We are having a little girl, and my husband really isn’t into shopping and I prefer to do it without him. He didn’t mind me going to register for the baby without him, and was actually relieved that I didn’t force him to go.

I asked my mother if she wanted to come with me since this is my first and I really didn’t know what I would need to pick out. She said yes and we were supposed to go a few weeks ago but that morning her house burned down so we canceled. My mother inlaw knew that we were planning to go, because I told her. She didn’t say anything about wanting to go, and to be honest, I didn’t think it was that big of a deal. I already knew the bedding I was going to pick and the furniture for the nursery.

So this weekend my mom and I went as a last minute thing to get my mom out of the apartment she is now living in and to help her relax a little bit. So while we were at the store, I really only picked out small things like a breast pump, bottles, diaper genie, monitors as well as the crib, glider and dresser for the nursery (but like I said before I already knew which ones I was going to pick-it was just a matter of scanning them into the registry). Everything else as far as the pack n play, high chair, car seat, bedding (and everything to match for the nursery), etc. I wanted to look up online for safety ratings so I didn’t pick them until after I got home and could research reviews online. Also for the bedding, they didn’t have it in the store, so I could only pick it online.

My mom has previously said she would buy the crib and mattress and my MIL also knew this because again I told her to avoid any issues or problems. There isn’t much communication between our mothers and I’m pretty much the middle man-so I rather than create a problem in the future, I let everyone know what is going on ASAP (our wedding was a mess and things haven’t been the same with the moms since then).

So last night, my MIL sent my hubby a text saying "I’m going to buy the crib and mattress." He called her and told her that my mom was still planning on buying it, well she got very upset and said "well what am I supposed to buy then?" and then went on to complain about how she should have been invited to go with us when we registered because she feels like she isn’t wanted and is going to be slighted with everything concerning the baby.

Was I really wrong for not inviting her, or is she being a little to sensitive? Did you have anyone go with you to register? I feel that she could have spoken up several weeks ago when we were planning to go, if not to me than to her son. I wouldn’t have cared if she went or knowing that she wanted to go-my mom and I aren’t big on shopping but his mom is and she can be a bit pushy with what she likes, but regardless had I known she wanted to be included, I would have invited her.