Speaking Of Gift Registries... Do You?

[simba20]

So, you've never experienced pumping full time, yet you "can't buy the high quality argument"?
Wierd. I've never seen someone state their opinion, then admit they have absolutely no idea what they are talking about, in the same sentence before.

One of the reasons I gave up breastfeeding (BELIEVE ME I tried and tried and DD wasn;t takign to it), but one of the reasons why, was because when DD was a week old, and we were finally back home, I was using a manual pump to put milk into her bottles. A manual was all I could afford at the time, and it took a half hour just to get 2 oz or so from one side, let alone having to sit and pump for another 30 mins to do the other. I am private, so I'd go in another room to do this, and couldn't see shutting myself away for an hour each time I had to pump. Of course I would have tried to build up a supply, so that I wasn't locked away, but still..........

If I had had a high quality electric pump, I would have been overjoyed, built up a great supply, and continued to BF DD using pumped milk.....

Anyway, i think a PP said it best when she replied that she would now look at registries with $$$$ items in a new light because of the completetion discount. I think if there's one thing to be learned from this thread, it is just that.

 

[Scurvy]

When I buy from a registry, I buy exactly the item registered for (though not always at the place where they registered, if I can get it for a better price elsewhere). I assume they had a reason for choosing the specific items they selected and I wouldn't give them something else instead. So if they registered for particular bath towels, I'll either give those specific bath towels or no bath towels at all. I might choose something completely different that is nothing like anything on their registry, but I won't choose something on their registry and then get a different type of whatever it is. I don't feel obligated to buy the things they've registered for if I have an idea of something else I think they will love, but if I don't have a great idea then I'll just choose something from the registry.