Pram in the house?

[PGWomble]

Now, I'm not normally superstitious, but when I told a girl at work yesterday that I'd be working at home this morning to take delivery of my pushchair she almost went ashen and declared that I musn't have a pram in the house before the baby is born. (Not due until Feb...dodging VAT increase).

It's a new one on me, and maybe it's the hormones but I keep wondering whether to take it straight round to a friend for safekeeping! Even more crazy given how many other baby bits and bobs we already have around the place.

Never heard of this superstition before to be honest and surely everyone with a small age gap between children have a pram in the house before the baby is born???

Well there are plenty of other old wives tales out there - why pick this one??

I had ours in the house before DS was born. Nearly 14 months later, he seems to be ok...

what a load of old guff.

do people really believe this shit?

sorry, not meaning you pgwomble, your idiot collegue.

Madness, isn't it? To be honest she's the type who finds something negative to say about most things, to most people. Have just woken up a bit off this morning so started thinking about it- knew you'd all straighten my head out- thanks ladies!

I heard it when I was pregnant with DD. I ignored. She's 23 and fine.

There's another (Carribean?) one about not cutting DCs hair until they can speak.

If you listened to every old wives tale out there you'd never be able to function, ignore your colleague

It's a complete load of nonsense.

It is common around here and I usually point out that what happens for subsequent children or are they unworthy of the same considerations?

I also point out that why does it only apply to the pram? Surely it should stand that it's bad luck to have any baby items in the house if it's bad luck to have the pram?

It's obviously not, so tell this idiot to button up and relax.

I've heard it before and a friend of mine has kept hers at granny to keep that generation who think that way happy. In reality she gets free storage. Win win!

Wouldn't let it bother you it's really just an old wives tale (I have a new carrycot in attic and we are ttc!)

By way of update- it's just arrived and it's got me so excited about DD's arrival that there's no way I'm not keeping it with all her other bits people have kindly given us or we've bought so far!

Good point about keeping Granny happy dietcokebreak. I won't mention it to mine, she's worried about me having a baby enough (I am 31...it's just what Granny's do!). Good luck TTC!

My mother-in-law told me the same thing, but I told her I wasn't superstitious. So I have my pram in the house already.

I've heard this and many other superstitions but thats all it is. People have said you can't have baby clothes till they are born so what are you supposed to do have a naked baby till you can get to the shops.

I've had my pram since about 25 weeks as I saw an offer I couldn't turn down I'mm 33 weeks now and have almost everything I need for the baby as didn't want to be stressed with christmas and buying things for the baby.

Negative people say somethins about the superstitions but I think that says more about them as there is no need to be so negative.

Everyone else is just impressed at how organised we are.

You do what you want and if it saves you money then go for it. The only superstitions I stuck to were keeping quiet till 12 weeks then not buying anything till after the 20 week scan just in case. Once we were confident we had a healthy baby and a good chance of him arriving then we made sure we got things for him that he would need.

I agree with the majority, it's a pointless old wives tale!

Saying that, my mum was so angry at the thought I would even consider having a pram in the house before the birth of ds1 that I let her store it at hers to shut her up, as we were moving house anyway it was actually helpful. I'm now pregnant for the third time...my mother has the pram at hers as I went along with it before (twice!). It's just not worth arguing about!

This particular 'harmless' superstition has caused a real issue with me and my Mum. She very very kindly offered to contribute by buying a travel system for us - fantastic only she did it without asking us what we wanted or what would suit our lifestyle.

I sound so ungrateful - i'm not, really it was very generous.

But then because of the superstition referred to above she has refused to let us have it in our house before dd is born.

It looks very lovely and is a Lebruss brand - cost a fortune but of which there isn't a great deal of info on the internet.

I am nearly 37 weeks now and I have absolutely no idea how it works.

She then went ballistic when we bought a carseat and base for our car because there is one included in the travel system.

When I explained that we will not be able to take baby home unless we have a car seat she said she would bring the travel system to the hospital - I explained we need to know how it all works and fits beforehand - she basically said it's not rocket science and i'm being unreasonable then didn't speak to me for about a week.

So as supertitions go, this one is a right pain in the bum.

I'm not remotely superstitious and just want to know how the bloody thing works!

Can't you get her to hand over the manual?

She sounds like a well intentioned PITA but I have to say the Lebruss stuff I've seen is gorgeous.

I did lose my baby... and did have a pram in the house... but of course it had nothing to do with it! Am pregnant again and the same pram is still in the house.

I think the same thing about not telling people until 12 weeks or buying after 20 weeks. I had to tell people before 12 weeks last time because of the work I do. Our 20 week scan was ok too... we were just very, very unlucky.

on my first baby,i did not pick up the pram until the week before.
i did not have anything in the house except bottles ,nappies,baby grows,
the moses basket,bedlinen,car seat ect were bought as gifts so didnt get them until we came home from hospital.
at the time i lived at home, and my mum had lost 3 boys very late in her pregnacies and she was sure i was having a boy too(i was}so we didnt temp fate-so to speak.
my other children didnt have new so stuff everything was pulled down from attic the week before and given a wash.even now i would never dream of decorating a nursery before the birth.but thats just me,

Another one who's mother has insisted on having the pram at her house because of superstition until we require it (she also paid for it!)

But I won't say no as it is carry cot, chasis, seat and car seat and we have no room so it keeps her happy!!!

She did say when she had her kids (over 30 years ago) she stored the next door neighbours and vise versa as they were due at the same time and niether of them wanted their own in the house - bizarre - must be a generational thing!

I think it's definitely a generational thing, as I all the pregnant people I know seem to have mothers/ MILs/ Grannies going on about it.

My view is that if it's my own superstition then I'll stick by it, avoid three drains, talk to magpies etc, but if I've chosen not to believe in a particular superstition then it doesn't apply to me, so I'll walk under ladders and keep a pram in my house if I want to.

I wouldn't but not cos I am supersticious, but cos of all the negativity it would bring from MIL and I can't be bothered with it. Not that I look on the black side, I just don't want to tempt fate and the less she has to say to me, the better :D

What would she suggest people with an 18 month age gap do then?! not have a pram for their 1st child who would be about 10 months when you find out your pregnant!!!

Please don't worry about it - I'm due in May and we're getting our pram delivered in Dec as buying one of someone who is getting rid of it then!!!

xx

Same here! Travel system safely tucked away 150 miles from me and bubbs!!

Although my mum says nothing at all for the baby should be in our house until it's here. Not quite sure how we get round that one! Nursery furniture is on order and likely to be delivered in the next month or so. I'm not in to superstitions at all but my mums feelings have made me feel slightly guilty every time I even look at baby stuff in the shops! Online is ok though :o!!

Most babies in the world never even see a pram let alone have one, are they all healthy etc? And what about prehistoric man, were ALL their offspring okay etc? Argh, it's so ridiculous.

In a family where you dont say the proper names for longtails or grunters, dont pass on stairs, no shoes on table etc etc. so I sha'n't be getting anything til the last possible minute and wont be keeping it at home if anyone gives me any :D

For god's sake, it winds me up that people actually abide by these silly superstitions.

There are all sorts of things that really could go wrong without needing yet another thing to bloody worry about.

My new pram has been sitting in my spare room since I was about 23 weeks and it currently has a pile of clean washing on it!

i got my pram when i was 12wks pg my ds2 is now 4 ,but my dd would not have her pram till she was 7m gone ,its an old wifes tale !!