I'm a list maker so here's my list

• 1 Boppy, she's 8 months and we still use this thing
  

• Rock n Play
  
• Zip up swaddles + muslin blanket. The standard swaddle never worked with my daughter nor did the velcro one. We had to double swaddle her with a muslin blanket and then zip her up in one of these just to keep her from hulking out
  
• Swing - every baby is different but the swing was a Godsend for us, we ended up spending $140 on one that plugged in and it was worth every penny. I don't know that I'd register for one because you can find really nice ones for $40-50 on online yardsales and since they're only used ~4-5 months they're in great condition.
  
• play gym for baby
  
• changing pad
  
• baby medicines/saline spray/nose freda. You tell yourself you'll never use it but you will and when your 3 month old is sick in the middle of the night because they can't breathe you'll be grateful you have that stuff.
  
• we have an Eddie Bauer travel system, I like it ok and seems pretty good quality
  
• high chair - I wish I had registered for one, you won't use it for a while but they can be pricey
  
• a bath seat, don't spend money on an expensive tub. The minute my daughter found out she could sit up it was game over.
  
• bath toys!
  
• bathing supplies, towels, soaps, and this shampoo my daughter came down with a case of cradle cap overnight, this got rid of it. She's used it at least every other night since 6 weeks and we're still using it at 8 months.
  
• one toy for every age, my daughter had no interest in toys until around 4 months. These are easily her top 3 favorites: little people this is her favorite toy right now, she loves putting the people in the bus and taking them out. This V-Tech Drum she loves this thing, she can hold the pieces in her hands perfectly, she likes to hit the drum, and when we place the pieces in the holes she likes to push them through. this elephant toy it rattles, crinkles, has rubber for chewing, which makes it an amazing toy to take while traveling or going places. An honorable mention would be any musical instrument toy, we have shakers, bells, and other musical toys for her to play with and she loves them. Board books, she likes to flip through the pages. If you register for a jumper just go for the inexpensive one from Fisher Price that folds up easily, I bought a Jumperoo and she loves it but it's big, in the way, and doesn't get enough use to really validate the space it occupies.
  
  
  Things I would not register for:
  
• Clothes, you think that if you put it on the registry that people will buy what you want but they wont.
  
• blankets, you'll get so many blankets. You'll use all of them at one point or another but unless you want everything to match perfectly I wouldn't bother.
  
• receiving blankets - I registered for one set and ended up getting 4. Don't get me wrong, I used all of them but probably could have handled just the 3 that people picked up for me off registry.