a drawer really?!

[DarlingMe]

So I work with this girl who is a few months along. She was saying how small their apartment is and how she has no room for baby stuff. She proceeds to seriously talk about having the baby sleep in the top dresser drawer until she/he can sit up. I suggested a moses basket or a pack and play and she said no its ok in the drawer until they are a few months old. Me and another girl sat there staring for a few minutes trying to figure out if she was joking.

I have had conversations before with her about kids and she has said her children will not be spoiled by having more than 2 pairs of shoes, or a few outfits. She didnt grow up with much so her kids dont need much. I get that. But if you can spoil you child a bit why deny them that!

She was also telling everyone she isnt feeling well because she has a parasite (the baby!). I get the whole dry humor thing, but I truely think she was serious about the drawer! It is just scary seeing how many woman I have met here who would be ecstatic to be PG and then theres this wacko raising children!

 

[eightambliss]

Hubby and I have joked about putting the LO in the nightstand drawer as it's next to my side of the bed, but in all seriousness I would just get a pack and play and put him in there.

Really a drawer? For real? I mean it is such a hard surface! And really, I didn't have a whole lot growing up so I can see not spoiling your kid a ton (car at 16, pony at four etc) but have a good amount of clothing at least! It's not spoiling, it's providing for them!

 

[brutus09]

They used to do that back in the old days, like 40 years ago. They would line the drawers with blankets and everything, and they were heavy dressers so they wouldn't tip over. But that was "back then" and this is now. She should get a bassinet or something.

And wouldn't you want better for your children? I know that is what I strive for!

 

[Mommy Dearest]

I had a cradle for my daughter. My mom said she had to use a laundry basket when I was a baby because I didn't like the bassinet. I also grew up with very little... but I'm not sure "a few outfits" would've sufficed (considering they seem to poo/pee/or spit up on everything). What if they stain the clothes? She sounds a little off lol... but to each their own I guess.

 

[tallybee]

Hmmm. She sounds like she has NOT thought things through in a rational manner. Perhaps she's feeling in shock, daunted, whatever about the whole idea still. Trying to make light of it as it's the only way she can deal with the concept of nearly being a parent.
Anyone who thinks they can get by on a couple of outfits will soon go buy more once the baby messes them one after the other. WHen my first was born we had very little money and I had to handwash his little babygros in the sink each day and yes the first thing I did when I got some money through was go get some more clothes!
I'm sure this girl will wake up once the baby comes.

 

[Green Lady]

I barely trust our cardboard-strength Argos drawers to our clothes, let alone a baby! Let's hope she's joking. We also live in a small flat, though it's a nice one in a good area. We barely have room for the stuff we have but DH and I have decided to stay put for the forseeable future. We figured we could make room for a baby and it wouldn't need its own bedroom for awhile. It's just a pity this place isn't a two-bed; we've got a park right behind us and a communal green space with the flat. It's a nice quiet street too, would be perfect for little kids.

I'm with the lady about not spoiling the kids too much, but these days clothes are probably the cheapest things a kid would own, and like others said the really little ones need mountains of them. It's when you start buying My First Mobile and Baby iPad that things begin to add up!

 

[40yearoldmum]

Hubby and I have joked about putting the LO in the nightstand drawer as it's next to my side of the bed, but in all seriousness I would just get a pack and play and put him in there.

Really a drawer? For real? I mean it is such a hard surface! And really, I didn't have a whole lot growing up so I can see not spoiling your kid a ton (car at 16, pony at four etc) but have a good amount of clothing at least! It's not spoiling, it's providing for them!

Bugger! I was going to get mey little 14 month old a pony is that too little!!

 

[NOMORENUMBERS]

wow! i can imagine that donkeys years ago they would have done this with using those massive victorian units but yeah in the victorian times!

yeah i get the whole dry humour too but i dont think i would be able to crack a smile when talking about babies because well you dont do you?!?!?

 

[mrsessex]

I have pics on me being bathed in a sink in the 70's!!!

A drawer though ... newborns dont really move do they pmsl

 

[AndreaFlorida]

A laundry basket sounds much better than a dresser drawer....that can tip over an kill baby, or the drawer can be pulled too close to the edge and it tip out on the floor hurting baby oh noooo thats so not good! And then what if baby is like a month old like my oldest and desides to roll over an move a lot that drawer will fall out in a heart beat! People who don't deserve children get them before all of us who are TRYING to add more to our family!

 

[LaRockera]

Obviously some people are having a hard time understanding the difference between a baby and a doll.

As far as the spoiled thing is concerned, well, yeah, I've heard of a couple who bought their baby some 40 pairs of shoes, but between this and 'a couple of outfits' stands the grand canyon I reckon.

And if she grew up without much, I'd think she'd want her child to grow up with a bit more.

Sigh...

 

[Braven05]

I had a friend come visit once with her 3 month old and she didn't think ahead of time about where the baby might sleep because she took a plane to visit, so she definitely took a drawer *out* of the dresser, lined it with blankets, and the baby slept in that...kinda funny but not something you would do on a regular basis!

 

[mrsessex]

I had a friend come visit once with her 3 month old and she didn't think ahead of time about where the baby might sleep because she took a plane to visit, so she definitely took a drawer *out* of the dresser, lined it with blankets, and the baby slept in that...kinda funny but not something you would do on a regular basis!

Awww thats ok though..if its on the floor etc..kinda sweet really lol

 

[leopardprint]

I used to live in a caravan as a kid, my brother used to sleep in a basket on the shelf next to my parent's bed in the caravan, but I'm sure if they'd had the space he would have had better.

I know when (fingers crossed) we do have our own baby he/she will have the best there is and will certainly not be sleeping in a drawer!

Its almost strange to even joke about putting a baby in a drawer to sleep!

xx

 

[AndreaFlorida]

Thats OK for a few nights on the floor in the drawer I agree...but to just plan that is wrong wouldn't you want your parents to give you something better than a drawer to sleep in? For a few nights its kinda cute but not for a permanant type thing!

 

[zippy4]

I remember watching a tv programme and the couple planned for their baby to sleep in a drawer as they thought it would save money. Luckily enough the mother in law saved the day by buying a cot.

And it is one thing spoiling your children and another to give them hardly anything - a couple of outfits is not going to cut it with a LO :S I don't understand some people

 

[Janesworld]

Something tells me that when she's doing laundry 5 times a day that she'll change her mind

 

[eightambliss]

Hubby and I have joked about putting the LO in the nightstand drawer as it's next to my side of the bed, but in all seriousness I would just get a pack and play and put him in there.

Really a drawer? For real? I mean it is such a hard surface! And really, I didn't have a whole lot growing up so I can see not spoiling your kid a ton (car at 16, pony at four etc) but have a good amount of clothing at least! It's not spoiling, it's providing for them!

Bugger! I was going to get mey little 14 month old a pony is that too little!!

Yes I would wait until they are 16 months!

 

[welshwarriors]

Well you defo don't spoil a child by putting into a decent cot or moses basket!! Is she for real? Well her child will move out as shes old enough.

 

[DarlingMe]

I'm thinking at the rate they are going she will move out when she is 10! I would think u would want better for ur child... I hope someone gives her a little shock here soon about the whole thing!