We recently worked up enough courage to walk into Target and create a baby registry. I think it took us so long because 1) we knew once we did so, the whole baby thing would be a lot more real. 2) We knew there would be a ton of options and lots of beautiful packages with smiling baby's whispering "if you buy this I'll be the happiest baby in the world". And then 3) personally, I was a bit scared that creating a baby registry would be similar to creating a wedding registry -- flashback to 6 years ago to a young Matt and Sarah standing in front of comforters at Linens and Things as we held back tears realizing we had very different tastes in what style bed comforter should grace our bed.
But an hour later we walked out smiling having survived creating a baby registry. It definitely helped that there were only 5 isles of baby stuff compared to a whole store full of stuff.
What took me a bit by surprised was how overwhelming everything felt. There are like 20 different bottle options and 50 different pacifier options all claiming something spectacular. And there was this overwhelming emotional desire to read every last word on the packaging to determine what would be the very best option for our little one while at the same time my brain kept trying to remind me that " this kid will only be using that swaddling cloth 3 to maybe 6 months so it probably doesn't matter if it's has the pretty pokadots or the cute owl on it."
All in all, the registry is created and we survived. And I guess that make it a success and brings us that much closer to being ready.
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