When a family member is having a baby, it can be very nice to help them out in any way that you can.

What would you do if your sister-in-law was having a child, and your family wanted you to let her borrow things from your 6-month-old child, but you know that she won’t treat it well and return it in good condition?

That is what the young mother in this story is dealing with, and she doesn’t want to give away her nice things when she knows they won’t be properly cared for.

Check it out.

AITAH for not wanting to give my SIL my baby’s stuff.

For context, I am a new mom and have a newborn.

This is really exciting for the family.

My SIL is about to have a kid exactly 6 months apart. She’s having a daughter.

My family is suggesting I give her my newborn stuff like the bassinet and my swing and all the things you can only use for the newborn stage.

I personally don’t feel comfortable and don’t want to give her this stuff. I watched and am watching my baby grow in these things.

She is going to want this stuff for future children.

Not to mention they are all very expensive. Everything’s on the bougjie side of things.

If her sister-in-law isn’t going to care for it, she shouldn’t get to use it.

I plan to have another child at some point as well and no offense to my SIL but they live in a very unkept house I feel like even if I offered for her to borrow it it would come back broken.

I feel bad I don’t want to give up my stuff but also I don’t because I paid a lot of money for these things and watched and am still watching my son grow in them.

While helping family is a good thing to do, it doesn’t make sense to give your nice things to someone if they aren’t going to be properly cared for and returned (or returned at all).

Let’s see what the people in the comments think about this.

There is nothing wrong with saying no.

It really should be this simple.

Lots of parents like to keep their baby things.

Baby stuff is so expensive.

You should never force someone to give something away.

She doesn’t have to lend or give away anything she doesn’t want to.

If the family feels so strongly about it, they can pitch in to buy things for the sister-in-law.

If you enjoyed that story, read this one about a mom who was forced to bring her three kids with her to apply for government benefits, but ended up getting the job of her dreams.