Okay, so I made another registry. I was finding that Babies "R" Us didn't have everything I wanted/ needed for the baby, especially when it came to organic/low impact baby paraphernalia. So I decided that Amazon.com was a good compliment to the Babies "R" Us registry! Who doesn't love Amazon?
I have mixed feelings about the registry in general. As the registry maker it's sort of presumptuous to make a list of things you want/need in the event that someone will buy you a present. It feels tacky. To the point that we almost didn't make one for our wedding. As the present buyer, I LOVE registries. It takes the guess work out of it, and you can always throw in a small personalized gift as a show of thoughtfulness.
That being said, a wedding registry is nice, but they usually don't contain anything you can't live without. It's usually just a list of "nice to have's" and "this would make my life easier" -s. On the other hand, I have found that the baby registry is an irreplaceable tool. It's an awesome way to neatly keep track of everything you need to foster a new life, and I'm obsessed with it. I have spent hours browsing through the suggested "must haves", making sure I've listed every essential (and some really cute non-essentials too!). Whether or not one item is gifted to tail, I now have a compact list of everything we need for the baby and it puts my mind at ease to be so organized! Thank you corporate America!
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