Need Registry Advice from the Experts!

HI Ladies,

I was hoping to get some hep from you about registering. I really would like for DH and I to do it by ourselves without having to take another peson to give us their "opinions" if you catch my drift.

So, I was hoping to compile a list of the necessary, unnecessary, and just utterly useless, don't bother items to help make my and my pgs in the Pregnancy boards lives a little easier.

Please help us!!!

Thanks,

Gina

Message edited 12/26/2006 2:29:45 PM.

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This is just what i found useful and not useful i know p;enty of people who would prbobly disagree.

Useful
Swing
Bouncy chair
Bumbo chair
Swaddle me- some babies dont like to be swaddled but if they do this is easier than a bnlanket.
Snap and go- A MUST!!!!!!


Not Useful
A milion wahscloths and towels- just get a few of each if you are liek me and does wash pretty often
Bathrobes- never uise them she goes staright to pjs
A million stuffed animals, to me they just take up room.
Pack and play- unles syou travel aot i dint realy find it useful
A million burp cloths and recieving blankets

ill seee i can think of

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off the top of my head:

Snap & go-Definately!!! (i used the solely for the first 5 months

infant car seat-graco or peg perego

bassinet-my kids liked the one that played music-helped them to fall asleep

sleep positioner-the one that inclines

graco pack n play-theyre all the same-just get the color that matches the room its going to be in-
I didnt think id use this-but I love it,
bc the way my house is set up the bedrooms are upstairs so I keep the bassinet in my bedroom for the baby to sleep in at night, but for naps during the day&for diaper changes-the pack n play is in my living room on the main floor so the baby could be near me.

monitor-the tv one is great if youre baby is going to nap on a different floor-but if youre on one floor you can get any sound monitor-i actually got the cheapest most basic one free with a purchase I made, and I find it to be better than the expensive ones

swing and/or bouncy seat
(vibrating chair) both FP aquarium-my kids lived in both of these from the day i brought them home till about 5 months old

advent or dr brown bottles-these 2 i found to be the best-dont buy a lot in the beginning bc your babay will probably prefer one over the other-so just buy a couple of each

Bath tub-one with a little cushion or sling for the newborns- i went thru so many of these-imo they all suck(lol!)and take up so much room so just get a basic one for the first couple of months-nothing with the sprays-they break and to me xtra peices are annoying-
then when your baby can sit up-get the bath ring at Buy buy baby-its great for that short period of time when theyre too big for the tub that lays flat-but not quite ready to go into a tub alone.

things i thought were a waste-
slings/baby carriers you wear

plug in bottle warmers for the car

bottle sterilizers-they take up so much counter space-i just put bottles in the dishwasher

diaper genies-these gross me out

high chairs-take up so much room and are annoying to clean-i love the plastic booster seat that straps to the chair

umm wow this is a lot of info,hope youre head isnt spinning(lol!)
this is all i can think of for now...
if youre like me you will probably want the most expensive &top of the line stuff for your baby,
but I have learned that most expensive doesnt = the best...
everyhing is so short lived & baby grows out of everything so quicky,so a lot of $$ is so easily wasted-
dont forget to save receipts and dont take tags off of clothes you get before you have the baby bc you will get more gifts than you think & a ton of doubles so you will probably doing a lot of returns once the baby come!
good luck!

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that's great.....thanks......but what is a snap-n-go???????????????

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