how many items on baby's registry?

januaryjen18 · April 2012

Hey ladies, quick question... if you are registering, how many items are listed for your little one? There are 35 people invited to my shower and a few of my girlfriends have told me that when it comes to registering, your item number should be triple your guest number > however that would leave me with 90+ items and honestly I feel bad doing that! I have 65 items on there now, and 3 of those are expensive, so I don't really want to add more, but everyone seems to have an opinion how I need to add more... thoughts?! Thanks!

yemil359 · April 2012

You can always add stuff like diapers, wipes, shampoos, etc.

MrsWhipple · April 2012

I have a Target registry and BRU registry and I think I have around 65 or so items on each (a lot of small stuff!). BRU suggested 5 items per guest because a lot of guest will buy a lot of small items as one gift.

My opinion (as far as shopping for a baby shower) is I like to have a lot of choices!

megan2545 · April 2012

I have 78 items on my registry and like 57 of them are little things under $10.00.

januaryjen18 · April 2012

What about waiting until I can see what's being bought, and then re-add things if needed? Or should I just add more?

katiem1025 · April 2012

I have one registry with 30 items on it. I figure if people choose to buy the baby a gift, and don't see anything on the registry they want to purchase, then they will probably just end up buying baby clothes-which is great.

megpie10 · April 2012

I'd just watch your registry, if it gets pretty bare and there's still a few weeks before your shower, just add a few more things. With DS, we had registered for lots of toddler stuff in addition to baby stuff to pad ours...sippy cups, utensils, tons of books, even fun toys like Lincoln Logs.

JAO2011 · April 2012

I don't know exactly how many I have between my two registries, but I know it's quite a bit. I am having at least 2 showers so I wanted to have lots of options. Plus, you get a 10% completion discount so I figured I will at least have the option for a discount of anything we don't receive that we wanted.

januaryjen18 · April 2012

that's true about the 10% completion discount! I totally forgot about that until now! I guess I just feel bad because there are tons of items on there that are $15 and under, but there are also quite a few that are $45 and up.. I feel kind of guilty adding more on, I don't want to be greedy!

ashS10309 · April 2012

Glad you asked this question I was wondering the same thing!

adoxyinherear · April 2012

mlynne37wiu:
I have two registries and I think I have 33 on one and maybe 10 on the other (I still have a few things to add on). Just do what you are comfortable with. Don't register for stuff you don't need/want just to give people more options...they'll figure it out!

I second this! People can always go in on gifts together, or lots of folks are like to buy you cute things they want to buy you anyway.

yvdukana · April 2012

I have 99 items on my Amazon registry, but that's our main one, and the one I hope most people will use. We are planning to CD, so I have a lot of supplies on there for that (pail liners, wet bags, diaper covers, etc.), plus all the usual stuff, and some indulgences. On our BBBaby registry there's about 50 some items, but I really only made that one for the completion coupon and I like being able to use the 20% BBB coupons there. I plan to do a BRU one, but only because they sent me a coupon that if I register with them I'll get a $10 gift card, plus I'd like the completion coupon from them too, and the goody bag. I'll probably just add a few small things from there and hopefully be able to include a note that the Amazon one is preferred, especially since my shower will be out of state and we'll be flying there for it, so getting stuff home is going to be an issue.

LMB1231 · April 2012

katiem1025:
I have one registry with 30 items on it. I figure if people choose to buy the baby a gift, and don't see anything on the registry they want to purchase, then they will probably just end up buying baby clothes-which is great.

Same here. We didn't actually put any clothes on our registry because we figure people will probably choose to go this route anyways and buy what they think is cute, which is fine. If we wanted it or know we will need it we put it on the registry (BRU & Target) because of the completion coupon so we get that discount for everything that is left over even if it is something not all that exciting like nail clippers or first aid kit.

cedenton · April 2012

There will be 30 people total invited to one of my showers, but it's couples mostly so that doesn't mean 30 gifts. I'm also told there will be a work shower. I have around 100 items between my BRU and Amazon registries. I take things off every couple of weeks when I buy stuff on payday.

MandeeFoFandee · April 2012

I have two registries in the works (Amazon & BRU), with a total of 82 items so far. I'm expecting about 50 guests at my shower (only having one), so I figured it'd be better to have too many items rather than not enough.

50 items in my registries are below $20, and the rest are over. I figured I'd put everything I want on there, and if we don't get them, I can at least get the completion code or use gift cards to get the remaining items.

sadeathe · April 2012

I have 67 items on my target registry. I have no idea how many people will be invited to my shower yet.

mswood1977 · April 2012

I am using my registry as kind of a check-list of things I need and things I have. My BRU registry has 87 items and my Target registry has 70 items. There are about 10 things that are on both registries (things I really want). I stalk my registry 1-2 times a day so I don't have a problem with keeping them in sync.

I made sure to have a good variety of items. I have 2 items on the registry over $100, about 5-10 items that are between $50-99, about 10-15 items that are between $30 - $49, and the rest are under $30 (with many smaller items under $10).

If I was you, I would just make sure you have a good variety of price ranges, and if you notice you have run out of everything under a certain price, maybe see if you can add some more items in that price range, but don't add stuff you won't use.

bsschroeder · April 2012

I have 4 registeries (babies r us, walmart, target & jcp) with 138 individual items. I started with babies r us. Then, added walmart bc they have the cheapest diapers & wipes. Then I didnt think I should be stuck with just the walmart rugs & lamps, so i registered @ target. Then the crib set is @ jcp so ive registered for that and the curtian rods there. Most the items are from target & babies r us. Also, I have things on there (crib/dresser set $800, nikon digital camara/video recorder $750) that i dont expect people (unless they are my parents, even then i dont expect it but its out there incase, hehe!) to buy & are only on there so I know what I like so when Im ready to buy, that's what I buy.

Over half the registery is multiples of the same item... 5 cases of wipes, 5 bottles baby body wash, 5 bottles of baby lotion, 2 boxes breastmilk bags, 2 cases each of 4 different size diapers, multiple packages of socks in multiple sizes, 1 bib for each holiday, 2 rugs, 3 containers destin cream, 2 curtain rods, 4 curtians, 4 diff crib sheets--crib is convertible so we will use those for years-- 2 changing pad covers, 2 safety gates, 2 packs todler spoons, 4 todler sippy cups, 2 packs baby wash cloths, 2 mattress pads...

Only things I still need to add are first aid items (nail clippers, bulb syringe, etc) and house safety items (outlet covers, cabinet latches, etc), a crib mattress and possiblly a glider/rocker--maybe.

I do have to say I did compare prices & then register for the item where it was cheapest---the bouncer was a $20 difference between babies r us and target!! Needless to say, target was cheaper!

I did not register for blankets (thick or recieving), pacifiers, monitor, diaper genie, pack n play, bottle or wipes warmer or clothes (besides socks). Between the 1 consignment sale, 1 yard sale, my cousin's hand me downs, a couple hours clearance shopping, i spent about $100 my son is clothed for the first 6 months! and a few more pairs of pants, a jacket or 2 and a couple onsies and he can make it past 9 months in clothes! Kids clothes are soo expensive, Id rather have multiples of the same USEABLE thing than someone spend the same $ amount and get clothes he will only wear for 3 months. just my opinion...

ufmelissa · April 2012

I have 95 items on my Target one but that's our main one and most of the items are $25 and under. I know in the past when I've shopped for baby gifts, I've appreciated having a large selection to choose from and I've never thought someone was greedy for having a lot on there. Our friends/family are throwing us 3 showers at about 15-20 different guests a shower so I need to have plenty of options.

kelnyc · April 2012

On BRU I have about 70 and Amazon has about 85. I am having 2 showers and obviously don't expect to get everything, but there are things in various price points (the expensive things we have already bought for ourselves) spread acros each registry so that there is enough to choose from depending on whether they want to shop online or go to the store. So far, more has been bought off of Amazon.

punkrockabye · April 2012

Our only registry is on Amazon and there are about 190 things, but there are a lot of individual diaper covers and cloth diapering supplies; I also added a bunch of clothes and little wooden toys just to give a hint as to what we like.

Everything is under $30 except for a small handful of items. It's a very inexpensive registry with an $80 infant car seat, $79 woven wrap, $250 convertible car seat, and $250 portable washer as our biggest items. We're having 2 showers, one with about 40 people (co ed, including families) and one that will probably end up with maybe 10 or so people. If someone wants to spend, say, $50 on us, they can easily purchase 4 or 5 items.

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