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Attachment Parenting
brittato
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How to start a baby registry for natural/attachment parents?
brittato
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My hubby and I have been doing a lot of research into parenting styles and types of learning for our future little one. But I am not sure how I would go about signing up for a registry when I won't be wanting the average things that many expecting mothers would want/need. Especially since I have decided that I want natural Montessori and Waldorf inspired toys and not the mainstream kind.
I have found many items on Etsy and am planning on cloth diapering, and DIYing some baby care items. No one in my family has had a natural birth or raised thier kids in this parenting style. I'm not sure how I would tell my side of the family or my husband's what they should buy. And I'm afraid without a registry I might get multiples of something.
Any suggestions on ways to accomplish this and perhaps even some essentials that you have asked for/used in terms of required items for attachments/natural parenting? I am completely new to this and have no one to ask about these things.
Did you set up a registry? How did you tell people what you wanted? I just don't want people wasting their money on things that I might not use or want my baby to play with. Advice is greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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Re: How to start a baby registry for natural/attachment parents?
The first questions are: When is your baby due? Has someone asked you to set up a registry/offered to host a shower for you?
Every new mom has preferences for what they want for their baby. Some people will ignore the registry. You can say
Maybe I'm odd (okay, for sure I'm odd - but relative to this question) but I don't really see how a registry has anything to do with parenting styles.
First of all, I've never really seen toys on a registry, since newborns aren't really playing w
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I think you are wa-ha-ay overthinking this. You cant tell anyone what to buy (just ask the baby shower board). The whole point of AP is that your baby really only needs you. If people buy you things you dont use, return them or dont use them.
I get where you're coming from. My sister got a lot of stuff at her shower that I reeeally didn't want. I wanted a specific bassinet that would match the height of my bed and double as playpen in the summer, nothing by pampers or J&J and wooden or
Yeah I think this really silly. I didn't get anything I registered for at my baby shower and I ended up with a bunch of stuff I didn't need and doubles. I smiled and thanked each guest for being so generous as to think of me and get me a gift. Th
I got huge bag of literally 15 homemade blankets. At first I was like, wow thats a lot. My baby had reflux so those blankets were my favorite thing I got. He has lived in those blankets from birth.
It's baby law. The
I second the Amazon registry idea, and I also would suggest something like Cotton Babies or a local natural store's registry if you have one.
In my experience, few people followed my registries (especially online ones), but I was super bles
I second the amazon registry - they have a button you add to your browser (like pinterest's pin it button), and whenever you find something online, you just click the button and whoosh it's added to your amazon registry.
Also, you didn't ask for
I had an Amazon registry and totally recommend it. Research all the stuff you want,put it on there and hope for the best
That being said... I got noisy plastic toys, a whole assortment of formula feeding paraphernalia, disposable d