What are you buying vs. what are you hoping to get as a gift?

HeatherandRay · March 2009

I started going through what I bought for the baby so far (including what I plan to buy) and the list is staggering. At the same time, I just finished my registry and my registry is HUGE too! It is overwhelming. What do you all plan to buy yourselves vs. what do you plan to wait for until your shower?

I am buying mostly nursery things: furniture (crib, dresser, armoire, bookcase), rug, mattress, bedding, lighting.

I also bought my diaper bag (yay Kate Spade outlet prices) and am considering buying my stroller cause I am finding some great deals online.

The rest... I am hoping I receive as gifts! I know my mom is buying my glider/ottoman but the rest is a big question mark. I am nervous because I still have a number of big ticket items on my registry (pack n play, car seat, video monitor, swing, bouncer, the list goes on and on...).

I knew having a baby was expensive but... yikes!

ladysingstheblues · March 2009

Video monitor? What's that for?

Yes, I'll google.....

Edit: Yeah, totally unnecessary for me. Thankfully, H's parents are buying the crib, mattress, and changing table. My parents will probably get us a carseat. We'll probably buy the pack and play. I'm going to have a pretty large shower, and would be extremely grateful if we got most of the things on our registry.

Answering this type of question reminds me how unprepared we really are!

MrsBeckO · March 2009

My mom is buying all the furniture and the glider (HUGE blessing/relief!).?

My dad is buying the stroller.

We plan on buying the bedding/decor, we already bought our Moby wrap and a diaper bag. We already have boppy pillows and a bumbo seat, a bathtub, and a cosleeper. We will buy the car seat if we need to, but DH said he thinks his parents will get it.?

The only thing I'm hoping people buy for us are the cloth diapers we are setting up a registry for at a local specialty store. That would be awesome!?

ETA: Someone buying the swing would also be a thrill!?

thatgirlang · March 2009

We don't need that much but I am hoping we get a carseat as a gift from one of our parents.

JCM083009 · March 2009

HeatherandRay:
I also bought my diaper bag (yay Kate Spade outlet prices) and am considering buying my stroller cause I am finding some great deals online.

WHERE is there a KS outlet? I'm a KS freak and really wanted one of her diaper bags, but the cheapest one I like is no longer available. I'm jealous and not willing to spend $400 on a diaper bag! haha

mrsgrabmeier · March 2009

We bought/are planning on buying: crib, mattress, bedding, changing table, travel system and possibly the pack n play.

I'm having my shower in June so I have plenty of time to purchase the rest of the items on our registry.

lujain · March 2009

We are planning to buy the furniture (crib, dresser, and glider), and we are planning to register for everything else.

AMYfromKY · March 2009

We have bought our crib, changing table, bookcase, and bedding.- We were ready to fill our empty room! We plan on buying our glider.

We hope to get the travel system, pnp, high chair, and other necessities from my showers, but we aren't depending on the showers for those things. I have no idea what people will actually buy us.

Mrs.Teddy · March 2009

I am not buying anything until after my showers. This is a first grandbaby for both sides & people in the past have been super generous to us. That being said I have everything intention of buying the things we don't get.

My mom is buying the crib, my ILs the dressers & my godmother the glider & ottoman.

We registered for everything else. I have bought a few decor things for the room & will also buy an area rug. We are havign two showers 50-60 people each, so despite how hard it is I am going totry to hold off until then to buy rest.

theduck808 · March 2009

My MIL and her relatives are all asking for the registry link, so we sent it to them. My parents just took one look and complained - so we don't expect anything from them. Honestly, if any of our relatives want to buy a small gift, anything is welcome, but we are budgeting to get everything ourselves.?

madonnadouwanna · March 2009

ILs are buying the crib + dresser, my parents bought the pack-n-play (and helped with the nursery) and I'm hoping my grandparents will buy the travel system... After that I have bought a few clothes and got a lot of hand me downs. I don't have many 'big ticket items' on the registry so hopefully I'll get most of our stuff at our showers. And there's a HUGE garage sale before I'm due so I'll hopefully score some stuff there... We've been putting money aside though to pay for the stuff we don't get at our showers.

virtual_teacher · March 2009

I bought my diaper bag because I am picky. ?I also bought the stroller. ?I'm holding off on the bedding and carseat until after the shower. ?I registered, even though I don't expect anyone to purchase those items. ?But hey--it can't hurt, right? ?

Love Sugar Sweet Minxy · March 2009

My parents offered to buy the crib/dressers/etc. His parents offered to buy the car seat and stroller. I have several relatives with babies and toddlers, so they have offered to give us some items such as a pack and play.

Plus, every time my mom or his mom stops by they have something else for the baby. My living room closet is starting to overflow with random packs of diapers and wipes and boppy pillows and clothes. Can you tell this is going to be the first grandchild on either side?

CalinsBride · March 2009

We kinda decided we wouldn't register for anything over $120 bucks. So anything over $120 we are paying for ourselves, with the exception of our travel system, which my mom is getting us, and some other big ticket items which we are getting as hand-me-downs.

rebus82 · March 2009

We registered for pretty much everything except furniture and diaper bags, since what we wanted wasn't available at the stores we registered at. A few things, like a bag for our CDs and a hamper, we'll probably just buy ourselves because we know no one would get them since they aren't "cute and babyish". If our monitor every comes back in stock at BRU we'll just buy it as well, since we don't want to risk it going out of stock again.?

Having a baby is expensive, but some of your big ticket items are totally unnecessary. I personally think video monitors are silly, and I won't buy a swing or bouncer until my son is born and I can see what he likes. Some kids despise one or both of those items, and they're too pricey in my opinion to risk it. ?

mooninlv · March 2009

we've purchased the stroller and all nursery furniture/decor. registered for pretty much everything else. after my shower, we'll just purchase whatever we didn't get off of our registries

Bran_ham · March 2009

My mom said they're buying the crib. We'll probably buy the rest of the big items, carseat/stroller, glider, and changing table. IL's bought the monitor a few years ago. I've purchased my diaper bag. We'll register for the smaller stuff, bouncer/swing, pnp, etc. I'm ready to start buying now but DH says it's too soon, ?have to wait until May :0(

.happy.as.just.kim. · March 2009

Because we moved to Japan when I was 19wks., we had our showers early, so the AF would ship the stuff over here. We got lots of stuff, including the travel system and pack and play and changing table. We will have to get the crib and glider here, plus the monitor. Most of the other items we got- we were very blessed. Of course, our stuff is all still being shipped (we are here, our stuff isn't yet) so once it all gets here, I will re-assess what we need. I can get the stuff we still need either at the BX or there is actually a Japanese version of Babies R Us not far from base- yay!

blairsgirl · March 2009

The only two things that we have bought are the dresser and rocker. Both sets of grandparents bought a crib. We've registered but I haven't bought anything. I am waiting for my shower. And with the difficulty we had getting pg, I don't feel comfortable buying things yet.

HeatherandRay · March 2009

JCM, The Kate Spade outlet is in Long Island NY, I got a $300 Victoria zebra striped bag for only $60. They might have other outlets elsewhere.

mommymeg914 · March 2009

My mom and stepfather(more like a father to me) wanted to buy the nursery furniture for the baby, my IL's will go crazy and buy a lot too, they are already looking at the registry to see what they can get. It is the first grandchild for both sides. My grandparents have said they want to get either the carseat, pnp, and travel system or the travel system, pnp, and high chair. Most of our big ticket items will probably be bought for us, not because we expect it or have to have it done for us, but because our families are huge and go completely CRAZY when it comes to buying gifts. They love it. We will buy my breast pump, and whatever we don't get at the showers we will go buy ourselves.

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