Is anyone else having problems with their registry and receiving impractical/incorrect gifts?
At first I thought it was my choice in registries (Amazon and Target), but after reading another thread I am not so sure that is the issue. We had our baby shower and we hardly got anything from the registry. When we did get something from the registry, it was the wrong pattern/color or not the brand that we selected.
I don't want to sound ungrateful, but I feel like we get one chance to have a baby shower and set ourselves up with items that will help us raise all of our children. I spent weeks working on the registry, trying to pick practical, multi-functional, gender neutral items so we could use them for future children and researching which products were best. I also want to minimize the amount of decorative and non-functional items as we have a very small home (that we love).
Now I have 5 decorative quilts and knit blankets, cross-stitch decorations, and lots of newborn boy outfits. Many of the items are handmade with love but not practical, useful, gender neutral, or matching with the decor of our nursery (which is very gender neutral and soothing colors).
I am now feeling very stressed about having to buy all the things that we need or things that would make our lives easier. I also feel stressed about having to store, exchange, or give away all of the items that we do not or cannot use.
Any words of advice? Anyone else having this issue? How are you dealing with it?