Today, I walked to Sweetheart Baby Boutique to complete another location for my registry. Building a registry is not easy. I have to make sure there is no overlap with products at all three places.
I am registered at Babies R Us, mainly because they have the best selection and products often go on sale. I registered at Sears because if you guess your due date correctly, you get the balance on your registry in Sears gift cards to be used for anything at Sears!
So, I registered at Sweetheart Baby Boutique because I wanted to support a Windsor company, they have many Canadian-made products, as well as all organic and natural baby products. They also are the store that carries cloth diapers and I plan to give cloth diapers a solid try. After learning about it, it doesn't seem that bad and I really have nothing to compare it to. Did you know the diapers that we wore are still in landfills? And I learned today that newborns have to be changed at least 12 times a day. That is a ton of diapers.... poor Mother Earth.
As per Kelly style, I have created a spreadsheet that keeps track of all of the items I have registered as well as the store where they are registered. Sears and Babies R Us make it easy to remove and add items online, and with Sweetheart, I can just email the owner the changes. The downside with Sears and Babies R Us is that sometimes items are on liquidation and therefore the company doesn't know if the stock will be replenished. Sweetheart is great because you can order online and purchase in store.
I did not register for clothes, because I think those just get purchased, because how can you not want to buy baby clothes? Plus, I have wonderful friends who are ready to give me donations.
My work shower is June 14th and my mom's shower is July 7th. We are planning a little get together after the baby is born on Sept. 2, which is exciting because we can get some gender-specific things! I feel so blessed for the family and friends we have; we are so excited to share this baby with everyone.
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