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aukeev
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Registry Ettiquette: What's Really Appropriate to Add?
aukeev
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We're still TTC, but my MIL is already planning baby shower themes and making guest lists. She is incredibly nice and very excited, and we're so appreciative of her support, but she's already asking us about registries. The other day she emailed me a list of all of the "must-haves" for a FTM and it was about 100 items!
Maybe I'm just overwhelmed and don't realize how much stuff a kid would actually need, but that number just seemed a tad bit outrageous, so I'm curious to hear what some actual moms think! Does 100 items on a registry come across as needy/rude to ask of loved ones who might choose to give a gift, or is that a normal registry count?
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Maybe I'm just overwhelmed and don't realize how much stuff a kid would actually need, but that number just seemed a tad bit outrageous, so I'm curious to hear what some actual moms think! Does 100 items on a registry come across as needy/rude to ask of loved ones who might choose to give a gift, or is that a normal registry count?
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Re: Registry Ettiquette: What's Really Appropriate to Add?
However, I would tell your MIL to slow her roll. You don’t need the additional pressure of a preplanned baby shower on top of the regular pressures of TTC. It can take a perfecly healthy couple 12 months to conceive.
I've seen that list of 100 things and honestly half of them are completely unnecessary, I barely used any of that stuff.
When it comes time for a shower, I would think about basic needs as these I feel were most importantafter having my DD: car seats, diapers if different brands/sizes (cloth or dispisable), bouncing chair, crib sheets, burp towels, Baby swing, stroller, feeding (bottles, pumping, things for when older forks spoons, sippy cups), pacifiers, skin care, bath care,baby gate, pack and play.
Good luck with everything!
not to mention that baby products are constantly changing. I personally wouldn't do a registry until 2 months away from the shower date so you don't have a lot of out of stockbor discontinued items listed.
Also things do go out of stock or get discontinued so it doesn't make much sense to start a registry more than a few months before your shower really.