What I've learned about baby registries so far....

Creating a registry was way more stressful than I anticipated....

I originally had a registry on Babylist which included a list of links to items from different websites. I also connected links to a Target, Walmart, and Amazon registry. I quickly became overwhelmed trying to keep everything in order and trying to make sure I wasn't missing anything.

I wanted to have multiple registries to A.) take advantage of their offers and welcome boxes and B.) try to be most cost effective for friends and family. I definitely thought it would be a lot easier than it was to keep everything straight.

I started to get super overwhelmed and paranoid constantly asking myself.. "Did I add everything I need? What registry did I add crib, stroller, etc. to? Will people focus more on one registry over the other?" plus many more questions...I was constantly flipping through tabs on my browser to check all three registries and it became too much...

⤏ My Solution ⤎

I decided to narrow my registry down to just Target, however, still link it to Babylist.com. If there were items from Amazon, Walmart, Ikea, or anywhere else that I wanted, I could add the individual links to each item on Babylist---- Babylist has this awesome feature that allows you to download an "add to babylist" button on your browser that allows you to easily add those random items--- I discovered that Target has a similar button, but the Babylist button was a lot easier for me to figure out

As much as I tried and wanted to be cost effective for those that are helping me, it became too. Still wanting to be cost effective, I selected the option that allows friends and family to put money towards a single item if they weren’t able to make the full purchase. I didn’t want to add pressure to anyone helping me out especially because registries are good for the bigger more expensive items.

⤏ Other Solutions to Consider ⤎

If you didn’t want to narrow down your registries and wanted to keep multiple store registries, than get VERY organized

Keep a spreadsheet, document, or journal on what items you need, which you’ve added, and what registry you added them on

It will save you from a constant back and forth battle between all your registries to find where different items are or to double check what you have and don’t have

{TIP: Having multiple registries connected to Babylist could be a better option for moms that are not new to the mom life or don't need to start from scratch with baby items}