Baby shower gifts

kort1290 · January 2015

I am getting a lot of hand me downs for my daughter and I already have a huge list of stuff that I do not need (like bibs, wash clothes, bath tubs, coats, shoes, socks, etc). Is it rude of me to let some people that I am close with know not to waste their time and money on things that are not needed? We have a small house with not much storage so I would rather have things I need instead of a ton of things that aren't necessary. I am creating a registry for my shower but I think my list of things not needed will be more of an asset

VOR · January 2015

If you're close to them and it comes up in a natural way, then yes,,, sure, tell them. But if you're going to say "Oh- hey, when you go to get me a gift - I don't need ___", no, don't do that.

ombradellarosa · January 2015

I have a question. If you are getting, say, a hand-me-down bouncer from your SIL, what if you put it or a similar bouncer on the registry and marked it purchased? That way people can see you already have a bouncer and are less likely to get you one, but you're not telling people what NOT to get you. I imagine that if someone looks at your registry and you haven't registered for something they think is important, they might assume a) you don't know you need it and get it for you or b) you already have it or don't want it. I may be way off on this, and obviously the correct thing to do is always graciously accept whatever gift you are given, but this just seems like a good idea to me so let me know if I'm missing something glaring.

I would hate to come across like this person.

Mamamads · January 2015

I wouldn't tell them what to get you but usually people include gift receipts so you can always exchange them for what you do need.

Mamamads · January 2015

ombradellarosa said:
I have a question. If you are getting, say, a hand-me-down bouncer from your SIL, what if you put it or a similar bouncer on the registry and marked it purchased? That way people can see you already have a bouncer and are less likely to get you one, but you're not telling people what NOT to get you. I imagine that if someone looks at your registry and you haven't registered for something they think is important, they might assume a) you don't know you need it and get it for you or b) you already have it or don't want it. I may be way off on this, and obviously the correct thing to do is always graciously accept whatever gift you are given, but this just seems like a good idea to me so let me know if I'm missing something glaring.

I would hate to come across like this person.

That's not a bad idea but can you mark it purchased without it being purchased? I also think just omitting it from the registry sorta says it's not a needed item.

ombradellarosa · January 2015

Mamamads said:

I have a question. If you are getting, say, a hand-me-down bouncer from your SIL, what if you put it or a similar bouncer on the registry and marked it purchased? That way people can see you already have a bouncer and are less likely to get you one, but you're not telling people what NOT to get you. I imagine that if someone looks at your registry and you haven't registered for something they think is important, they might assume a) you don't know you need it and get it for you or b) you already have it or don't want it. I may be way off on this, and obviously the correct thing to do is always graciously accept whatever gift you are given, but this just seems like a good idea to me so let me know if I'm missing something glaring.

I would hate to come across like this person.
That's not a bad idea but can you mark it purchased without it being purchased? I also think just omitting it from the registry sorta says it's not a needed item.

That's a good point, I don't know how that works. And I suppose people are gonna do what they're gonna do so if it's not on the registry and they buy it anyway oh well!

LittleMissSteph · January 2015

Mamamads said:

ombradellarosa said:
I have a question. If you are getting, say, a hand-me-down bouncer from your SIL, what if you put it or a similar bouncer on the registry and marked it purchased? That way people can see you already have a bouncer and are less likely to get you one, but you're not telling people what NOT to get you. I imagine that if someone looks at your registry and you haven't registered for something they think is important, they might assume a) you don't know you need it and get it for you or b) you already have it or don't want it. I may be way off on this, and obviously the correct thing to do is always graciously accept whatever gift you are given, but this just seems like a good idea to me so let me know if I'm missing something glaring.

I would hate to come across like this person.
That's not a bad idea but can you mark it purchased without it being purchased? I also think just omitting it from the registry sorta says it's not a needed item.

Coming out of lurkdom...we bought a few things ourselves from ours but the cashier forgot to link it to the registry. I logged in later and could mark it as purchased. This was at BRU.

Mamamads · January 2015

@ombradellarosa‌ Well there Ya go, It can be done, that's a good idea!

gypsea1109 · March 2015

If you have a registry at BabyList - you can totally mark off items you've already bought! That way people know that you have the item!

However, in my families, that doesn't stop the duplicates from happening...so good luck!

lilly&rose · March 2015

Sleep sacks and onepiece pajamas. Initially, you baby is going to spend most of the days in pj and sleep sack or swaddle. We like babydeedee.com sleep nest the most, they have like 600 positive reviews from happy moms. My absolute favourite!!

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