's your first one as a mother - of course you want a card.
DP was working abroad (in middle east) on my first mother's day but he still arranged for flowers to be delivered, which made it extra special.

IwishIwasmoreorganised · 28/02/2009 20:35

Absolutely YANBU, though if your house is anything like mine then you will have to do an awful lot of terribly unsubtle hinting to get anything!

I do agree with Leo that it will be even more special once your dd is old enough to make her own card etc, but until then - stick at the hinting!!!!

tatt · 28/02/2009 20:36

personally think it's a bit silly before they know what day it is. However that is very much a minority view. If it matters to you shout it out, most men wouldn't realise.

Desiderata · 28/02/2009 20:38

Oh, I hate all cards, tbh.

What a gullible way to make other people very rich.

If it was home made, by dh, than fine.

Bought? Then, no.

SugarBird · 28/02/2009 21:33

DP and I decided before we had the DC that we wouldn't do all the Mother's Day, Father's Day stuff as we thought it was just commercial tat etc.

But - my first Mother's Day after having DS1 saw me sobbing as soon as I heard all the messages for mums on the radio! Didn't expect to feel like that at all but DP rushed out and got me flowers and we've celebrated it (and Father's Day) ever since...

It's not unreasonable or precious - just a special day if it feels that way for you, so hint away!

BalloonSlayer · 28/02/2009 21:56

Never mind the tat and the commercialism.

It's actually all about the DP taking DD out in the pram, going to the card shop and saying, to his (slumbering) daughter; "Now. Which card do you think Mummy would like best? This one? Or this one? Oh yes, this one."

THAT'S what makes it special.