talk me out of it!

[ellymay]

Ug, I am getting so frustrated bc I want to buy clothes for the baby and I can't yet bc I don't know what I am having, I am so tempted to ask them to give me an u/s next appt just to know....that is so bad....

[perditafoster]

buy 'em anyway, keep the tags on, and take 'em back! or give 'em to someone else i'm not helping at all, am i? :

[kathywiehl]

I totally understand! When I first found out about this pregnancy I was dying to know and since I'm a yard sale junkie I felt really frustrated because I knew that by the time I'd know, yard sale season would be over and I'd have to buy new clothes if I wanted something.

So, what did I do? I bought all the baby clothes that I loved, knowing that half of them would be given to my dd for her babies or sold on ebay.

I say, buy stuff you really like and keep the receipts!

[Dea]

DOOOOO EEEEEEEEIIIITTTTTT!
I mean buy the clothes, lot of green and yellow and white. White knitted baby stuff is so precious. Oh and rainbow babylegs. They are my obsession for today. This baby will NEED rainbow babylegs.
Just go ahead and do it. Oh and tell us.
(about the shopping, no US needed!)

[mama_nym]

Oh, I know SO MUCH how you feel! We found out via u/s with our first three, thought we were done, gave away all the baby stuff, and got pg with #4. I swore I wouldn't have an u/s during pregnancy and wanted it to be a surprise and it was torture!!! I wanted to buy things SO badly, so I did let myself buy gender neutral stuff (at thrift stores/yard sales) along with a few gender-specific items that I absolutely fell in love with. It just so happened that I had enough preggo friends that what I couldn't use found good homes quickly! I'm not finding out again (unless it's twins, but that's a whole different story!) and was given a box of girl clothes that I'm absolutely in love with and have a few boy things left from C, so I'm not going as crazy this time.

I say go ahead with the shopping and save the receipts (or if thrift shopping, set a $ limit and donate back/sell on ebay whatever you don't end up using) and be surprised - it was totally worth it in the end to have the surprise!!!

[isra1986]

It is hard to find unisex clothes. I was shopping today for my baby (I know she is a girl) and my friends baby who is due in March. She doesn't know the sex of her baby yet because she is in Saudi Arabia and doesn't speak arabic so she is waiting to come back to USA to go to the doctor. I had the hardest time finding something to buy her. It settled on a yellow duck sleeper from the boys section, but ti could be for a girl.

[nolonger]

Buy what you like. If you have any thoughts/hopes, go ahead and get a few gender specific items. My daughter wore blue and my son wore pink, usually on the days we didn't have to go anywhere, and nothing horrible happened.

If you have a consignment store, you can sell them back. Maybe we can do a gender-specific clothing swap in late February or March if there are enough of us here finding out at our births???????

[ellymay]

I am over it LOL I am just going to keep the tags on them and have my mom wash them for me so it will be in a white tshirt/onsie for the first night ....LOL.....I have all girl clothes that dd had and my best friend is giving me all her boy clothes if it is a boy so I think I'll be set but I still like to get a few new outfits

[Gunter]

buy cheaper at the thrift stores so if you get a few dresses, you can gift them or donate them back. that's what i did last time!

buy clothes that are not as "gender specific".

and for now, just think of all the money you will save by not buying everything you would want to buy if you knew the sex of your babe!

[True Blue]

K, just have to say....yellow and green look awful on jaundiced babies the first couple of week!!!! Something to keep in mind LOL from someone who never finds out the gender.

[nolonger]

Tie dye looks GREAT on any baby and is a fun project for big brothers and sisters.

[isra1986]

Originally Posted by noordinaryspider

Buy what you like. If you have any thoughts/hopes, go ahead and get a few gender specific items. My daughter wore blue and my son wore pink, usually on the days we didn't have to go anywhere, and nothing horrible happened.

If you have a consignment store, you can sell them back. Maybe we can do a gender-specific clothing swap in late February or March if there are enough of us here finding out at our births???????

My mom got a US when she was pregnant with both my sister and I, the doctor said we were both boys. She was wrong. I wore race car and baseball outfits for the first year of my life, lol. My sister was younger so she got to wear my pink hand me downs, lol. But my parents decided not to change the name they had picked out, and she is named Charley.

[Writerbird]

My baby would have worn blue no matter what gender. I don't like pink, and my husband and I both have olive skin tones, so pink would have looked horrific. But we both look smashing in blue, so I expect our baby to be the same!

[smokeylo]

I buy them anyway mostly gender neutrals. I think I've bought about 5 things since finding out I'm pregnant. Honestly, CDing helps with the urge to buy!! Anyway, I just keep it in my head that if it is a girl (or a boy), we'll get the pleasure of picking out darling, gender specific outfits when he/she is growing up. Target has some cute stuff in bright colors on clearance right now.

[flapjack]

This is why newborns sleep the first few days of life, remember? So mummy can hit the TP
Seriously, I love teeny-tiny brand new babies in GN outfits, particularly cream and white. Newborns never look as good in photos with blue or pink clothes on. (JMHO.)

[ellymay]

OH I am hitting TArget Friday LOL I will get a few outfits I am sure that could go either way like sleepers. But it isn't just pink/blue that I like for the going home outfit like my dd1 had a white outfit w/ tiny red flowers all over it it was so adorabe.

[Nature]

I have plenty of girly clothes since I have three girls, however... zip for boy clothes. What I did was hit Goodwill and kept looking. One day I was there and someone must have donated a bunch of infant boy clothes because there were some NICE things almost brand new in 0-3 and 3-6 month sizes. Nice fleece things. Now they are VERY boyish. No way a girl could wear them. But I needed something for the first few weeks at home if it is a boy. Unfortunately I won't be able to run out and buy new clothes once he/she is born. I'll have to wait a few weeks before we have any money. I spent I think 14 dollars and got a lot of clothes that were cute.

Usually I buy a special blanket when I find out what gender I'm having, and a coming home outfit. (those are the only things I usually buy that are brand new. My one little spending urge) This time it was so hard to find something that was gender neutral! Just last week I found the cutest tan and white striped knitted one piece outfit at Old Navy with a cute little pointy hood that I fell in love with. I think it will look so cute on either a boy or a girl, so the coming home outfit will be that one! (hopefully. as long as its still there in a week 1/2 when I have money. ) Now I just need to find a blanket!

So I say, go for it! Buy stuff you love! Whats the worst that can happen? I mean if you have the money go buy new, but if you don't.. thrift store shopping can be fun too.

[jaxinsmom]

umm, so we don't know what we're having either....but I still have most of ds' baby clothes and was in the same boat ~ wanting more for this baby.
Also, I have a pretty good feeling this one's a girl so I was thinking that it would be nice to have some girly clothes..just in case...
So, I got a huge bag of infant girl clothes (0-12mo) on freecycle. It's brilliant. They're all new-to-me and I don't feel bad if I have a boy and have to freecycle them to someone else...
Just a thought...