We registered last night at Babies R Us! Lots more fun than registering for our wedding, although I don't know why. We got pretty much all of it done; just a few little odds and ends to consider putting on the list. Decisions, decisions. Who would gave guessed there could be so many variations on the pacifier? The bottle? The diaper bag? You just haven't shopped until you've spend ten minutes comparing the pros and cons of baby gates.
There's a part of you that just knows certain people (like, experienced parents) are going to laugh at your registry. There are eight million gadgets that look indispensible; despite how you try to pass them up, you eventually feel like a fool if you don't at least give them a try. And regardless how much research you do, there are certain items people will always argue you've chosen poorly: Diaper Champ vs. Diaper Genie, Boppy Pillow vs. My Breast Friend (yes, that's a real product name). Graco stroller vs. Peg Perego stroller. We registered at two different stores because the furniture and bedding we like was somewhere else, and the guy helping us asked if he could see our BRU registry, and I should have known better than to say yes. "May I ask why you chose X over Y?" (Because after reading the entry in Baby Bargains ten times and comparing both models feature by feature, we decided saving fifty bucks was a good idea, thank you.) "Oh, no, no, no, you don't want THAT." (Oh, you're right--I just got bored with the little gun thingie and started randomly scanning crap I don't need or have room for. You caught me!) But I have to admit he made some good points, pushy as he was, and we actually decided to change out a couple of things. I don't know that anyone will buy the stuff on that registry, though, knowing that this place is an independent store and a little out of the way. (Well, plus the fact that the bulk of the items are hundreds of dollars.) But no matter; if nothing else it helps us to remember what it is we wanted, since after a while you've looked at so many things you can't remember what you liked and what you didn't.
We actually bought something today, too--Nana told us she'd buy us the stroller, and to just pick it up and she'd reimburse us, so we got it at the second store we registered at. And then came the first of many sessions of Assembling A New Purchase For The Baby. It took us awhile--talk about lousy illustrations!--but we got it done, so now we are the proud owners of a snazzy new stroller! Yay! And now we start figuring out where the heck to store all this stuff when it's not in use. Just one more reason to clean out the garage....
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Oy, registering. What a crock. :) Just kidding -- but you're right, it can be totally overwhelming. To add insult to injury, we received oh... maybe nothing from our registry. But perhaps your loved ones will be more accommodating. :) And isn't it fun and SO exciting to start getting that stuff in your house! I loved imagining the little person who would be using it. Just awesome.
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