I remember the day my husband and I did our baby registry for our son.
We were so excited to walk around with the little scanner and choose all the baby accessories we’d “need.”
I was in my most comfortable maternity leggings, armed with a huge decaf coffee and a list the length of my chubby arm. But as we started exploring all the products, my enthusiasm started to wane. I began to second-guess everything we were choosing, not knowing what was actually necessary and what was, well, a waste of space, time and money.
That was eight years ago, and while I didn’t have any more children myself, I watched many of my friends have multiple babies. Along the way, I quickly came to realize that a lot of the things that parents-to-be think they’ll need they never actually use. And things that you will use a lot of, like washcloths, should be stockpiled in bulk.