Umm - exception to the rule here. As most good friends (with babies) and family live elsewhere. The hand me downs have been pretty scarce and even though DD is the first grandchild the gifts have not been huge. Mainly it seems they have issues with how much the large items costs these days, also MIL is a tight wad and saves where she can, even though she does not need to. Must say though, we are getting lots of knitted items now.

So lesson here - not everyone gets given lots of stuff, so don't rely on it.