Jonah JacobsWhen a baby is on the way, you feel plenty of excitement. Unfortunately, you can also feel loads of fear when you start thinking about all the expenses that come with that little bundle of joy.
How can you reduce baby expenses? By splitting the cost with friends and family. How can you do this? By completing an online baby registry.
Just like with weddings, baby registries can result in many gifts for your special occasion. By getting these gifts, you can keep your money in your pocket.
While filling out a baby registry can lead to gifts from your loved ones, it can also result in surprises from the sites you sign up with.
We’ll discuss three sites from huge retailers that offer free baby stuff when you create your registry. In other words, it’s time to brainstorm what you want to see on your baby’s wish list.
Walmart
Once your baby is born, you’ll probably have several trips to Walmart on the itinerary. The retailer makes it easy to scoop up savings on baby supplies in the flesh, but it also has an excellent online registry.
Fill your registry with all those gifts you’d like to receive, and you can become eligible for a free Welcome Box from Walmart. You will have to pay a tiny shipping fee to get it delivered, but many online reviews say it’s well worth it.
What’s in Walmart’s Baby Registry Welcome Box? Your mileage may vary, but here’s a look at what some proud, new parents have received in the past:
- Baby wipes
- Body wash
- Diaper cream
- Healing ointment
- Pacifier
- Baby bottle
- Baby product coupons
As you can see, all of those are necessities for a newborn, so you can score some substantial savings in just a few minutes of online work.
What constitutes “work” in this sense? Picking out things you want to see your baby enjoy, which is hardly work at all.
Target
If you’re not a huge Walmart fan, you’ve probably stepped foot in Target from time to time. They have their own baby registry as well. Create yours, and you can receive your Welcome Kit that’s loaded with free baby stuff.
To claim your Welcome Kit, go to your closest store’s guest services after your registry is finished. Once there, you should get your no-cost goodies that supposedly add up to $80 worth of free baby stuff.
Combine $80 worth of baby supplies with gifts from your registry, and you can take a huge financial load off of your shoulders.
Amazon
Are you an Amazon Prime Member? Can you complete an online baby registry? Do you think you could get $10 worth of gifts given to you from that registry? If you answered yes to those three questions, then you can get free baby stuff from Amazon.
The online giant’s Welcome Box has quite the reputation. Many say you get a wide variety of items in each box. Here’s a sampling:
- Diapers
- Baby wipes
- Bottle
- Blanket
- Energizing mask
- Nursing pads
- Moisturizing lotion
That’s quite a mix of necessities and luxuries. What will you receive in your Amazon Welcome Box? Create your baby registry to find out.
Mark Luigi Dacumos
