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These make me laugh so hard!! Thank you!
yeah, my mate’s family threw us a baby shower without even asking us if we wanted one (we didn’t) and told us to make a registry, so begrudgingly we went to the babiesrus and put in practical things. plain towels, organic blankets, blank white onesies for decorating ourselves, and cloth diapers. and because i knew these were rich yuppie women, i threw them a bone and picked out a couple of other outfits(mostly things that reflected our “hippy” lifestyle) we put into the notes of our registry “no pink”(we knew the twins were girls) and “we are not doing a nursery” and “we are attachment parenting” and “nothing crazy, please” and what did we get? a pile of nasty pink clothes, a wipe warmer, a baby bathtub, an effing BABY MONITOR, a stroller (tandem at that, not even made for twins), and other such useless disattachment items. now i have a pile of junk that i have no idea what to do with. what the hell is the point of a baby registry if no one even looks at it?
Aditi…
Ouch, that’s a lot of forcing yourself to grin and say thank you! I’d hit a consignment sale if you can’t return the stuff. We always do well at our local semiannual one.
We have had issues with that kind of thing too. Christmas is hard, because I don’t want to come off as a snob, but a bunch of noisy plastic toys that eat up a ton of batteries are a big turnoff for me.
this made me laugh a lot – thanks!
aditi – it’s always so awkward when well-meaning people get you these totally useless things you don’t want! and people’s eyes glaze over when they find out you’re not having a nursery. so often it just does not compute. in case this helps you get use out of some of that crap – we cloth diaper, and wipes warmers are great for keeping cloth wipes moist. and it’s so useful to have nice comfy warm wipes right there on the table. also, a baby monitor might be useful when your LO gets older. when my daughter was a newborn/infant, she’d only sleep while being worn or snuggled up with me or the hubby in bed. but now that she’s a toddler, she likes to sprawl out in her own space. and now that i’m not in the post-partum phase, i use her afternoon naps and the first few hours of her bedtime to sit down and eat a meal or hang out with my husband or other such luxuries – and thus the monitor is key!
Found you through an RH reality check link, and love this site! I’m 22, and pregnancy is a while off for me but when I have kids I want it to be like this. Thank goodness for sites like yours!
How about registering for baby and children’s books. Books are way better than the glowing, blinking towers of PVC that are supposed to develop our kids’ brains. Books do that, do it better, and last forever (both physically and in their little hearts). The site: http://www.weecow.com
It’s super-cute and I do agree with the experts on this one, reading is fabulous for little developing brains.