Full disclosure: I had very little to do with the creation of our baby registry, the credit goes to baby mama. However, I was involved in some of the “final” decisions – ie. “Babe, I’ve done all the research and I’ve narrowed it down to two things. Which do you think is better?” Like I said, I had very little to do with it.
We My wife originally decided to register at Babies ‘R Us (must) and Wishpot. For those of you that don’t know anything about Wishpot, it’s basically a website where you can create wish lists for anything and then add items from around the internet. Well, she soon realized that due to the amazingness that is Amazon, and it always having the lowest price, we found that ALL the items we were adding to Wishpot, were from Amazon. So why not just use the Amazon Baby Registry? Thus, we switched it (I actually did this very important task. And then checked it like five times to make sure I didn’t miss www.sites.google.com/view/freemusicallyfollowers anything).
With that said, and given the fact that I didn’t do much of the research, you might wonder what the dad’s role is in all of this (and with other seemingly “mom-centered” activities): be a sounding board. There are hundreds of products, thousands of reviews, and as with this entire process, it can be overwhelming. Ask for access to the registry(ies), show you are excited and gracious when gifts are purchased or received (even if it’s a set of plastic spoons that will not be used for months), and do whatever she asks when she is writing the dozens and dozens of Thank You notes that you were spared from writing.
More on some of our gear after I’ve put it through the ringer.