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[quote=Anonymous]My opinion is that this is a matter of scale. If your MIL has purchased a pack’n’play, a high chair, and a ton of wipes? You have a considerate MIL who wants to make sure you don’t get caught unprepared and— maybe— encourage impromptu visits because you don’t have to go home for equipment first. For example I took my daughter to see my ILs after swim lessons while my husband slept in, and there was a high chair and breakfast ready for her and a coffee for me— great! However. If your MIL is fully outfitting a nursery, a crib, a stroller, a wardrobe, 10K newborn diapers, then she may be developing a fantasy about what this baby will need/use and your husband needs to gently manage her expectations now before you get the weight of her unmet expectations laid on your postpartum shoulders— that kind of thing really is relationship killing. [/quote]
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