Indiana mom thrifts daughter vintage bassinet, but there’s just one problem

An Indiana mom could barely contain her delight after nabbing a beautiful vintage bassinet for her recently married daughter.

Miranda Morris, a curve model and content creator based in Los Angeles, shared footage to her TikTok, miranda_morris, of her mom, Sherri, reacting with excitement as the wicker bassinet was loaded into the back of her truck.

Morris told Newsweek: “Ever since the day my husband and I got married my mom has been adamant on becoming a grandma!”

However, right now, there’s just one small obstacle in the way of Sherri’s dreams: her daughter’s wishes. “I am not pregnant and don’t plan to start our family for another year or so,” Morris explained.

There’s no wrong or right time for a woman to have their first child, but the average age of first-time moms in the U.S. has crept up in recent years.

According to the Pew Research Center, as of 2021, the average woman was 27.3 years old when their first child was born. That’s up from the average of 25.6 years in 2011.

While Morris is in no rush to start her family just yet, she was impressed with the bassinet, which they spotted during a trip to Vendors Village in Clarksville. “My husband and I are house hunting, so it’s easy to make excuses on purchases as things we will one day ‘need’ for the house,” she said.

Morris admits that despite her stance on getting pregnant she “couldn’t stop looking at the bassinet,” which was on sale for just $90. That was enough for Sherri.

“The second my mom saw me checking it out she ran towards me,” Morris said. “I knew what she was going to do. After asking if I loved it about 20 times, she unlocked the wheels and ran it to the cash register.”

Morris said she and her mom are both “avid thrifters,” which only added to the hilarity of what was going on. ” It was such a funny moment, reminiscing on trips we had taken to the thrift stores for prom dresses and Halloween costumes, to now be picking up a bassinet together,” she said. “From bickering over the price of a Batgirl costume to racing down the halls with a bassinet, the times had changed.”

Morris said she felt compelled to share the clip because she “knew so many girls would relate to the excitement of a Southern, possibly in the future grandma.”

She’s loved the comments people have been leaving on the video, describing them as “so kind,” while Morris has been especially moved by the messages from “women who lost their mothers before having children and dreamed of having pieces and presents for their children from their loved ones.”

“I knew how lucky I was to have a mom like her, but to see the rest of the world recognize it as well made it so much sweeter,” she said.

Morris and her mom are going to be continuing on with their thrifting ways, albeit with a new twist.

“The crib will wait in storage for now, but we may be starting a new type of thrifting together,” she said. “I would love to have a fully vintage nursery one day, and this crib will be the star of the show.”