Registering

Just a few days after finding out that we were having a girl, our friends, Troy and Kristin went to Babies-R-Us with us to help us register.  I had no idea what I would need, and I desperately needed the help of an experienced mommy.  When we arrived at the store, there was paper work to fill out.  I was excited to get to shopping.  So, Kristin and I went with her son Turner to preview the world of strange baby items: Boppies, Wub-a-nubs, Bumbos, Snoogles, etc.  Michael and Troy sat down at the registry table to fill out paperwork.  The lady looked at them, a bit puzzled, as she walked them through the questions.  She asked, “Will you be adopting?”  Woah! Wrong idea.  The lady thought Michael and Troy were registering for a kid together.  Ugh.  I will never forget this. 

After Karis’s arrival, I pretty much had everything I needed.  Here are some of the essentials: 

For the Hospital:

- Nursing Bra or Cami

- Boppy Pillow

- Baby wipes (the hospital didn’t have any!)

- Baby socks and mittens

- travel system (car seat/stroller)

At Home:

- At least one package of new born diapers (better to be prepared before and return them later if you don’t need them)

- LOTS of burp rags

- Medela bump

- a few baby bottles

- micro steam cleaning bags (Don’t stay up all night boiling bottles… learn from my mistake.)

- diaper gene

- bouncer or swing

- NEWBORN pacifiers (I didn’t realize they come in different sizes. Poor K sucked on a 3-6 month paci for about a week.)

- white noise machine (or radio turned to a static station)