im trying to get my head around this whole registry thing for my baby shower in september—the clock is ticking and i really need to get this link on the invites by next week. the main issue is that i live in a pretty rural part of ohio and almost everyone coming to the shower is a die-hard walmart shopper. like, they arent going to go to some fancy boutique or even target probably because the nearest one is like forty minutes away whereas walmart is right down the road.

so i was thinking about using babylist because i love the idea of having everything in one spot. i have some stuff from amazon and this one cute handmade sign from etsy that i really want, so babylist seems perfect for that. but then i started reading some threads online and people were saying the walmart integration on babylist is kinda glitchy? like it doesnt update when things go out of stock or the price changes and that sounds like a total headache for my guests who are mostly older and not super tech-savvy. i dont want my grandma calling me frustrated because a link doesnt work.

then i looked at myregistry. my logic was that maybe its more stable for store-specific stuff? it looks a little bit more clunky to me though so im not sure if the user experience is actually better or if im just overthinking it. i also considered just doing a straight up walmart registry and then a separate amazon one but having two or three links feels so messy and disorganized and i know my aunts are gonna get confused and just buy me random stuff i didnt ask for if its too complicated lol.

im really leaning toward babylist because of the price comparison feature—it would be great if my friends could see if the car seat is cheaper somewhere else—but if the walmart link is just gonna break every two days then whats the point. has anyone actually used these specifically for walmart items lately? is the browser extension better than the app? i just want something that wont frustrate my family but lets me keep everything in one list...