June draws closer every week, and now that we've settled in to the new place, we've turned our attention toward worrying about all the new stuff we need to keep a baby alive and happy. Our general philosophy has been that someone in our life will gift us most of the things we need -- the advice of many new parents we've met has been that trying to predict what sorts of sleeping accessories, special pillows, or rocking strollers the baby will want once they're here is folly and that the necessary gear will be close at hand once the need presents itself.
As a result we haven't had a good answer for friends who've asked if we have a baby registry, and have mostly just told people we'd send around a link for donations toward paying for a diaper service. In the past few weeks, however, we found recommendations for a few standout new-parenting tools and accessories, and a friend pointed us toward babylist.com, an easy-to-use baby registry manager.
We've created a short registry and will be adding items as we find new things we love, and have also created 3 cash funds for some of the major expenses we're expecting in the coming months: one to help us pay our midwives for whatever our insurance doesn't cover, one to help us hire a doula to guide us through childbirth, and a final one to pay for a diaper service, which will allow us to use cloth diapers without risking disaster in our shared washer/dryer. You can find it at:
Crypto Kiddies
If you're more of a cryptocurrency person, please feel free to contribute via Bitcoin:
15u3yCXc4Xz8qBkhK7o8pNSnYArGx8rmC7
Ethereum:
0x95480ef4a838F278B2007D6EFB3689140e46A41F
or the Avalanche X-chain:
X-avax1mr52fm5agflv7kar7mf26yaewjqxy5jd34g4mk
or C-chain:
0xdde0874187a085ee9138793a1825dd2fd13a7d1c
We're also still accepting Avalanche NFTs and direct donations for the baby at this wallet address:
X-avax1lqjzc4vmd7xra3pp3j8c3sh5qt5jxuweflat4c
Thanks!
Thanks to anyone who makes a contribution of any sort - neither of us include gifting in our top love languages, so we really have low expectations, but your gifts right now will definitely help us give this kiddo the smoothest possible landing, and that is something we will cherish forever.