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[quote=Anonymous]This might not be helpful. And might make it worse. So sorry about that.

But while I also found the registry process overwhelming - going through it and making decisions and talking to other parents and reading about stuff helped me (and my husband) figure out how we were going to parent our baby. People suggested swaddles and a white noise machine, and in looking at it, we learned how important those two are to calming infants. End up registering for really good black out curtains too. Researching strollers and carriers had us thinking about when/how/why we would be taking the baby out and what was important to us. We don't have a car - how were we getting to the pediatrician? Did I need a breastfeeding cover, or was I just going to get used to my boob being out in front of people (opted for the latter, honestly)? What was important to us in a stroller? Our nursery runs hot - how are we going to deal with that? Were we going to buy pacifiers? What about formula? Would a "just in case" approach be better? Or better to just start how we wanted to go on? How were we going to set up our home and use our space? Were we going to sterilize bottles or just stick them in the dishwasher (dishwasher)? Use special laundry detergent or our usual (usual)?

Sure, we made some mistakes (turns out a fold up high chair with a large unfolded footprint is dumb in a small space, because you're not going to fold it and unfold it 4 times a day, and it turned out I hated the K'Tan, though so many friends loved it). But we hit much more than we missed, and those conversations and decisions helped us get on a path together.

Sounds hokey. And surely lots of people slap together a registry and then figure out stuff later, and do great. But that's not me.

Anyway - if you're feeling overwhelmed, remember you have plenty of time. Pick one area to focus on (say, eating. Or bathing), get if figured out, then move on to the next. It doesn't have to be perfect. But the journey, in my experience, even when it felt like a lot, was really, really valuable.

Best of luck![/quote]

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