Comments on: How to get them to stick to your baby registry http://www.rookiemoms.com/how-to-get-them-to-stick-to-your-baby-registry/ Two geeky girls' guide to the first years of motherhood. Mon, 20 May 2013 01:21:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Lidia Varesco design http://www.rookiemoms.com/how-to-get-them-to-stick-to-your-baby-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-171078 Lidia Varesco design Thu, 10 Jan 2013 03:59:58 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/?p=13828#comment-171078 BabyList is awesome! Many of my friends are artsy like myself, so they liked being able to buy registry items from Etsy (and of course I loved receiving unique handmade baby goodies).

I would suggest putting newborn diapers on the registry. It’s not the most exciting gift, but my little man arrived 2-1/2 weeks early so if it wasn’t for the diapers someone gifted us, we would have had none when we got home from the hospital!

]]> By: Cara http://www.rookiemoms.com/how-to-get-them-to-stick-to-your-baby-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-170930 Cara Tue, 08 Jan 2013 00:37:59 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/?p=13828#comment-170930 Very cool!
We totally lucked out: Because we were moving when I was 7 months pregnant and had a shower in TX (where we lived) and WI (where we grew up and where our families are) before the move, people knew we didn’t want to have to move much. So they almost all gave us gift cards, sometimes accompanied by a small item from our registry for fun. It was seriously perfect. We didn’t get unnecessary stuff, and once we were in CA, we took this mass of gift cards and got everything off our own registry which was really fun.

]]> By: RookieMom Heather http://www.rookiemoms.com/how-to-get-them-to-stick-to-your-baby-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-170929 RookieMom Heather Mon, 07 Jan 2013 23:34:08 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/?p=13828#comment-170929 Yes, do hold onto those gift cards. Even the smaller ones can be good for an emergency pacifier or pack of diapers.

]]> By: Jen http://www.rookiemoms.com/how-to-get-them-to-stick-to-your-baby-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-170924 Jen Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:52:23 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/?p=13828#comment-170924 These are all perfect tips.

I will only add that when you are opening everything keep track of the gift cards. With my second baby…. or maybe it was my first…..? I lost about 150$ of gift cards. I think I threw em out.

Keep the receipts too. exchanging can be fun also.

]]> By: RookieMom Heather http://www.rookiemoms.com/how-to-get-them-to-stick-to-your-baby-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-170919 RookieMom Heather Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:48:37 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/?p=13828#comment-170919 I love the “add a note” tip to get a boring old humidifier.

]]> By: RookieMom Heather http://www.rookiemoms.com/how-to-get-them-to-stick-to-your-baby-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-170918 RookieMom Heather Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:46:21 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/?p=13828#comment-170918 Jane, I know $980 yikes! Maybe as a “going in together” gift?

]]> By: Liz F http://www.rookiemoms.com/how-to-get-them-to-stick-to-your-baby-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-170917 Liz F Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:49:05 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/?p=13828#comment-170917 How we made sure we got everything on our registry? We didn’t find out the sex of our baby. People didn’t buy clothes and monogrammed things and toys… they bought us what we needed! It was awesome.

]]> By: Jane http://www.rookiemoms.com/how-to-get-them-to-stick-to-your-baby-registry/comment-page-1/#comment-170915 Jane Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:11:52 +0000 http://www.rookiemoms.com/?p=13828#comment-170915 These are great choices (though $980 for a crib? I’m thinking even a generous relative’s cash can be used better … ours is an all-wood, no-VOC crib from Walmart for $200 and looks super stylish). The other thing is avoid bubble bath. Babies’ skin is super sensitive, and bubble bath dries it out.

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