The question of baby registries recently came up while I was talking with a group of friends. I mean, really, how many things can a tiny baby actually need ?? Of course, there's shelter, food, clothes, and diapers, but all that other stuff that the stores tell you that you can't live without??? My husband and I went in to register for our baby with two different thoughts in mind. My husband thought that we should only register for the absolutely necessary items. I thought that we should register for a few "extra" things. There's nothing wrong with wanting both a crib and a Pack n' Play, a high chair, a couple of different strollers, as well as all the clothes, mattress pad, changing pad, diaper bag, carrier, toys, etc. etc. etc. Needless to say, we spent nearly four hours at the store trying to agree on what to register for. After all the hassle of trying to register, after our baby came, we realized that many of the things we thought we needed (i.e.,...
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