Fess up: How many of those baby registry items did you barely use? Even Laura Fenton, a devoted minimalist, admits she bought some stuff she didn’t really need, despite her best efforts: “The more I read, the more I began to suspect that all those ‘must-haves’ in articles and baby registries were really just a way to fool us new moms into spending the maximum amount of money on gear.” But she writes that she’s glad to have avoided one item that she sees as completely unnecessary. And it’s a controversial one! |