I’m just repeating what everyone else has said but all these gifted items are leaving such a bad taste in my mouth.
I had a baby 4 weeks ago. We’re not rich but we’re not skint, and we’re lucky that we were able to save during my pregnancy and buy nice things for our baby. Not £900 chair nice, but a decent pram, cot etc. But here’s the thing - we worked hard to buy these things. My husband worked so many extra shifts. I marked gcse exams while heavily pregnant, for hours each evening and weekend, on top of my full time job. It just makes me angry that she gets things thrown at her, when she could definitely afford to buy it all herself. It’s hard to explain - I don’t WANT an oversized giraffe or a snuzpod myself. I just get angry at how unfair it is. And not really for me - because as I said, we’re doing ok - but for those mums out there who might be really young and have very little income, and will watch her stories and just feel absolutely crap. I don’t know why she accepts all this stuff. I’ve been asking myself whether I would, and I can honestly say no, I wouldn’t. I’d be embarrassed. Everyone knows how much she’s earned since this whole thing started and I just feel like if that was me, I wouldn’t be able to accept it all, knowing what everyone would be thinking. I’d have to donate it. Baby banks are crying out for supplies.