Her Family Members Kept Gifting Her Baby Inappropriate Clothes, Like Bikinis And Short Shorts, And Got Upset When She Wouldn’t Dress Her Daughter In The Outfits
People can be really sensitive when it comes to gift-giving for babies. For instance, if you just had a baby, your aunt may be offended if you don’t snap a few pictures of your kid wearing the sweater she gifted you during your baby shower.
However, as a parent, you must enforce boundaries and only dress your babies in the things you feel comfortable putting them in.
One woman upset some of her family members for not dressing her daughter in the clothes they sent her because she didn’t like them.
She recently had a nine-month-old baby and is quite particular about the way she dresses her child.
She can’t stand clothes that she finds inappropriate for babies, like crop tops, bikinis, and shirts with strange sayings on them.
“I don’t put her in stuff with weird writing on it, like ‘Daddy said no dating’ or ‘Mommy’s personal headache,’ because I don’t like those things,” she explained.
“We don’t have a lot of money right now, so while I appreciate it when people want to give us stuff, just because it was given to us doesn’t mean I will put my daughter in it.”
Before her baby was born, she talked to her family about the kind of clothes she preferred and disliked for babies. She wasn’t rude about it, but she shared her strong beliefs about how babies should dress in baby clothes and not inappropriate things such as short shorts, revealing bathing suits, and short dresses.
Still, some of her relatives continued to give her those items, with baby bikinis being one of the most popular gifts.
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She politely accepted the presents but put anything she didn’t like away in her closet, never to be looked at again.
Yet, some drama occurred during a recent pool party with her family when she brought her baby wearing a one-piece swimsuit instead of one of the bikinis she was gifted.
“The swimsuit I bought had sleeves and was built for sun protection, whereas the bikini was not,” she reasoned.
“Apparently, several people were hoping they would get to see my baby’s rolls and were disappointed that she showed up long sleeves. I said I didn’t want her to get cold while getting in and out of the water and was concerned about too much sun on her sensitive skin.”
Despite her logical reasoning, some family members were hurt and brought up how they had purchased her baby a lot of outfits that they still hadn’t seen her in.
She reminded her relatives of her feelings about those baby clothes, stood her ground, and stated she refused to put her daughter in something she hated to make other people happy.
Then, a few of them told her she was being rude and ungrateful, but she stood by the fact that her baby was her baby, and she wouldn’t put her in clothes that she and her husband didn’t approve of.
Should she consider dressing her baby in those outfits only for occasions where they’ll see her relatives or stand her ground?
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