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Registry set-up.

2005-10-25 - 12:29 p.m.

Twenty-five weeks on the 25th: does that mean it�s my pregnancy�s �champagne birthday�?

So forty weeks minus twenty-five� holy crap! Is there really only 15 weeks to go? 15 weeks sounds like nothing! I�ll be going on maternity leave is three months and two days and I�m due in less than three and a half months now. It�s funny how counting down feels like so much bigger a deal than counting up has been, and this feeling intensifies with each week that goes by.

So I�ve been tinkering with trying to set up an online baby registry for this here journal (if that link doesn�t work you can go to www.babiesrus.ca and it�s under the last name of Talpidae), but I�m a bit flummoxed as to how to add items to it that aren�t on their �default� baby registry list. This is the one I figured I�d put the fun, fluffy stuff (i.e. toys and clothes) that doesn�t cost a lot and isn�t essential to have - I have a separate one for people who know me in real life that is full of the more you-really-need-this stuff. My reasoning is, of course, that I don�t really expect any stranger to send me a baby gift but hey, if you�ve been entertained by me for awhile and want to drop me a token teething toy, well, feel free.

The catch I haven�t overcome yet is� I can�t seem to add too much online. I have the option of choosing only from a pre-set list and clicking �add to baby registry� (hence the presence of a pregnancy pillow and breast pump - funny how I can list that latter item for the people who read about my boobs on a regular basis, but I can't imagine putting that into a registry my sister in-law is going to see, eh?), but when I go into the general area that option seems to disappear and I can only �add to cart�. It�ll take some more tinkering to figure it out I guess.

When I do manage to add stuff, I�d LOVE for people to email me (talpidae AT hotmail DOT com) to give me suggestions on what to add � I�m totally flying blind over here.

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Updated to add: I figured it out!

One drawback seems to be that there aren�t even half as many cool/cute things to register for in Canada � there are a ton of places in the States that have way more stuff than the Canadian version of Babies R Us. At least I could set up this registry in Canada though, so that shipping was within the border and prices are in Canadian dollars.

So, like I said, no expectations but it�s there now anyway.

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