Okay, so what's been your "junkiest" gift - Page 3

[kriket]

Originally Posted by MsVyky

OMG, I have at least 8 or 9 huge bottles of J&J "No more Tears" shampoo. I should take them to the women's shelter.

I actually really like the J&J baby shampoo form myself, it works well in dreads Maybe it's the all over wash... whatever is in the yellow frosted-ish bottle.

[Juvysen]

Originally Posted by KSDoulaMama

1. Not really a gift so much as annoying advertising... But cans and cans of formula powder from Similac and Enfamil. (Similac sends me stuff in the mail at least once a week. Formula, coupons, and "useful" information. ) What a waste.

2. Bottles and bottles and bottles of Johnson & Johnson soaps, shampoo, lotions, and bubble bath. I do not feel comfortable using these on our baby (and really, we mostly just clean her with water when we do bathe her.) I returned a crapload to Target and bought some actually useful things. The gifts were thoughtful, just not particularly useful to us.

Yes, here, too.

The baby shampoo - how much shampoo are people expecting me to USE on my baby?? I mean, even when I did use that stuff w/DD (first baby), it was at least a year and a half before I got halfway through one of the big bottles. I gave away several bottles and still have a couple in the cabinet that I occasionally use to wash woolens. Oh, I was also given a ton of baby lotions and stuff... freaks me out how many nasties are on the ingredient list , so I gave those away, too.

That aside, MIL knows I don't use lotions but she still gets me lotion several times a year. Not a baby gift, but still.

[MsVyky]

Originally Posted by kriket

I actually really like the J&J baby shampoo form myself, it works well in dreads Maybe it's the all over wash... whatever is in the yellow frosted-ish bottle.

Hmm. Good to know. Maybe I'll save a bottle for my hubby- he's a dreadhead, too.

[sapphire_chan]

Originally Posted by jess5377

I just remembered some other ones...

-"baby" towels. I don't get this. Why can't babies use regular towels? Why do they need special "baby" towels. That said, I cut these up and sewed them into reusable wipes which actually get used a lot, so I guess you could kind of say they weren't actually that junky at all....

I think it might come from the days when towels cost more so people kept old frayed scritchy towels for years?

DD loves the baby towels because they have a "hat!" but they were too small to wrap her up by about 6 months old.

[Pippi L.]

Originally Posted by Juvysen

Yes, here, too.

The baby shampoo - how much shampoo are people expecting me to USE on my baby?? I mean, even when I did use that stuff w/DD (first baby), it was at least a year and a half before I got halfway through one of the big bottles. I gave away several bottles and still have a couple in the cabinet that I occasionally use to wash woolens. Oh, I was also given a ton of baby lotions and stuff... freaks me out how many nasties are on the ingredient list , so I gave those away, too.

That aside, MIL knows I don't use lotions but she still gets me lotion several times a year. Not a baby gift, but still.

The same thing happens here! I'm allergic to scented things and my MIL keeps getting me scented soaps and lotions -- because they're "all natural!" One look at the ingredients list is all it takes to figure out it has a lot of chemicals in it. She's also the only person who doesn't understand that when we said "no noise toys" we really meant we didn't want any noise toys. Not even books or "learning" toys. She's lovely and good-hearted, but I think she just doesn't understand that something she enjoys is something that we don't enjoy.

The junkiest gift I got, though, has to be a baby wig. That, however, was given with the full understanding that it was junky. My friend found it online and got it BECAUSE it was the most ridiculous, useless baby item she could find. We have a tradition of absurd gifts, however, so it was funny.

[kriket]

Originally Posted by Pippi L.

The junkiest gift I got, though, has to be a baby wig. \

I can't even wrap my brains around a wig for babies.

I can see for little kids. I had a friend in grade school who had leukemia and lost her hair from the treatment, who had a wig. We were like 5 or 6ish tho. Not babies. I think a baby with a ton of adult-style hair would be strange.

If you have a pic, I have to see it.

[KaliShanti]

Ok I am CRYING laughing at some of these!! My nursing babe is staring up at me like I'm buts but this is so funny!

[octobermom]

Ohh geez every gift my MIL has ever forced upon us... Not jsut for the baby but just overall.
She one gave my older DD a barbie torso... Yup you heard that right the head no arms or legs in her mind it was old so there for valuable...

Or the rather expensive snow suit she bought for her... An oddly "nice" looking rather pricy gift of course we live in southern AZ we dont have anyone we know up north (they too live in AZ) my family is from texas...

She gave my DD some of liquor filled chocolates once and tried to get her to eat them also... She was 2 I dont care how little alchoal is in those no 2 year old needs to be sucking down Jack Danniels liquors..

And then there was DH and my loving Christmas gifts from her one Christmas....
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...8/100_0119.jpg yup and that soap came used.. tokens of love from her trip to China... Oh joy

deannna

[blizzard_babe]

Wow, I haven't received anything truly junky... though the fleece "Daddy's Little Princess" blanket we got after #1 was born was pretty odd... more so because #1 is a boy. We used it anyway. DS didn't seem to care... when you're a month old, a soft warm blanket is a soft warm blanket.

Originally Posted by Youngfrankenstein

I can't even imagine asking my dad for a breastpump.

I'd totally ask my dad for a breastpump, but then again he raised three daughters and is used to this kind of thing. He even knew which types of tampons my mom used and which ones to buy if my sisters and I were out. Poor guy .

He'd probably just say, "Send me a link on amazon and I'll have it shipped to you," though. I'm not sure he'd want to answer questions about nipple size.

Originally Posted by kriket

2nd place: Tickle me Elmo... Luckily DS was TERRIFIED and started shaking and screaming. It didn't make it home with us. I think she said she was going to give it to my BIL. I am sorry for them.

DS's first babysitter had, for her daughter, that dancing/talking Elmo who stands, sits, etc. Scared the CRAP out of DS. As in, she had to hide it, because even if it was turned off and not moving a mechanical muscle, he'd start crying when he saw it. Same with the talking/moving "Chuck the Dump Truck" that MIL/FIL bought him. We ended up giving it to our babysitter because DS wouldn't even go into his toybox if he caught a glimpse of it in there.

Originally Posted by MsVyky

OMG, I have at least 8 or 9 huge bottles of J&J "No more Tears" shampoo. I should take them to the women's shelter.

I did that when we moved. And I'm with the other posters... how much shampoo do people think we need? I got two bottles of the Burt's Bees stuff and they lasted FOREVER. Maybe people are over-washing their babies/toddlers? That might explain all the lotion use .

Originally Posted by sapphire_chan

I think it might come from the days when towels cost more so people kept old frayed scritchy towels for years?

DD loves the baby towels because they have a "hat!" but they were too small to wrap her up by about 6 months old.

DS still insists on using his old baby towel. It's so ridiculously tiny on him it's not even funny. I'm going to get him one of those kid-sized hooded towels this summer, because I can't really even dry him off with his old froggy one.

Originally Posted by octobermom

Ohh geez every gift my MIL has ever forced upon us... Not jsut for the baby but just overall.
She one gave my older DD a barbie torso... Yup you heard that right the head no arms or legs in her mind it was old so there for valuable...

If I have nightmares about Barbie torsos tonight, you're getting a nasty PM in the morning .

[akind1]

here I was thinking the barbie torso was one you biy in craft stores to make barbie cakes with . . . still weird.

I gave all our J and J stuff - we got TONS - to friends who do use that stuff. We use the Aveeno. A little bottle goes a long way. we are still on our first. maaybe because DS only gets a bath 2 or 3 times a week? if that

[tzs]

Originally Posted by Pippi L.

The junkiest gift I got, though, has to be a baby wig. That, however, was given with the full understanding that it was junky. My friend found it online and got it BECAUSE it was the most ridiculous, useless baby item she could find. We have a tradition of absurd gifts, however, so it was funny.

baby bangs?!?!!!!!!! i saw them online and i've been obsessed ever since. they are so creepy i love them!