I'm putting together a registry. Not because I want people to buy me stuff (this is number 3, we are on our own) but because I need to start to formulate a list of what we need.
The tax return is coming any day now. We are using it to buy what we need.
There isn't much that we need. I mean we have most of the basics. But there are some things that we just don't want to reuse (nasty burp cloths that are long since destroyed by spit up) and things that just didn't survive the first 2 (bouncer seat). So I'm taking stock of what we have and going from there.
I was afraid before we started this registry that there would be a lot to put on it. Not because we don't have a lot a crap but because babies need so much. But as I work my way through the site, I'm relived that there isn't really much we need.
We are budgeting 500$ for this. We can spend more if we need to later, as we go. But spending less would be awesome.
Aside from a couple big things, the bouncer and a highchair, it looks like mostly it's small piddly stuff so we should come in well under the 500$ budget.
So I guess I'm relieved.
It feels weird to buy this stuff so early on, but if we don't now, we won't have the money later.
