Sweet Baby Gifts

I am going to be the godmother of my bestfriends first baby.She isnt due till march 22nd but I’m not sure if it would be weird if I sent a gift for the baby for christmas since it wont be born yet. Should I just wait till the baby shower or go ahead and send one for xmas and the baby shower? What would you do? I am sooooo excited so maybe that is why I want to send gifts already LOL! Thanks in advance for your help!

If you would like to send a gift to both baby and mother, send a book that Mom can read to the baby before she’s born, or send a music CD that Mom can play for the baby. Mozart is very popular. These gifts will benefit both mother and baby and promote prenatal bonding!

I have a few friends who are all pregnant at the same time, including myself, so we have been discussing baby shower ideas. These babies are all 2nd babies for us, and were not really sure about what to do.

We all have things left over from our 1st babies, so we don’t need much. We also don’t want any of that generic baby shower stuff like powders, creams, etc and other useless crap we will never use.

Is it wrong to tell people what you want, ie on the invitation or something, or even request money or a gift voucher? What do you think?

With my first baby I did not know how the hole registry thing, and tons of people kept asking me "what do you want? what do you need?" so I told them all the same things and do you know what I got? 20 powders, tons of baby shampoo, lots of baby lotion, and it took me about 2 years to use all of it! (not complaining, just had to keep finding places to put them). then I got 2 bouncers, 2 play and packs, 2 swings. etc.

so with my second I made a registry and got stuff that i NEEDED, I love the fact that they have registries now because now you want get to much stuff you don’t need, and get what you really need.
and no it’s not rude! when ever I hear about a baby shower I find their registry.
and don’t be afraid to ask for money, that’s what my sister did, was not rude or anything.

I’m looking for a gift for my little sister. It is her first baby and they have faced some hardships recently and so I know that they are not going to be able to afford everything they need for their baby. What item, either one big thing or multiple items, would you have wanted someone to step in and pay for?
They have health insurance and all that so they don’t have to worry about the actual cost of having a baby in itself as much as they do about getting everything that they need.

Car seat. Most of the other baby stuff is optional, but if they are ever in a car (and really, who isn’t?) they need a carseat. She can breastfeed, and co-sleep, and use cloth diapers and hand-me-downs, but a good carseat is essential. I’d get a good convertible seat, that they won’t have to replace until the kid is like 5. (I have two Evenflo Triumph Advance DLX seats that I love.)

I’ll be going to two baby showers this month and need some ideas. So what was the most useful or original gift you got? This doesn’t necessarily mean the most expensive, but the one or two things that you wouldn’t have thought you needed, but now you realize how great it was. And how many of you really appreciate and use the handmade presents, like crocheted or quilted blankets, etc? Your answers can be from the gift giver or recipient. Thanks for your help!

diapers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! any new mother will tell you diapers..haha.
i guess theyd be most useful..

I am currently in the process of setting up a gift hamper business for newborn babies and their mothers.

There will be a large baby hamper, a small baby hamper and a new mums hamper available ( the baby hampers will be available in pink, blue or yellow)

But am struggling to come up with good names for the business that have never been used before… any ideas?

Thanks!!

Pamper Hamper

Three of my friends have baby showers this summer and I have never attended one before. I recently got married and all 3 of these friends attended my bridal shower and wedding, and they each spent around $200 on gifts. Should a baby shower gift equal around the amount that they spent on my wedding gift? Or should I be spending more or less?

If they are your true friends, price shouldn’t even cross your mind. Go to Babies R Us and you can ask an associate for help. Or if you really don’t know what to get, a gift card can be an option, maybe $100 each…just a thought. It just all depends on what you can afford for all three of your friends.

If money is an issue, you can be creative and make baskets for your three friends (since all three are held this summer). Go to a craft store than go to Walmart, a baby can never have too many diapers, onesies, bibs, etc.

One of the Doctors that I work with is due to have a baby in a couple of weeks. I am planning a trip to his office this week. I want to purchase him a gift for the baby. However, I remember hearing that the Jewish Religion believes that you don’t prepare for the baby until it is here.
Can someone enlighten me to the beliefs. I don’t want to give him a gift early then have him feel a negative stigma attached to it.

You are correct. We don’t wish "Mazel Tov" wishes (loosely defined as Congratulations), until a baby is born. Instead we say "Bshaah Tova" - All in a good and healthy time. You never know what may happen for good or bad G-d forbid, so it isn’t appropriate to give gifts early. Especially when you don’t know what it will be! That isn’t to say that the parents can’t prepare and buy a crib and newborn needs etc!!!

My aunty’s baby shower is in exactly 1 week and i still dont have a gift. Its a boy. And I want something really special. Thanks!

Do you have a plaster painting shop by you? I painted my niece a piggy bank for her 1st birthday. You might also be able to find a bank at a craft store.

When I had my baby my brother’s girlfriend made her a plaque to hang on her wall. She bought a wooden plaque and some letters to spell out her name and painted it all and glued it together. Of course you would have to know the name to do this.

You could tye dye/decorate (or something similar) some onesies for the baby.

At my shower the ladies used fabric markers to decorate burp cloths.

You could make some sort of mobile, maybe if you know some origami or something like that.

You could take photographs of baby like things/paint pictures and create wall hangings.

Create some sort of photo album or baby book where they can record memories. You can get a lot of stuff for that in the scrapbooking section at craft stores.

Best of luck! Handmade gifts are the best.

What’s a cute saying to say inside a card for a baby gift?

or something cute to write on the inside of a book for the baby?

Goo goo gaa gaa

I usually bring gifts to our baby showers for the women at the office. But a coworker’s wife recently had a baby and we didn’t host a shower, I’m assuming because he’s a man. I don’t know if any one else brought a gift, but what do you think about this?

Not at all! It’s his child too.

You might choose a gift that’s more dad-oriented, if you’re inclined. A book about fatherhood, or a t-shirt with a Dad slogan on it would be nice. I might not get him breastfeeding supplies, but anything else would be fair game!