Buying too much?

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My husband thinks I am buying too many things for the baby. We have a planned pregnancy and I'm so over the moon to be pregnant with our child. So if I go out and see things that we need and want for the baby, I get them (especially if they're on sale 😉) We both agreed that we will not buy anymore clothes for the baby until we know the gender due to the fact that we already have a lot of gender neutral clothes and we want to be able to buy colorful clothes too. 
His issue is that he wants me to wait to buy the bigger things until we have a baby shower/receive gifts from friends and family. But we planned this child and we have the money. I'm a huge planner and I would rather be prepared and have everything as early as possible than wait to see if people buy things or not. Am I wrong? Should I hit the brakes and stop buying so much? I'm just so damn excited. 
So far we have a lot of clothes, some blankets, a bouncer and a few boxes of diapers along with wipes. But I want to get a lot more by ourselves.

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Hit the brakes! I LOVE showering my family and friends with gifts and I'm sure you know people that do also. Congrats on the baby and I understand the excitement, this is happy!!
I say wait Ann's see what all you still need after baby showers.  If you just CAN'T stop,  start making a registry.  Scan what you want and it'll all give you that shopping experience,  without upsetting your husband.

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Amazon wishlist helps me curb my personal shopping addictions!

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I was like that as well and my mom told me if I continued she wouldn't throw me a shower because there would be nothing left for people to buy. I'm having an early shower at 28 vs 35-36 because I want to have that time to buy what I don't get

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You both get a say in this so don't disregard his feelings just because you are excited. My in laws got us a crib before our shower and my mom bought us a glider. Maybe ask immediate damily if there is anything they want to buy specifically so you don't add it to the tegistry and they can have "first dibbs" on the gift they want to give you. That way you can get an idea of what you will be getting in a tactful way. We didn't get any other big items until after the shower. Maybe have an earlier shower so you don't feel unprepared (I had mine at 32 weeks). In tge meantime focus more on decorating baby's room and diy projects to satisfy that excited feeling..there's nothing wrong with your husband wanting to wait and to try to save money even if you can afford it..my husband and I have a ton of $$ in savings and we still waited to get a lot of things because who doesn't like to save money?

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I would take a break I know it's super exciting and you want to have it all ready but you have friends and family that want to help and buy things too. It's not fun getting stuff you already have and you could potentially hurt someone's feelings if you end up not using their gift or returning it.

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As hard as it is you should slow it down!!! I ended up with SO much from my shower!! I didn't buy diapers until my son was 15 months old because we got so many in all sizes! Same with onsies and things!

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Hit the brakes.. I got every single thing off my registry at the shower.. maybe if ur having a small shower , and don't intend on putting some things on the registry then definitely buy them yourself.. baby stuff seems to be on high clearance right now

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