I loaned a friend all my mat clothes from dc2 last year. I'm now 18 weeks pregnant with dc3 and am STILL waiting for my stuff back!!
Her baby was born last Oct and mine is due Sept so it's not as if the clothing I gave her is out-of-season - it's spring/ summer stuff and I need it!
She has known that I am pg since 10 weeks (bump was impossible to hide, think that's the case when you;ve already had a few babies?) and has not made any move to get my clothes back to me.
Bear in mind she lives about a 5-10 min walk away and has only 1 child, while I have 2 (a 2yo and a 1yo) so for her, dropping them off is a matter of sticking the bub in the pram and meandering down the road - for me it's a bit more of a mission.
PLUS she has all her family constantly coming down to 'help' with the baby while mine all live o/s. My point being that if it's too much hassle to leave the house with the baby, then she could leave it sleeping or playing with grandparents and quickly nip down to mine.
She actually did come over the other day and say "i've got so much stuff of yours to return but I figured these might be the most urgent for now" and handed me two flipping baby name books!! (originally came free with a magazine LOL)
I've mentioned several times that I need to get the stuff back and she has been super-flakey. Today she texted to say "can't do it this week as my parents are down until Friday but I will try to get it all together in a bag for your while the are here and maybe see you next week?"
Yes, okay, I could just march up to her house and ferret through her wardrobes and get it myself but really, should I have to? Is it not her responsibility to get them back to me?
We also loaned her a baby rocker, cradle, car seat, slings, bath, baby clothes .... should I assume that my new baby is going to be sleeping in bed with us until she gets her sh*t together to return all of it??? Or might I actually get it back before September??
AIBU?