Why don’t people buy baby gifts off of registries?
Don’t get me wrong, we are very appreciative of any gift we receive, but my husband and I are having a baby and have included with the invitations a card showing where we are registered. However, we keep getting things that are not on our registry such as clothes and bathing products. We have plenty of those things left over from our first child. In fact, we got so many bottles of baby soap and shampoos from our first child’s baby shower that I doubt we’ll run out of them with this child either. We are in need of other things that are not expensive separately, but add up if you have to buy them all yourself such as a diaper pail, baby monitor, diaper bag, sheets for the babies crib, a mobile, bottles, a booster chair/high chair, etc. Most of our items are in the -50 range, with variations both ways, and there are quite a few items left to choose from. We registered for 44 items and there are 40 left. I hope I don’t sound ungrateful or rude, because I’m not at all. As I mentioned we really appreciate the gifts we receive, but I just don’t get it.
My question is why do people assume they know what you need better than you do?
The items on our registry are not seasonal and the reason we can’t re-use our diaper pail, baby monitor, sheets, etc from our first child is because she is still using them. Also, we are having a boy this time.
don’t appreciate the selfish comments. If someone offers to throw you a baby shower you don’t decline. That, in my opinion, would be more rude than having a shower for your second child. Besides, whoever said you shouldn’t have a shower for your second child (especially one of the opposite sex) is a fool. Anytime you would turn down a friend’s request to throw a party to celebrate your new arrival with your friends and loved ones let me know. Besides, it is a shower for both men and women and my husband is so excited because he gets to be involved this time, whereas last time only ladies.
Also, I’m not upset because people aren’t buying high ticket items. We have 3 things on our registry that are or over & items that are or under. We are not being selfish or complaining because people aren’t spending a lot of money on us. I was just simply wondering why some people don’t buy off of a registry when you make sure they know that there are things on there you need?
