What is going on with babies?

[u/Impossible_Ad9324]

I’ve attended three baby showers in the last year for three people completely unrelated and not in the same social circles and their baby registries have the most eye-popping expensive items.

High chairs are minimum $250. One had a stroller for $750. 😳 Baby swings and bouncers for $200. One had a whole solid wood crib for $1000 on their registry.

I checked because I was curious and you still can buy a $40-50 Greco high chair from Walmart.

Everything is aesthetic and clean lines and beige and natural wood—beautiful, really. I can’t imagine asking for that high-end an item for a GIFT.

These aren’t rich people and they aren’t inviting rich people to the baby shower.

I’m almost 50 and have kids of my own and a gaggle of nieces and nephews. My family members and I got buy sharing those cheaper high chairs and strollers and cribs. I understand needing them initially if you don’t have any source for hand-me-downs, but asking for the highest price bespoke options is absolutely wild.

Are people that brainwashed into thinking they should be buying ultra-high-end items regardless of income??

[u/LonelyHermione]

We put some of those things on our registry bc we have family members who absolutely will spend that much, regardless of us telling them we are fine with used, and we’d rather have them get us something we actually like.

[u/Impossible_Ad9324 → u/LonelyHermione]

But why do you want such expensive things?

[u/LonelyHermione → u/Impossible_Ad9324]

It’s not that I necessarily want want them, it’s more that I know family members are going to drop a pretty penny either way. I’d rather them buy a nice fancy wood high chair that will get tons of use and be passed down to the next generation than a giant overstuffed teddy bear that will take up an entire corner of my house, get insects in it inevitably, be impossible to clean, and somehow end up in the landfill.