family members trying to take over / interfering / helping too much? Ok I know this isn't like the end of the world and there are worst things to whinge about but still.. Here goes..
Im pregnant with my first, and me and my husband are enjoying buying baby bits. My parents have offered to buy the pram, which is lovely, I've chosen it and they're paying for it. PIL have offered to buy the cot, so we've chosen the one we want but they haven't purchased it yet, no rush.
But PIL keep buying stuff, stuff that me and husband want to choose and buy. We're not struggling for money so are ok to buy it all, including pushchair and cot, but it's lovely that people have said they'll buy this. But we live in a tiny flat so don't have room for PIL to keep buying stuff that we don't like or want or need. And we actually want to go out and do some baby shopping for our baby.
We went out to look at sterilisers the other day and when PIL heard they were like you need to stop buying things because we want to buy things. And i said you have and are - the cot and they've bought swings. Bouncers, play gyms, walkers, quilts, bumpers, blankets etc and that's only what I've seen!
The only things husband and I have bought are clothes, bibs and a changing mat. That's it!
I don't want to keep sounding ungrateful but everytime I say no stop you've bought enough, no save your money, no we want to buy things they don't get the hint. Anyone have any family like this? How do you deal with? Am I just being ungrateful? Should I let PIL buy EVERYTHING for our baby even if we have no room for it, didn't necessarily want it and we want to buy our baby things?