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[quote=Anonymous]I'm 28 weeks pregnant with our first child and we live in a modest almost 1400 sq ft 2 bedroom condo.
We plan to stay in the city in our place and have been working on purging items we don't need and being pretty creative with the little storage we do have.

Needless to say, my mother-in-law is over the moon that we are expecting and she totally went crazy with Christmas gifts yesterday.  She had warned us earlier this week that she hoped we had enough room in our car (small SUV) and she wasn't kidding.

While I appreciate her thoughtfulness and excitement (this is her second grandchild, first grandson) I want to gently tell her that it is too much.
Last month we we went shopping together and I politely turned down numerous items and explained to her that we are trying to be minimalists and don't have the room for extra things that we don't really need.

I don't want to hurt her feelings, but I've seen how crazy she goes with gifts for our niece.  They have a pretty large home so that's not a problem.

Would love some advice on others that have dealt with this and what to say and how to approach my MIL about going easy on the gifts.

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