Registries

There are so many places you can open a baby registry.  Two of the bigger ones are Buy Buy Baby and Babies R Us.  You can also find some smaller local places like Magic Beans or Giggle.  They have great products, but tend to be more expensive than some of the bigger retailers.  But it's nice to support local businesses, plus sometimes they offer incentives to open a registry.  For instance at Giggle, when I opened my registry and put 25 items on they offered a $50 gift card.  So keep a look out for special offers.

Buy Buy Baby and Babies R Us also offer smaller incentives for opening registries in the form of small gift bags that contain samples of baby items.  Something else to keep in mind is that  Buy Buy Baby is associated with Bed Bath and Beyond, so you can use their 20% off coupons for baby items.  Also, the Buy Buy Baby online registry doesn't offer free shipping, but if you access the registry from Bed Bath and Beyond's site you can get free shipping that way and also use their online 20% off coupons.  They also have a super reliable return policy, so if you decide you don't want something you got, you can easily return it!

I had a lot of trouble deciding what to put on my registry because there's just so much stuff.  One thing I did that I found helpful was to go on other friends' registries and they have a feature where you can add things your friends chose directly to yours.  You can even copy entire registries if you want!  It makes the selection process a lot easier.

Something to note: Babies R Us has a MUCH better furniture selection than Buy Buy Baby does.