But these are the things that either just take up space, you can do without, or are more of a hassle than a help. I've found this to be the case, anyway.
Baby towels/washcloths.
This was the biggest waste of registry space. Sure, the towels are cute and washcloths are useful when the baby is less than 10 pounds. Then it just gets annoying when the towels quickly become too small and the washcloths just take up space in the laundry basket. By the time Wells was 5 months old, I was using regular towels and washcloths.
Footies that snap.
Any pajama-type clothing that snaps is a waste of time. It's frustrating as soon as they learn how to kick and becomes impossible as soon as they start rolling over. In the middle of the night, snaps are not your friend. Zippers are much easier. In fact, Scott spent a morning with Wells last week and said to get rid of all the snaps after that experience.
Burp cloths.
In the beginning, you will go through four burp cloths a day and always be looking around for a clean one. Then...they just became superfluous. He stopped spitting up everywhere by 2 months old and I realized that receiving blankets actually made great blankies for him to hug and play with..and could double as a burp cloth if necessary. By the time the baby is 10 pounds, you're not going to use a receiving blanket to wrap them up anyway. Those thin blankets are not quite big enough by that point.
So I advise just using all the receiving blankets you get as burp cloths from the beginning. Because I'm currently packing up a dozen burp cloths to put into storage and he still loves the receiving blankets as toys.
A diaper pail.
First, you do not need a Diaper Genie because those use special bags that are expensive and they're made of plastic, which can hold odors. I got the Ubbi, which is steel and uses regular trash bags. I do love it. It doesn't hold odors at all. I actually cleaned it out with baking soda before I packed it for the move and it's been as good as new.
However, we were without a diaper pail for a month while Wells and I were moving east and staying with my parents. I found that a regular trash can worked just fine. Only wet diapers go into our diaper pail anyway. Messy ones go straight outside to the trash. We've been doing that for months and months. If you use the same system, you could probably bypass the diaper pails altogether and just go straight to a regular trash can.
Too many clothes of any one size.
A lot of advisors out there will tell you not to buy newborn clothes because they're often too small for any baby at 8 pounds or more. I found that, since Wells was just under 7 pounds when he was born, we needed more newborn clothes, actually. He wore newborn clothes and 3 month clothes for the first 3 months.
However, I found that the 6 month and 9 month clothes were, honestly, exactly the same so I kind of lumped those together. He was in a lot of 12 month clothes by 6 months. If-I-were-you, I'd skip the 9 month clothes and go straight to 12 month. 9 month have fit him just fine, but I'd like to get more wear out of some of those cute outfits.
What would you add to this list???
