Baby Registry

Some people think that creating a registry is a fun thing to do. Afterall, you get to pick all the "cute" stuff for your new baby, and maybe, just maybe, for yourself and you don't have to pay for it. You might want to put "cute" clothes and toys on the registry that make your friends go awww and they do want to buy those awww soo cute stuff for you.

To be honest, not a lot of those baby stuff makes me go awww. Sometimes I would even think to myself, what kind of parents would put their kids in things like that?! Again, anything your baby uses/owns, says a lot about your taste, not the baby's.

Gender steroetyle issue

I especially HATE those gender specific items. Why do baby girls have to wear pink? Why do baby boys have to wear blue? I don't mind blue. As a matter of fact, I really like blue. But at the same time, I don't want to buy EVERYTHING blue for my kid. Apparently the kid's clothing manufacturers provide very limited options for parents.

I do believe any guy who can pull off pink is pretty confident, thus hot. Of course no one ever said baby boys can't wear pink. But I bet none of the parents would buy pink for boys, because, that's how they are programmed. That's how the society programs us. Well, not that I am going to put my baby in pink. For the record, I hate pink.

And those crib mobiles, why do they have to only make tigers, lions, elephants, bicycles, cars, trains....for boys; butterflies, ballerinas, hearts, birdies.... for girls?

Cuteness issue

What you think is cute does not mean it is cute. I don't see how a body suit that has "ears" attached to the hood would make the outfit cute. Would you wear that yourself? If not, then maybe you shouldn't put it on your baby. I also don't know how headbands on girls make sense but it seems to be very very popular. I guess I wouldn't understand because I am not having a girl.

There are also too many things in stripes as some of moms have mentioned. I guess stripes are fine, sometimes, depending how one wears it. But please don't put your babies in head-to-toe stripes - "matching" sounds like a good idea but it is over-kill in this case. He or she will hate you when they grow up.

Practicality issue

I compared a lot of different registry lists and came out with my own. My priority is practicality. Even though people might not want to buy diapers for my baby, but that's the only thing my baby will need the most when he comes home. Same goes to wipes, bottles, and more diapers. I buy diapers as gifts whenever I see them on anyone's baby registry. Some of parents thought I did it as a joke (but dude, you did register for it) but I don't joke about serious business like, diapers.

I did, however, put a couple "cute" things on my registry to make people go awww. Then again, you might not think they are cute. Whatever, my baby needs to be toughened up, he does not need cute things.

#babyregistry
DearJulie



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