Celebrating the birth of a new baby with family and friends is one of the greatest honors. Baby showers are a wonderful time for people to come together to show support and love with the giving of gifts, and to spend time spoiling the baby. If you are planning to attend a baby shower, more likely you are like everyone else – you want to come up with a baby gift idea that is perfect, something the mother will adore, the baby will use, and a gift that no one else thought about giving.
As you start your search, you will be amazed at the huge selection from which you can choose, and in all price ranges. Excellent baby gift ideas include traditional gifts such as sleepers, booties, crib sheets, stuffed animals, bibs, and other practical items. However, you can also choose a unique gift or present the new parents with a nice combination basket.
For example, a gift basket that is filled with small items of necessity is always a great choice, but to make it even more special, you could add a brag book for both the parents and the grandparents. These miniature photo albums slip easily into a purse and can be pulled out quickly to show off the baby. Typically, these albums are beautifully decorated with a variety of embellishments such as mother of pearl, lace, or embroidery, and are completely covered in nice gingham, toile, or other beautiful material. You can be sure this type of gift will be cherished and used – often, especially by grandma!
Another excellent baby gift idea that you know will be used time after time is a bath towel. Although hooded towels have been popular for many years, the design and quality of material has greatly improved. While you can still buy plain hooded towels in soft pastel colors or white, the options today are colorful, dramatic, and fun! If you like, you can add one hooded towel in with a gift basket or create a gift bag that focuses solely on the baby’s bath time.
One of the best choices is a hooded towel that is made from 100% Egyptian terry cloth. To create a gift bag, you could choose a soft yellow hooded towel with baby duck appliqués and orange trim, a bright blue hooded towel with baby frog appliqués and green trim, one coordinating solid orange, and one green washcloth, a bottle of natural baby shampoo and body wash, and a few bath toys all tied up with ribbon.
Additionally, you can never go wrong choosing the baby gift idea of music CDs that have been created specially for babies. Over the past several years, the baby CD market has exploded, offering parents a nice variety of music styles. For the newborn, a CD that features calming, lullaby music makes the ideal gift for both parents and baby. Not only does the music lull the baby to sleep and help keep mom and dad relaxed, but also studies have shown that these music CDs actually stimulate the brain’s electrical responses, thus promoting creativity and building receptive skills.
The great thing about giving a baby gift is that you cannot wrong no matter what you choose. If this is the mother’s first baby, she probably needs just about everything, if this is the mother’s second or third child, she will be excited about the new items for her baby, and if the mother has other children but they are many years apart, chances are her old baby items are long gone or desperately needing to be replaced. You can be sure that no matter what gift you choose, when given from the heart, it will be cherished! Therefore, make a list of several baby gift ideas that sound intriguing and have a great time shopping.