Baby Shower Gift Ideas
Looking for the best baby shower gift? As a parent who has received many baby shower gifts and as someone who has given many baby shower gifts I can offer some good advice and great options for any budget.
First, you really want to focus on a baby shower gift that is practical and useful. There are many cutesy gifts that will never get used and just get stored in a drawer somewhere (i.e. silver spoons with the baby's name on them). So, here is my list of some top baby shower gifts and where you can order them.
• Baby Shower Parenting Book Gifts . Three of our favorites are: What to Expect the First Year- a great (and big) resource guide; Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care ($18.00) – doesn't have a month to monthde that What to Expect has, but offers consistently great advice; and of course 100 Things I Wish I Knew in My Baby's First Year($12.95) which is an easy to read book that covers many key lessons in the first year. If ordered from http://www.100babies.com it can signed and personalized by the authors.
• Baby Shower Baby Towel Gifts - If you know the baby's name, our favorite towels came from pottery barn kids Gingham Hooded Bathtowel ($20) which can be personalized, or another option is a full-size personalized towel that can be used for the baby and as the kids get older. Our 3 year olds still love their Land's End Animal Towels ($20) www.landsend.com .
• Baby Shower Diaper Bag Gifts – We had two favorite diaper bags. The high performance backpack diaper bag ($79) from One Step Ahead is very good and well organized. On the more fashionable front, Kate Spade offers 5 different diaper bags ($126 to $275) (she calls them baby bags) at http://www.katespade.com
• Baby Shower Diaper or Diaper Supply Gifts – Every new mother will need lots of diapers. You can either buy them a case or two or their our some nice delivery services that will deliver disposable diapers every month. You can buy a month's worth ($49) or any number of months Stork's Choice is a good supplier. This would have been our favorite baby shower gift.
• Baby Shower Baby Blanket Gifts – Every baby will need one so these make a great baby shower gift. Our two favorites are Red Envelope's Personalized Ducky Blanket ($45) and the Pottery Barn Kid's fleece blanket ($29).
• Baby Shower Gift Certificate Gifts – For moms to be, a gift certificate for a manicure, pedicure, or massage are very welcome. Also, gift cards to Babies R Us or Target will be used very quickly. This is a baby shower gift that can't go wrong.
Other good options for baby shower gifts include: Diaper Genies, Mobiles for the baby's crib, rattles, and baby monitors. If you have other good ideas for baby shower gifts please email us at http://www.100babies.com