Funny Valentine's Day Poems to Give Your Kids
Modamily Site Helps You Find Someone to Have a Baby With
Perfect Chocolate-Covered Strawberries
‘No Child Left Behind’ Screeches to a Halt
Brave Girl Won't Let Rare Disease Steal Her Childhood (VIDEO)
Pink Ribbons Hide the Real Truth About Breast Cancer
Would You Wear These Fang Shoes?!
Mom Delivers 15.5 Pound Baby Boy (VIDEO)
Heart Cookie Pops Perfect for Valentine's Day
Obama's Marshmallow Fight at the White House (VIDEO)
7 Things You Can Do Right Now to Prevent Cancer
Beyonce Trademarks 'Blue Ivy' & Starts a Celebrity Trend
5 Great Gifts for Your Techie Valentine
Angelina & Brad Are Letting Maddox Do What?!
Should the Department of Education Be Abolished?
Photo by sstepph
I always knew I wanted to have kids so before my husband and I even started trying to get pregnant—and even after—I'd buy baby items here and there.
I got some one-of-a-kind baby booties and a stuffed camel in Mongolia, some gorgeous smocked dresses in a variety of baby and toddler sizes in Vietnam, a punk rock baby T-shirt in New York City, some wall prints for the nursery in Paris, a couple of incredible mobiles in Japan, a Moses basket at a going-out-of-business sale in Boston (it was $5, I had to buy it), and so on.
I kept everything in storage marked "Baby," and waited for the day I'd get to use it all. That day came a lot later than I thought it would. Sometimes I thought I was jinxing myself by buying baby stuff before I was sure I'd ever need it, but during the depressing days when I thought I'd never get pregnant, I figured I could just give everything away as gifts to all of my pregnant friends and family.
I was finally blessed with a baby and I've been able to use all of the lovely things I found on my travels around the world. These are the items that I now treasure and couldn't bear to give away with the rest of my daughter's hand-me-downs.
Did you buy baby clothes or gear before you got pregnant?
Comments (7)
No, but I always looked and thought "OMG I want this for my baby" I did look at a cute pair of baby vans at the outlets and wanted to buy them (this was before we were pregnant) and I didnt cause DH said it would jinx us - lol, and a few months later I got pregnant and when we went back to get them the outlet was gone :(
& Thanks again for using my pic. Its one of my faves (:
Yes I did buy a pj for my DD before she was born and with my DS I brought home a cute pair of booties when we started fertility treatment to TTC him. The booties were blue and amaizingly 4 months I was expecting him. And know we decide to wait a little more for our third baby but I alredy have a cute pink dress because I want another girl LOL.
I didn' buy clothes, but when we decided we would start trying, I did buy diapers at Costco, thought I would get an early start!
No but as soon as I was I did! early on and throughout I was on a 9 month shopping spree! Now every size he is he will still have atleast 3 to 4 outfits that we forgot to use! OH well next baby will!
No, i never really though about having babies earlier on rather than later.
My oldest brother's wife has a large suitcase full of baby clothes. I don't know how long she's been collecting, I've known about it for at least 3 yrs. Unfortunately for her she has no baby, and i can tell she really wants a baby. Her sister and brother have kids, my younger brother and his wife have 6 mo. old twins, and i have a toddler and almost 1mo. old.
She has problems concieving. My brother doesn't want kids for a few more years, and maybe it'll happen for them when they're both ready and more stable.
i think getting so many baby items before concieving does jinx it, JMO though.
Although an item here and there, that is soo adorable you just HAVE to have is ok