We won't be registering for quite some time still, but DH had a convo about this the other day. Neither of us are big on cartoon characters (ie Pooh, Elmo, ect.) but we know that my IL LOVE buying character stuff. With DH's nephew, BIL had talked very briefly about how he didn't care for it, but it was whatever they wanted, and all he got for his LO was Elmo stuff. Now, another BIL is dating a girl who has had a baby since they've been together, and all they get her is Pooh stuff.
Is there any polite way to not only tell IL's that we don't want this stuff, but to also put it on the registry so we don't end up with a ton of it? IL's are notorious for buying offline, or giving gifts without receipts and are very upset when we ask for receipts to return items.
Re: Registry ?
Yeah I'm not big on characters either, even for 2 year olds...ugh I hate it. I would simply tell them how you feel, they should understand! Tell them you have your own theme that you feel in love with.