🛒 Making a registry & getting baby stuff

• Some popular baby registries

• Babylist

• Zola

• MyRegistry

• Sprout (SF)

• Newborn essentials

  • “Your Ultimate Checklist of Baby Essentials”

  • “Choosing the best fabric for baby clothes: A comprehensive guide”

  • 💡 Emily would recommend adding to your registry pajamas/sleepers with magnetic or zipper closures instead of snaps (snaps are not easy to deal with in the middle of the night). She likes the organic cotton footies from MagneticMe and wool sleepers w/ zippers from Woolino (heads up: wool clothing should be air dried).

  • 💡 For more baby gear recommendations, check out Babywearing and Sleep Gear.

• What to consider avoiding

  • “What not to add to your baby registry — yet”

  • “20 baby products you really don't need to register for”

• Bay Area secondhand shops

  • Noomoon (Inner Sunset)

  • Chloe's Closet (Bernal Heights, Inner Sunset)

  • Nest Maternity (Presidio Heights)

  • Lovely Bump (San Bruno)

  • Mommy's Trading Post (Alameda, next to Lauren’s Closet)

  • Lauren’s Closet (Alameda, next to Mommy’s Trading Post)

  • Bird in the Nest (San Carlos)

  • Just Between Friends (San Mateo - event times vary)

  • The Recology Store (Various)

• Online secondhand shops

  • Freecycle

  • Craigslist

  • Facebook local “buy nothing” and “buy, sell, & trade” groups

  • eBay

  • Poshmark

  • Mercari

  • Etsy

  • Rebel (overstock/open-box)

  • Manymoons (“rescued” & resale items)

• Bay Area retailers

  • Fiddlesticks (Hayes Valley)

  • Mudpie (Pacific Heights)

  • Tea Collection (SF)

  • Dottie Doolittle (Potrero Hill)

  • Sprout SF (Pacific Heights, Mill Valley)

  • Young Eden (online)

  • Dimples (Berkeley)

  • Small Frys (Noe Valley)

  • GoldenBug Kids (Oakland)

  • New Skool (online, SF retailers)

• Retailers based elsewhere

  • Koko Momo - an LA-based clothing company “for kids who were never meant to blend in”

  • Petit Pli - innovative UK-based company that makes clothes that “grow” with your child (they also make adult clothing, including maternity wear, too!)

  • Danish Woolen Delight - small business located in Vermont that sells woolen clothing from Europe

  • Green Mountain Diapers - small online business (est. 1998) selling high-quality baby gear including diapers, clothing, and nursing supplies

  • Wildhaven Wools - small business based in Alaska that makes woolen clothing designed to fit “3x longer”