When we registered for our wedding it was so fun! Picking out things we liked, colors we liked, styles we liked, and all that mattered was that we liked them. Not so for baby registry, we had to think about safety and practicality, and trying to figure out what you need when you have no idea what the baby will be like is a bit daunting.
Will the baby like sleeping flat or will they like to be surrounded by something - this matters for what pack N play you will get.
Will they like this swing, this bouncy thing, this excersaucer, or this play mat...I have no idea. I started picking things out based on looks alone, but then I didn't like the looks of anything and figured there must be a more responsible way to do this.
Jared was very good, he read the reviews, specs, and everything while carrying everything as I continually had hot flashes and he let me take a break "trying out" all the gliders for a while. The big stuff was one thing, but then we came to the wall of small things that you need...you know bottles, pacifiers, bowls, lotions, thermometers, all that stuff. I just started picking things I know my sister has or were specifically recommended to me by friends. Jared and I decided we missed 50% of the things that we will need ... but we figure we had a good start.
That was yesterday and today we built the crib so that was exciting. Now Jared and I feel like we are on baby overload, but decided better a couple days and then take a break then waiting till the end to do all this and being in baby overload all the time! Anyways, it has been a fun process so far.
We feel really blessed to be in our small group at church as 4 of the 5 couples are expecting next spring/summer! It's nice to have that support and people to talk about it with who are in the same boat. Also, they all already have kids so Jared and I have great resources to ask all of our questions. There were a few emergency calls from the aisles of Babies R Us yesterday to a couple of them - and they were very helpful!
Well I am off to try to do a little more organizing, we are so busy I am trying to take advantage of the weekends we don't have anything going!
Here is my favorite thing we registered for...I might steal it...Duke is already making plans as well!
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