Hello. I was going through some of my old stuff the other day and I came across my favourite doll I had as a kid. I remember being little and saying that when I had a daughter one day I was going to give it to her. I’ve kind of started a little hope chest type thing with some cute things that one day I hope to give to her as well. For instance, I was at the Disney store over [name_u]Christmas[/name_u] and they had the cutest baby version of princess [name_f]Belle[/name_f]. I decided to buy it and am saving it for a daughter also. That is probably the biggest thing I have saved because I don’t want to go overboard but I am wondering if what I am doing is a little weird? Has anyone else done this? If so, what sorts of things have you put aside? [name_f]Do[/name_f] you think it’s strange buying things or saving things when you aren’t even guaranteed of having a daughter? [name_m]Just[/name_m] Curious! Let me know!
I don’t think it’s that odd. While I don’t really save things for my future offspring (because I have this tendency to throw things out without thinking) my sister does. We’ve gone shopping and she’s walked out with a baby jumper. She has items in her closet from her childhood- stuffed animals, a handmade rug, ect.- that she plans to give her children. [name_m]Even[/name_m] though I tease her, I really don’t think it’s that big a deal. I have a wedding dress (it belonged to my grandmother!) even though there’s no guarantee I’ll get married!
I think it’s totally fine!
keeping your doll? not weird at all, think more people need to pass things on to their children.
buying a random toy is a little over the top for me.
if it was something classic, it may make more sense but a baby version of [name_f]Belle[/name_f]?
its basically an unused toy that will be dated instead of vintage, like a time capsule back to the plastic age of 2013.
id save the movie or buy the fairy tale or things themed for a beauty and the beast nursery that werent overly one gender or the other.
Saving toys is a good idea but buying toys is a bit much as you currently aren’t trying to conceive.
I don;t think saving toys is weird… its a good idea. In toy story the kid got [name_m]Woody[/name_m] from his dad so it was a family toy
I don’t think it’s strange. We won’t be trying for a few more years, but I’ve already started to collect clothes and a few toys for our future baby. I’ve also started a little collection of books, I figure they’re the one thing that won’t be dated by the time we have a son/daughter. 
Not weird at all. I have toys and books from my childhood, as well as some books and toys that I bought (when I was in an early childhood education program) and clothes in a hope chest at the foot of my bed. And I’ve crocheted myself one baby blanket so far – basically because I just wanted to try the pattern for future reference, and liked it so much I kept it. I’ve also been slowly collecting things for my wedding, and I’m nowhere near getting engaged/married yet (I have my grandmother’s wedding dress, a few vintage necklaces, and a ton of vintage brooches to make a brooch bouquet). So don’t worry! If we’re crazy at least we’re all crazy together.
I had the bad habit for about a year and a half before I got pregnant to buy some clothes every time I was buying for someone else. I always buy baby things at consignment shops and [name_f]Rhea[/name_f] [name_f]Lana[/name_f] and things so it was always really cheap, but I couldn’t help myself. I bought some boy things and some girl things. I had a girl, but she can wear the boy stuff too.
I also have tons of books from when I was little and plenty of toys I’ve saved. It’s not too weird.
I’ve got books that I loved when I was a child - like, I would insist on being read stories from this one collection every night - and I’d love to share those tales with my children. As for toys, my mum has put a load of stuff we’ve outgrown up in the attic and I’m sure she’s probably keeping them for her future grandchildren, even if she won’t admit to it 
As for actually buying stuff, that probably won’t be until children are in the more foreseeable future - we want to be married and buy a house first, and at the minute we’re living 2 hours apart with our parents (aiming to change that soon though) and not engaged, so kids are going to be a good few years off yet
Yes and no.
I think it’s a little odd if you’re solely buying bits and pieces for this one little girl that you may never have, but if you see something occasionally that you absolutely love and is inexpensive, it’s not that strange. I think a lot of girls secretly do it Perhaps you could try to get more generic though; go for shawls, teddies, books, gender-neutral stuff? That way, if you end up with all-male dectuplets, you won’t be left with a chest of useless girly things.
When I last moved house I came across a bag of toddler clothes from when I was little and they’re in really good nick so I’ve squirrelled them away, along with some of my old toys. There’s also a beautiful crib, handmade by my grandad, which has been stored away, awaiting its 9th tiny occupant. Saving stuff from when you/your parents were small is a really sweet idea I haven’t bought anything exclusively for a future child but I do have books I’ve picked up for myself in recent years which remind me of my childhood and I hope to read them to possible future kids someday. But knowing my luck I’ll end up a crazy old cat lady with a load of random baby things in her house…
Ok, I have to know. Was it the “baby” [name_f]Belle[/name_f] doll or the “toddler” [name_f]Belle[/name_f] doll? Because seriously people, the toddler version is Insanely cute. I am willing to bet the naysayers have never seen her, haha. [name_f]Belle[/name_f] has always been my favorite if you couldn’t tell, but her little smile on that toy? To die for. I have many times considered buying it for myself… Then again I got my mother to buy me a [name_f]Merida[/name_f] doll for my 25th birthday this past year. =]
I don’t think it’s weird at all! I think it is a totally normal thing for a girl dreaming of future children to do. I have many friends who have also done the same. Especially saving toys/books… because those are sweet family heirlooms to pass on. I still have a newborn sized dress that I bought years before I was even pregnant. And at no point in time have I ever been hoping for a girl. Sometimes baby clothes (boy and girl) are just too cute to pass up (especially once they go on sale). I have a few stored away along with all of my son’s old outgrown clothes/toys. I also have a shirt or two and a really nice jacket that won’t fit him for at least another 2-3 years that I bought when he was born because I just liked it. Let’s see, I bought a bottle way before I was pregnant that my son never used and I ended up re-gifting years later. [name_f]One[/name_f] of my best friends is about to have a little girl so I am now giving her the pile of cutesy baby girl clothes that I’ve acquired over the years (except that first little dress because I am in love with it). [name_m]Even[/name_m] if you never have a daughter, surely you will know someone else who does so I don’t really think it’s “wasteful” to buy a little doll. If at any point in time you do have a girl, you will be happy you bought these things. If you don’t, just think of it as a baby shower gift that you bought wayyyy in advance.
[name_f]Edit[/name_f]: Now, don’t actually go crazy and fill a whole closet with infant sized items, but a few things here or there never hurt anyone!
Sure, I have a few books and heirloom-quality toys I’ve bought on sale and some hats I’ve knit, and I have a few things friends have given me when their kids outgrew them. I also think of it as being a hope chest kind of thing, plus it gives me options if I need a last-minute baby gift for someone else. I’m very careful about what I keep or buy so I don’t end up with a box of junk. I wouldn’t go nuts and collect all the baby things you’ll ever need or start living for the future, but it seems sensible to me to prepare a little.
This one HERE? I just googled it and I kind of want it too.
lol… I think saving things for your children -or if you never have a daughter -your grandchildren is a great idea, as long as you have somewhere “safe” to put them and won’t be ending up giving them a moth-eaten, dust covered piece of junk that they will feel burdened to love because it was yours.
As for buying things… I had a little stash of things I bought and kept for babies, but would go through it whenever I had a friend’s baby shower to go to. That way I felt that I was giving my friend something special and heartfelt rather than just grabbing the first thing I found at the store for them. My stash was not depleted completely when baby boy was born, so he got a couple of cute outfits from the process. There’s a couple girlie ones still in the stash that will stay there until I have a daughter and/or another friend gets pregnant with a baby girl.
Oh, I understand your feelings! I love children’s clothes and toys and all stuff and don’t think it’s any crazy. You can always give it to cousins, nieces, grandkids, friend’s babes…Totally fine and, by the way, I love dolls too!
I think buying things for a future hypothetical child could become an expensive bad habit. I wouldn’t recommend it.
Keeping things from your childhood, though, is a wonderful idea and not weird at all! My mom saved a box of my old toys and books for me to pass down. She gave it to me when my husband and I bought our house. When I helped my mother-in-law move out of her old house, I collected up some of my husband’s childhood things to keep for our kids. Our daughter now has each of our teddy bears from when we were babies and she plays with my old dolls. A lot of the books on her bookshelf have my name or my siblings’ names written in them.
Considering a large proportion of Berries are naming hypothetical children, I think buying a few things for him/her before they are a reality is allowed too
Oh my gosh yes! I adore the heck out of that little pouty face… ([name_m]Just[/name_m] took [name_m]Dom[/name_m] to Disney village this past weekend and I spent forever looking at the baby princesses while he and my mom were in the [name_f]Star[/name_f] Wars section, haha.)
I bought a few things, books mostly, for future children (I don’t think I started til after I was married). I’m a sucker for adorable boys clothes, so I’ve bought a few boyish sweaters and things and put them away hoping we’ll have a little man someday.
I will randomly purge all sorts of stuff to donate to charity, so I’ve given away most of my childhood books and toys, though I have my baby cradle and my parents have a few tings stashed away. My husband still has tons of stuff from when he was little, but I think he gave a bunch of it away to his nephews.
No big deal to pick up the odd thing here or there, but don’t go nuts and become the creepy chick who hoards baby stuff.