Comments on: A Week of … THE BABY REGISTRY

By: Danyell Miller

Danyell Miller — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:03:47 +0000

Refreshing commentary! For the arrival of my baby, I am living in NY in teeny apartment, where I had just moved to, and had no friends or family within miles (everyone’s in Colorado….or Panama!) so I had a ‘skype’ shower….I was in desperate need of the basics and had a registry on wishpot.com, it allowed me to ‘wish’ for hand-made items from Etsy etc….rather than the typical Baby-R-us faire. I had one ‘friend’ yell at me on facebook for inviting her to the skype shower because I hadn’t kept in touch with her….so imagine how the guilt was laced upon me!!! Yuk. People generally sent gift cards (to Ikea and Target) which were VERY helpful to get the essentials we needed. I think people should just gift whatever they find appropriate, unique or helpful, but the registry is good to help give an idea of what that person MIGHT like or need. In my journey with baby nearly eight months now, I started a new biz – hip, artsy T’s for babies — the essential baby wardrobe pcs! You can check em out at http://www.dujourbaby.com. Best!!

By: Genevieve Pazdan

Genevieve Pazdan — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 02:42:38 +0000

Hi Sarah,

I’m Genevieve, aka Mama Natural. Thanks for using my ebook image in this post! Would you mind linking it so that other mamas could download it for free if they wanted to? (http://mamanatural.com/free-ebook-baby-registry-checklist/)

I too dreaded the baby registry process and was overwhelmed by all of the seemingly needless stuff for baby (wiper warmers, really?!) which is why I put together the little ebook to help other mamas. XO.

By: Sarah Spangenberg

Sarah Spangenberg — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 20:21:19 +0000

I am also pretty glad I’m not alone. I’ve decided that I’m making my mother and friends who are planning the shower break the news to the potential attendees about the registry. To their knowledge (and, um, to mine, too), I have no idea about the registry, but I’m still cringing inside pretty hard.

By: Jena Evans-Turnbull

Jena Evans-Turnbull — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:37:44 +0000

I am so glad you are talking about this! My sister in law just asked me if I am going to register. This is our first baby, and we are in desperate need of everything, but I feel like I am just standing there with a sign that says “gimme stuff”. One site I went to register on even offered to send out MAIL to tell people where we had registered…ew, so tacky! That is even worse “I am sending you this note to tell you, that you can buy me stuff at this store and that I have a list there waiting for you.” I am glad I am not alone on the baby shower funk!

By: Susan Ebert

Susan Ebert — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:24:06 +0000

a shower was pretty standard for a first kid…but unless your children are more than, say, five or six years apart, I’m not sure how many things a parent might need that they don’t already have. my youngest (poor soul) hasn’t had a scrap of new clothing in his first year. He just wears his bro’s hand downs. ok, if you’re having a boy and you had a girl, you’ll need new clothes. but, what else?

By: Catherine Bruno

Catherine Bruno — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 14:19:00 +0000

I agree. Although every baby shower I’ve been to hasn’t had a registry. Gift cards are always good, no need to spend a lot of money for gifts.