+1 to getting the amazon stuff too. Mine email came the first day I received a shower gift off my registry in the mail. I assumed it was connected and it was their way of telling me to watch the mail.
The gift -- my video monitor!!
** December BMB Siggy Challenge - Animals in Pools **
Me: 31+ H: 32 TTC Since 11/2015 #1 - MMC 6.5 weeks (2/16); #2 - MC due to cystic hygroma at 20 weeks (10/16); #3 CP (2/17); #4 - Due 12.16.17
I put nipple pads and nipple creams on my registry. I check through my registry every so often to make sure any unpurchased items are still in stock & discovered that someone went through and bought all the most boring and practical items for us. I can't wait to find out who did it, because I love them!
yes, i also love to get all the practical stuff, or at least a bunch of things that i think are critical and not glamorous. it does make me spend way over budget though, since i usually want to just keep adding
i love to get a nosefreida and saline spray, piyo piyo nail scissors, a pack of muslin swaddles, some mam pacifiers, some breastfeeding stuff, some triple paste, some honest healing balm, some mom-care stuff, at least one book, and often i throw in there a take-along-tunes and a set of these https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001ABZGU2/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 they seem kind of stupid but they were actually really useful in the very early stages. or an O-ball.
Met: September 2005Married: October 2008 DS: 09/2014
The practical stuff is the best! I always buy the "boring" shit when I go to a shower. Bless my sister in law's heart for getting me breastfeeding accessories including a horribly ugly and embarrassing pumping bra
My registry was on a roll for a while and now is at a complete standstill (2 weeks-ish until my shower) and I am getting worried I'm about to get an avalanche of clothing. Maybe BBB shouldn't let me see what I got and who got it! My core group of friends usually plans in advance and gets a big gift together, but sometimes they pick stupid things to buy, so since they're not on the BBB list yet I'm afraid they're going to get me like a diaper cake and an entire wardrobe of clothes! (Obviously regardless I'm grateful for whatever people get us!)
@anewadventure I clicked on your link and was like "those are sugar glider toys!" before I remembered they are actually for babies (I have two sugar gliders, haha)
Me 29 I Him 26 Married 4/22/16
TTC 9/2015 **TW** BFP 2/1/16 I MC 3/21/16 (11w) TTCAL 6/15/16 BFP 3/23/2017 Team pink! Quinn Leigh EDD December 1, 2017
@Piccola1988 My first and largest shower (invited around 40) is in 4 days. 17 registry gifts have been purchased, not including the crib that my parents already shipped. I'm hoping everyone is just waiting until the last minute, like I always do
@elcd458 I've definitely been known to wait until the last minute also (although admittedly not 4 days before since I never actually go into the store and need time for shipping!), but I guess we will see what happens! Enjoy your shower!
@Piccola1988@elcd458 Our shower is on Saturday, and most of the practical stuff on our registry is still unpurchased. But all of the books and toys have been snatched up. We are bracing for a deluge of clothes, toys and books this weekend. I was really hoping to get some of the breastfeeding supplies but I guess we'll be picking that up on our own. (Yay, completion discount.)
My shower is not until the 28th of Oct. And the 4th of November. The only people I know I've gotten anything from is my SO mom and my grandma. I had to get on the phone with BBRUS this morning because she accidently shipped one item to her address and one item to the house where I'm displaced from. They were really helpful and accommodating on the phone which was a pleasant surprise! I feel like I'm missing some stuff but I keep going through the list and it looks like we should be ok. Question: Does anyone know with items that are out of stock on BBRUS how often they will get those items back in stock? Should I leave them on my registry or start looking for something else?
To FTMs with upcoming showers - be prepared to get stuff from your registry that just didn't get taken off. People a lot of times forget to scan it when they check out, so it doesn't cone off the list. I ended up with about 8 packs of flannel receiving blankets this way. Also, if people can't find the color or print you registered for, but bought a different one, those don't come off either. Regardless of what you get, be prepared to make a ton of returns and exchanges!
Re: The "Official" Registry Thread
The gift -- my video monitor!!
** December BMB Siggy Challenge - Animals in Pools **
Me: 31+ H: 32
TTC Since 11/2015
#1 - MMC 6.5 weeks (2/16); #2 - MC due to cystic hygroma at 20 weeks (10/16); #3 CP (2/17); #4 - Due 12.16.17
I'm always the one to buy the boring practical stuff. Being a nurse and now a STM brings that out!
i love to get a nosefreida and saline spray, piyo piyo nail scissors, a pack of muslin swaddles, some mam pacifiers, some breastfeeding stuff, some triple paste, some honest healing balm, some mom-care stuff, at least one book, and often i throw in there a take-along-tunes and a set of these https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001ABZGU2/ref=od_aui_detailpages00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 they seem kind of stupid but they were actually really useful in the very early stages. or an O-ball.
Met: September 2005 Married: October 2008 DS: 09/2014
My registry was on a roll for a while and now is at a complete standstill (2 weeks-ish until my shower) and I am getting worried I'm about to get an avalanche of clothing. Maybe BBB shouldn't let me see what I got and who got it! My core group of friends usually plans in advance and gets a big gift together, but sometimes they pick stupid things to buy, so since they're not on the BBB list yet I'm afraid they're going to get me like a diaper cake and an entire wardrobe of clothes! (Obviously regardless I'm grateful for whatever people get us!)
Married May 2014
DD born August 2016
Baby #2 due December 2017
Married 4/22/16
**TW**
BFP 2/1/16 I MC 3/21/16 (11w)
TTCAL 6/15/16
BFP 3/23/2017 Team pink! Quinn Leigh EDD December 1, 2017
I feel like I'm missing some stuff but I keep going through the list and it looks like we should be ok.
Question: Does anyone know with items that are out of stock on BBRUS how often they will get those items back in stock? Should I leave them on my registry or start looking for something else?
I like these ones because they double as a teether: https://www.amazon.ca/Teether-Pacifier-Clip-Silicone-Blankets/dp/B01JP1IMZ4/ref=pd_sbs_75_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=6RXRCX4YPPF16M12S1EC