Baby Madness
Sunday and yesterday, Andrew and I finally dove in and started registering for baby things. It was a haphazard process. We pointed and shot our scanner gun at an eclectic assortment of onesies, bibs, mittens, socks, bottles, and bedding, hoping we were somehow covering our bases. I haven’t counted, but I suspect between Target and Babies R Us we’ve registered for somewhere in the range of fifty onesies, mostly in packs of three; around ten pairs of baby mittens; ten different kinds and sizes of bottles, even though we’re not sure if we’ll even need them; twenty bibs; and five slipcovers for the Bobby nursing pillow. Of everything we registered for, the only things I can actually remember clearly are cute Dwell Studio outfits from Target--the least necessary things of all.
This was a far cry from registering for our wedding, when we could accurately assess our level of need. We did not, for example, register for a blender, since I already had one that worked just fine. We do not, this time, have any baby things whatsoever. But I think I’m giving up on this registry thing. There’s no way we can figure out in advance the day-to-day things we’re going to require—there were items in the stores whose function we couldn’t even figure out. (Lap pads? Anyone?) Once the baby’s here, I think we’ll just head out to the store on a need-to-buy basis. The good thing is that except for the larger things like strollers and furniture, baby stuff is pretty cheap, so running out to buy, say, another $5 fitted sheet isn’t going to break the bank. Buying, say, fifty onesies at once, however, or forty bottles we might not even use, might do a little damage.
Time to just rein this in, focus on selecting the stroller and the big things for the baby’s room, and be prepared for a lot of Target trips come October.
This was a far cry from registering for our wedding, when we could accurately assess our level of need. We did not, for example, register for a blender, since I already had one that worked just fine. We do not, this time, have any baby things whatsoever. But I think I’m giving up on this registry thing. There’s no way we can figure out in advance the day-to-day things we’re going to require—there were items in the stores whose function we couldn’t even figure out. (Lap pads? Anyone?) Once the baby’s here, I think we’ll just head out to the store on a need-to-buy basis. The good thing is that except for the larger things like strollers and furniture, baby stuff is pretty cheap, so running out to buy, say, another $5 fitted sheet isn’t going to break the bank. Buying, say, fifty onesies at once, however, or forty bottles we might not even use, might do a little damage.
Time to just rein this in, focus on selecting the stroller and the big things for the baby’s room, and be prepared for a lot of Target trips come October.
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