Should my parent's buy a crib for our two children?
Answer:
yes, its unreasonable to buy a crib and use it for only a few days. the money can be better spen elsewhere - like buying yourself a beer haha
definitely an unreasonable request if she doesnt want to pay for it.
Yes, I believe that it is an unreasonable request for you to ask your parents to watch your kids...then say oh by the way, before I let you watch my kids, you have to buy 2 cribs for them to sleep in and keep them at your house taking up your space. Especially if your wife wants your parents to pay for the cribs with their money. After all, your parents are helping YOU out!! Good Luck!!
The parents of a child should really have to buy anything for the child, unless the grandparents are nice enough to offer. How about asking them very nicely if they would like to buy them.? Good luck.
It's unreasonable unless your parents are wealthy. If she's worried about the children being too big for the portable cribs, you can put them in playpens for a couple of days. Most of them have nice padded bottoms nowadays. Or you could buy those guards that fit on the long edge of normal twin size beds and they can sleep in regular beds and won't be able to fall out.
The only other alternative is to buy the cribs yourself for the twins to use at your parents house while they are there.
That's stupid.
.now shes being picky lol shes about to have a baby tho we all know how that is but i agree it is an unreasonable request. and unnecessary if you have the pack n plays.
You're right in your feeling. Your kids will be fine with the original sleeping arrangements, especially considering it's only for a couple nights. And with them still being young, toddlers aren't picky yet about where they sleep! Afterall, if they (most toddlers) can sleep in carseats while sitting up and sleep on mesh cots at daycare, then porta cribs would be like an upgrade to them if they even cared - hehe. There's nothing wrong with porta cribs. Your wife is probably just nervous about being away from her babies, and maybe feels a little guilty about having to leave them, so she wants them to have the best. Just tell her that they'll be okay and she has nothing to worry about. Good luck!
I agree with your wife that they should buy 2 cribs, then both of the children will have a place to sleep.
why should anyone spend money on two cribs for a few nights stay? especially if they already have portable cribs for them...
if our wife wants to buy the cribs then let her..if she doesn't want to foot the bill for them then she needs to be grateful that someone close by can take care of the children while she is in the hospital
I think it is very unreasonable, though you can't argue with a pregnant woman, right?
I would suggest bringing the ones they have over, or having their grandmother stay at your home with them so it doesn't disturb their routine and space, those babies are going to have enough issues adjusting to the new baby possibly because lack of attention can get in the way. It's best not to disturbe... But if the grandmother didn't offer to buy new cribs and the space to keep them, what's the sence in making her do this? It's not fair and unreasonable, see if you cn put it through to her in terms she may be able to cope with. Something like the fact that if they have to sleep at their grandmothers they will more than likely be quite upset and cranky when they come back and hard to deal with because of the fact that their sleeping area AND their beds have been changed, something that babies are very specific about until about 2 years or more... And that she doesn't really want to deal with a cranky new baby and 2 cranky others when they come back does she? It might work, Try, let me know how it goes.
Hope everything works out for you,
Best wishes.
If your parents volunteer to buy them sure why not? If your wife just expects them to...no I wouldn't agree with it.Cribs ARE NOT in anyway cheap these days...Unless you can find a good one at a yard sale...and in your case yu'd have to find 2 of them...and as far as you've described your wife the cribs would have to match ...
I read this with considerable disbelief, thinking "I dearly hope I don't end up anywhere near that nuts while pregnant."
It's completely unreasonable. Good luck.
Thats why you HAVE pac n plays.for reasons like this visit. Use them. Soon the twins will be out of cribs all together!
Does your wife figure she wants the twins to spend more time over there then she's letting on...maybe she needs a break and this 'crib issue' is her way of trying to get more time off? Nothing wriong with needing a break...she DOES need alot of help with so many young children!
I wouldn't spend so much money on the cribs though...thats silly.
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