Yesterday we finished starting our registries! (I say "finished starting" because I'm pretty sure we'll make changes over time! Especially at Target, where the inventory changes fairly frequently.)
You may remember that I started our Amazon registry a couple weeks ago. This one has most of the big essentials (e.g., crib, car seat) as well as some smaller essentials (e.g., bottles, boppy, tub). I think this link will take you to our Amazon registry, if you're curious. :)
Then we also registered in person at Target for all the fun, cheaper stuff (e.g., onesies, sheets, receiving blankets) and a few essentials (e.g., wipes, pacifiers). It was a lot of fun to swipe things with the registry gun again - we hadn't done that for about 9 years, back when we registered for wedding gifts!
One thing that I learned at Target is that Mike and I have very different ideas about what "gender neutral" means. Basically, if you see anything in yellow or green on our registry, you can be sure that I picked it out. If it's blue or has a sports theme, Mike picked it out. :)
Another thing I was surprised by was how quickly I felt overwhelmed in Target. I had done a decent amount of background research to figure out what we probably need vs. what we "need." Yet I still got a bit overwhelmed when confronted by all the baby stuff in the store - it's such a good thing we didn't register at Babies 'R Us! So once I reached my limit, we just ended up registering for about 50 onesies in various sizes. Like Mike said, "I figure they're like cat food bowls - you can never have too many, because no one wants to do dishes/laundry every day." So please don't be appalled by the sheer volume of onesies on the list!
(Here's the link: Target)
Speaking of onesies, we couldn't help but buy a few while we were in the store!
Any ideas who picked out the one on the right vs. the one on the left?
You may remember that I started our Amazon registry a couple weeks ago. This one has most of the big essentials (e.g., crib, car seat) as well as some smaller essentials (e.g., bottles, boppy, tub). I think this link will take you to our Amazon registry, if you're curious. :)
Then we also registered in person at Target for all the fun, cheaper stuff (e.g., onesies, sheets, receiving blankets) and a few essentials (e.g., wipes, pacifiers). It was a lot of fun to swipe things with the registry gun again - we hadn't done that for about 9 years, back when we registered for wedding gifts!
One thing that I learned at Target is that Mike and I have very different ideas about what "gender neutral" means. Basically, if you see anything in yellow or green on our registry, you can be sure that I picked it out. If it's blue or has a sports theme, Mike picked it out. :)
Another thing I was surprised by was how quickly I felt overwhelmed in Target. I had done a decent amount of background research to figure out what we probably need vs. what we "need." Yet I still got a bit overwhelmed when confronted by all the baby stuff in the store - it's such a good thing we didn't register at Babies 'R Us! So once I reached my limit, we just ended up registering for about 50 onesies in various sizes. Like Mike said, "I figure they're like cat food bowls - you can never have too many, because no one wants to do dishes/laundry every day." So please don't be appalled by the sheer volume of onesies on the list!
(Here's the link: Target)
Speaking of onesies, we couldn't help but buy a few while we were in the store!
Any ideas who picked out the one on the right vs. the one on the left?
We also got this guitar-themed 12-month outfit since it includes a onesie as part of the deal. I have an ambitious plan to take a picture each week (for the first year) of our kid in the same onesie. I think it will be pretty cool in the end! So this is the outfit that you'll probably all be sick of seeing in a few months :)
Finally, just because I love statistics, I thought I'd leave you with these numbers. Apparently the average Target registry is distributed as follows (with our numbers in parentheses):
$0-$10 23 (26)
$11-$30 15 (8)
$31-50 23 (0)
$50+ 15 (0)
If we add in our Amazon items (based on the online prices when I printed out the list about a week ago), then our totals are:
$0-$10 23 (26+4=30)
$11-$30 15 (8+11=19)
$31-50 23 (0+3=3)
$50+ 15 (0+6=6)
total: 76 (58)
I merely present these data because (a) I think it's interesting and (b) I hope no one looks at our registries and thinks we're greedy! :)
P.S. If any of you experienced parents have tips for us about essentials vs. non-essentials, please let us know!
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"Cloth diapers"? Are you serious?
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