When is the right time...

to buy things for your baby?

I find out the sex on March 8th and I immediatly want to go out and buy some little things.

I'll be 20 weeks & 3 days on March 8th but my mom says it's still too soon?

I don't think it's too soon because so far everything is going well.

HELP!

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if you are finding out the sex i would wait until than

i started buying dd outfits here and there as soon as i found out it was a

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I didn't really buy much until after my shower. You really don't know what you will get and what you will need until after. I did buy a few cute outfits I couldn't resist before that, but that's it.

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Im currently 25 weeks and I still didnt buy anything for the girls. Some of my friends have but personally i haven't.

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traditionally jews dont buy anything for the baby until after it is born, and dont have showers. I'm not very religious and DH isn't Jewish, plus I would like a baby shower so we are bending the rules.

I was a little nervous when MIL ran out and bought us a few baby outfits the second we told them (we were only 5w and hadn't even seen a hb yet) but it is what it is. We will probably start shopping a little once we find out the gender

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I went straight from my 20 week sono to the store and bought tons of stuff! I was so excited!!!!!

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I think it's right when you feel comfortable. If you are finding out the gender you may want to wait until then. I didn't buy anything until I was 28 weeks the first time around but I was also team so it was easy to resist the urge.

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First time around I don't think I ever bought him anything. Don't know why, just didn't.

This time I found out they were girls at 17 weeks and started buying things immediately after.

It should be whatever you are comfortable with!

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With pg #1, I bought stuff for right after my first sono. It wasn't really planned though - I happened to be at the mall and it was a few weeks after christmas and they had a cute Baby's First Christmas outfit. I didn't really buy anything else until I found out she was a girl. It was only clothing though. I waited for bigger things until after the shower.

I only bought one thing so far this time and it's for a boy. So if I find in a few weeks it's a girl, I'll return it. It was really cute pj's and I couldn't resist them b/c they were on the clearance rack.

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It is the right time whenever you feel it is the right time. My mom started buying things within a week (hadn't even had my first sono yet). I think I bought my first thing about a week after my first sono. My mom was at the stores the night after my 20w sono buying boy stuff. DH and I bought the bedding (because we weren't sure it would still be available over the winter - we would have just made it though, it wasn't in BRU this weekend but was there right before my shower) at about 16 weeks. I've only bought a few things overall (my mom has more than made up for it ), and waited until after the shower to buy any bigger things that I hadn't received (like the monitor).

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I think our parents get super excited when they find out they're going to be grandparents so they went out and bought stuff...then when I told my family, students and boss they went and bought stuff as well. I'm thinking with all these crazies in my life I won't need to buy her anything till she's 25 lol!!! But seriously, I would love to go clothes shopping but I'm not buying anything until after she's born aside for stuff to decorate her room!