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How did you go about posting your baby registry?
I really want to post our baby registry on my facebook page for friends and family to contribute if they want to, but I have no idea what to put as the caption without sounding like I’m just begging for people to buy us stuff �� lol even though that’s basically what I’m doing. I just really need advice because I want more people to buy things for our baby but I don’t wanna sound rude? If that makes sense lol. I was hoping my cousin planning my shower was going to post it, but she made a private event for the shower and didn’t invite many people so now I’m scared we aren’t going to get very much and I won’t be prepared for him when he gets here
I would not. This has always been odd to me when I see it. If people ask, give them the link, but I would not post.
I wouldn’t ever count on other people to buy all the stuff my baby needs. It’s certainly nice to get gifts but it’s our responsibility at the end of the day!
Agree!
agree and, unfortunately the vast majority of gift givers completely ignore the registry anyway ��
Yeah, this has been weird to me as well. We’ve had people ask outside of those who have been invited to the sprinkle (which has a private facebook event and the link to our registry is there) but I don’t expect anyone to buy anything for our baby.
If someone asks for it just send it to that person.
I probably won’t post mine either, many people have reached out to me and asked for the link so I’ve shared it privately. I also shared it with my parents so if their friends/cousins ask to buy stuff they can just share.
For my friends when I made the invitations/event page for the shower I just attached the link below. I did say gifts are not mandatory but if they really want to buy something please choose from the registry.
See if your cousin can add the link to the event.
Can you add the link to the event? And honestly I don’t think it’s weird or anything to post on fb in general. I’d just put many people have asked for our registry and while we aren’t expecting anything here’s the link if interested. If people don’t want to or can’t they can ignore the post but u find a lot of people just want to help you out!
I wouldn't give the registry to people who aren't invited to the shower unless they specifically ask for it. If you feel like too few people were invited and some were left out, can you ask your cousin to invite those people?
I live out of state so with my first I posted my registry link and just stated,
“We are so excited for baby X’s arrival! I’ve had several friends and family members ask us about what we need for our sweet boy, so I am attaching our registry link below. We are so thankful for everyone who has helped us prepare for sweet boys arrival!”
I have family all across the NE USA so this was easier for us, since my husband also has a ton of out of state family as well. No one told us it was tacky and several people bought directly from our registery that wasn’t able to travel for the actual shower!
this is what I did too.
We all have our preferences! But many people ask for our links, so I always make a big post as well so I don’t have to send it one by one! I usually post it with my baby shower announcement 2 months before the baby shower, then again 1 month before baby shower, then again 2 weeks before baby shower! ����♀️ people were still buying off of my registry 2 months after I had my son! Now I’m having my baby girl & I plan to do the same thing!
Idk it’s not really anyone’s responsibility to get you all off the things you need to have a baby.
That being said, if you want people to buy you things you’ll just have to post it and be okay with someone thinking it’s in poor taste.
it’s not their responsibility but some of us are financially very hopeful that others will because we don’t have the money. Like there is absolutely no way we could get everything we need if we were paying for it on our own.
how do you think everyone else gets things? I am not American I am Irish and we buy everything ourselves we don't depend on anyone. if people give a gift it's something small like an outfit.... if you can afford to buy things for your kids don't have them. it's a very selfish way to bring up a child
If people think it's weird that you're posting your registry, then they can just keep scrolling. I like one of the suggestions of "several friends and family have ask us for our registry so I'm including a link".
Again, people can just scroll past it if they don't like it. Just like any other post they don't like or is not interesting to them.
Yeah, I'm surprised so many people seemed bothered by it. I'd just post, "since multiple people have asked about it, here's our registry, thanks"
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