Last weekend, Mason and I spent an entire Saturday registering for everything from strollers to burp cloths! During our Babymoon trip, I read an entire book about the best brands to buy and the safest products to use. Though I do not even have a baby yet, I feel that I can speak with expertise on things such as the latest features of baby monitors and bottles that will make our baby the least gassy. With a detailed list of wants and needs, we confidently headed out into the unfamiliar land of baby super stores to conquer our registry.
After about 20 minutes inside of Buy Buy Baby, I was ready to cry.
They didn't have the brands that I had on my list, the colors and patterns offered were not my taste in the least, and in general we just felt completely overwhelmed. Knowing that we couldn't very well just give up, we battled on, finding things here and there that we liked or could use. But after an hour inside, I had a pounding headache and felt like I could use a stiff drink.
To make matters worse, the next stop on our baby registry journey was Babies R' Us, my own personal version of HELL. I hate BRU with a passion! I have had to go in more than a handful of times to procure items on other friend's baby registries and more times than not I am unable to find what I am looking for even with the assistance of an employee. So after a not so pleasant start to our registering, I was less than thrilled to be walking into my least favorite store on Earth.
But wait! Contradictory to all of my prior experiences, Babies R' Us had nearly everything that we needed! All the major brands, lots of variety, and it was very user friendly to find the items we were looking for. Who would have thought?
After about 20 minutes inside of Buy Buy Baby, I was ready to cry.
They didn't have the brands that I had on my list, the colors and patterns offered were not my taste in the least, and in general we just felt completely overwhelmed. Knowing that we couldn't very well just give up, we battled on, finding things here and there that we liked or could use. But after an hour inside, I had a pounding headache and felt like I could use a stiff drink.
To make matters worse, the next stop on our baby registry journey was Babies R' Us, my own personal version of HELL. I hate BRU with a passion! I have had to go in more than a handful of times to procure items on other friend's baby registries and more times than not I am unable to find what I am looking for even with the assistance of an employee. So after a not so pleasant start to our registering, I was less than thrilled to be walking into my least favorite store on Earth.
But wait! Contradictory to all of my prior experiences, Babies R' Us had nearly everything that we needed! All the major brands, lots of variety, and it was very user friendly to find the items we were looking for. Who would have thought?
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However, baby gadgets and basic necessities aside, neither store could offer me anything as far as clothing, bedding, or accessories. I'm not really your average baby mama, I guess. I hate pastels and I don't like baby animals or cartoon characters adorning my baby items. My nursery colors are black, white, gold, and fuchsia, which is not the typical baby color scheme sold to the masses.
Luckily, I was able to find tons of cute things on Etsy to fill in the gaps of our registry!
I also found out about a website called Babylist where you can link all of your registries to one site, as well as add things that you would want from other places like Etsy, Amazon, or other department stores!
So... if your interested in taking a little peek at what Mommy and Daddy would love to have for our Baby Girl, please feel free to visit our link:
https://babyli.st/guinn-registry
Luckily, I was able to find tons of cute things on Etsy to fill in the gaps of our registry!
I also found out about a website called Babylist where you can link all of your registries to one site, as well as add things that you would want from other places like Etsy, Amazon, or other department stores!
So... if your interested in taking a little peek at what Mommy and Daddy would love to have for our Baby Girl, please feel free to visit our link:
https://babyli.st/guinn-registry
Unfortunately, this item did not make the cut on our registry. :)
With baby showers on the horizon and the task of registering behind us, we are truly enjoying this exciting time in our lives! We can't wait to push baby girl around the neighborhood in her stroller or buckle her up in a new car seat on the way home from the hospital! Heck I'm even amped up to change a diaper, at the moment. Mainly we can't wait for it all to become a reality! :)
Baby girl, you will be our greatest adventure and we are oh so ready for you! XOXO!
Baby girl, you will be our greatest adventure and we are oh so ready for you! XOXO!
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