Things you registered for that you didnt need

SaranJonathan · September 2009

I am currently in the process of registering/updating my list. Let me know what you love! And let me know what you didnt end up needing!

Thanks!!

kada626 · September 2009

For us, the sleep positioner was a waste of $$. DD just wiggled down out of it so we didn't use it.

wanticecream · September 2009

I don't really use my sterlizer

sunnygyrl · September 2009

Ear thermometer, BundleMe, hand mits, bottle warmer for car and home. I loved our Snugglenest sleep positioner, boppy, bouncy seat and swaddleme

angelynn8411 · September 2009

we got like 20 sleeps sacks and you really don't need that many!

eminbmore · September 2009

Diaper champ (regular trash can works just fine!), onesies (useless...), tons of soothie pacifiers (he would never take them).

Mjmksb04 · September 2009

This list will vary sooo much depending on your baby. Things I got that never used fleece sleepers (we swaddled so there was no need for material that heavy), newborn gowns (huge PITA to diaper change). Things i never registered for and never needed anyway: wipes warmer, bottle warmer, bumbo seat, formula pitcher/mixer.

wanticecream · September 2009

eminbmore:
Diaper champ (regular trash can works just fine!), onesies (useless...), tons of soothie pacifiers (he would never take them).

you don't like onesies??? whoa.....LO lives in them! I put him in "real clothes" when we go out and changing diapers is such a challenge. Also, putting him in "real clothes" makes him look older and it makes mommy sad. lol! So I think onesies are more for mommy's sense of security...haha

SaranJonathan · September 2009

sunnygyrl:
Ear thermometer, BundleMe, hand mits, bottle warmer for car and home. I loved our Snugglenest sleep positioner, boppy, bouncy seat and swaddleme

what type of thermometer do you use? My mom suggested the forehead one.

Whats a bundleme?

EStar628 · September 2009

I think it definitely depends on your baby, so it's kind of hard to know what you will and won't use. ?We never used our bumbo seat. ?We loved our boppy, sleep positioner, bundle me (covers the carseat instead of a snowsuit or blanket), and we used TONS of burp cloths (cloth diapers work best).

meganet22 · September 2009

The most useless thing I got was a wipe warmer, we've plugged it in once I think. I also got a sling for wearing the baby but she hated it. I'm hoping my next baby likes it.

Some of it really will depend on the baby, what is great for one might not be so great for another.

christine52078 · September 2009

I absolutely LOVE our video monitor, the BundleMe(especially if you have a winter baby), Diaper Genie, bottle drying rack,dishwasher basket for bottle parts~just to name a few. Things I recieved off my registry that we didn't really use or need ~ bottle warmer, sleep positioner, and I registered for way too many towels and washcloths!(but I'm sure I will eventually use them as the other ones start to get yucky)

peanutontheway · September 2009

Bottle warmer, wipe warmer, car bottle warmer, bundle me, mittens, hats, swing (didn't register for one and didn't get one). DD was in the bouncy seat or the moby so the swing would have rarely been used. We used the boppy and she actually still climbs on it sometimes. I wish I would have registered for an activity mat and/or exersaucer/jumperoo.

Mrs.DMC · September 2009

So many things are just personal preference. Some peeps cant live without their sterilizers, wipe, and bottle warmers, diaper champs/genies, ect...others feel they are useless. My advice is register for what you think you may need, keep all your gift reciepts, and only open and prepare the bare minimum before the baby arrives. You hate to open and wash a bunch of stuff you will realize you wont need. May as well return them and get what you do need. Besides, there is so much stuff you dont even need right away.

I say this because there was so much stuff that I never even used. Since it was opened and I had thrown away all my gift reciepts, I was stuck with it all.

SarahMay77 · September 2009

eminbmore:
Diaper champ (regular trash can works just fine!), onesies (useless...), tons of soothie pacifiers (he would never take them).

I thought my DD was the ONLY baby who never liked these. Everyone I know used Soothies with their kids, but DD couldn't figure them out.

To OP, the time of year your baby is born will affect many of your item choices. For example, we never even bought a stroller until DD was 6 months old b/c she was born mid-November in cold Michigan. Things that we loved the first few weeks: side snap t-shirts w/built in mittens, swaddle me blankets, Boppy, pack and play bassinet. We also used our Fisher Price rainforest bouncy chair, video monitor, Baby Einstein activity gym (with light-up star), and Moby Wrap often.

Schugar · September 2009

We loved the snugglenest with the sleep positioner, the Bundle Me, Sleepsacks, Swaddle Me, GAP onesies and Carter's footed sleepers, the Little Lamb swing, our bouncer, our Graco travel system, our pack and play with the changing table, our diaper champs (one upstairs one downstairs - trashcans were smelly with the big poos and our dogs can't open the diaper champ), Summer Infant video monitor, nail clippers, cloth diapers for burpcloths, and our playmat.

We didn't get much use out of 0-3 month clothing, hairbrush (yet), bottles people bought (we changed our mind), or the wipe warmer.

Mrs.DMC · September 2009

Schugar:

We didn't get much use out of 0-3 month clothing, hairbrush (yet), bottles people bought (we changed our mind), or the wipe warmer.

We didn't bother buying many clothing items under 6mo size thinking we would have a big baby(like the rest of my family) We ended up with a 4lb preemie that had nothing to wear. He wore preemie clothes for 2 months and then wore 0-3 until he was almost 5 months.

Again...it's all personal preference and it just depends on what is gonna work for you.

tarebear9891 · September 2009

We live in Texas so newborn onesies were pointless. I would have over heated him if I put them under his sleepers and he didn't wear just onesies until much later. Diaper genie only got used very rarely. Swaddling blankets are something we used all the time and I wish I had bought more of in the beginning because I used them so quickly.

tarebear9891 · September 2009

I forgot the most important thing for us and something I would recommend everyone get...we got a cradle swing and it saved our lives those first months. Sometimes he would only sleep if he was in his swing.

FinallyMrsBMW · September 2009

I didn't register for a diaper genie (baby trash can with sealed lid works great), or a diaper warmer (seems a little silly IMO). I also got a ton of burb cloths and never use them because they are made way too thin. Don't waste your time. Get cloth diapers (Gerber makes some) to use as burb cloths instead. I also got a travel system and a Maclaren umbrella stroller (which I love!) and am now realizing that I should have just gotten the snap-n-go with an infant car seat and the umbrella stroller. Oh well!

In regards to clothes, you never really can tell how your baby is going to grow. My 8lb 3 oz baby is still only 14.5 lbs at almost 8 months (long and lean!) which means she can still fit in some 3 month clothes from last winter and the 6 month pants are still falling off her butt. Since you are having a winter baby, you DEFINITELY need onesies to go under clothes and lots of socks too! The BundleMe is great and I'm happy my DD is small enough to still fit in her infant car seat this winter so we can use it again. It is sooooooooo much easier! Good luck!

lawry13 · September 2009

Never used the bottle warmer or sleep positioner. DD didn't like her swing that much (wish I had chosen a different one). I used a ton of burp cloths and bibs. The cloth diaper type burp cloths worked the best. I loved the swaddleme and used receiving blankets a lot.

bnljane1988 · September 2009

Didn't need:

wipes warmer (turns out at the beginning, he cried whether or not the wipes were warm or cold), expensive stoller/travel system, mittens (I prefered to just cut his nails so he could use his sense of touch for learning and exploring), shoes (don't find them necessary until he's walking), diapers (turned out DS was allergic to the brand we "chose".....(Pampers, BTW), ear thermometer (pedi recommends the anal therm. and that's all we trust and use....freaked me out at first, but once I used it on DS, it was no big deal......he didn't even react).

Stuff I love/loved:

FP Rainforest swing & bouncy chair & platmat & jumperoo & highchair, bumbo, boppy, Diaper Genie II (DH and I LOVE it - no smell and super convenient), extra fitted crib sheets, Halo sleepsaks, onesies, Snap N Go (LOVE this. Our "pricey" stroller is parked in our garage. The Snap N Go is always with me), breast pump (if you're choosing to go that route. mine was invaluable to me and I used the Lansinoh Double Electric), Humidifier, Infant Tylenol, Mylicon.

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