I knew I shouldn’t have made a registry.

I didn’t want a baby shower, honestly. My mom really wanted to throw me one and I caved. Now I just feel bad she’s spending so much money on it.

I’ve had people flat out tell me they bought me gifts for baby, but not from my registry because what they found was better. They are buying clothes. Like???? We put them on our registry because we want those items. We researched and liked those items. I don’t get it.

We don’t know if we’re having a boy or girl, and we told no one names that we’ve picked. My MIL said she was going to wait to see what we have before she buys anything.

My sister searched my name on Amazon and found an old registry I made that had maybe 10 items on it. She shared it with my family. Even though she asked me for the link to my registry. They bought items we really didn’t need or want, because again, it was an old registry. Like, I sent you the link to our actual registry. I forgot that Amazon one even existed.

People keep sending us newborn clothes. We have like 50 onesies for newborn. My baby is currently measuring big. And there’s no gift receipts or anything so I have a feeling we’re going to donate most of them.

I am trying to be grateful for all of this. I really am. I love how excited everyone is. I love that they all want to celebrate. But I’m also super frustrated. My husband wanted the shower so we didn’t have to spend so much on baby gear, but it’s turning out that we will have to buy everything anyway. I knew all the horror stories I read on Reddit would be accurate 😅