Question by Snooks: Cool/unique baby shower gift ideas?
My friend is having a baby and does not know the sex. I do not want to get the boring necessities, but something cool instead. Please provide links to items I could purchase online that would be different/trendy for a little baby, or the mom.
Best answer:
Answer by B2B 11/08
give a boppy..not totally unique but totally useful…they are cute too…I love them everyone I know who has a baby or had a baby loves them, they are great for breastfeeding moms or formula feeding moms,they help kids sit up…gosh they are wonderful…here is a link!
http://shopboppy.com/shop/
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You can never go wrong with a plaster kit for taking first hand and feet impressions… !!
Buy the Mom a lovely morning coat (it’s like a short robe) that can be used while she’s in the hospital, so she can look nice while receiving visitors!
Get some certificates printed out that offer your services as a babysitter or housekeeper for a day.Trust me as a mother of three kids I would have killed for some free time.Also a new mom usually does not feel like doing housework.GODbless
i ALWAYS get something for the mom: the baby gets so much stuff, and the mom…well, it’s hard to spend on yourself when you have a baby. i always get spa treatments — gift certificates for mani, pedi, facial, massage — varies depending on how much i am spending. i got my best friend a little something more: a tiffany elsa peretti bean necklace (to commemorate her little bean), and i have also bought MANY tiffany silver teething rings — pricey, but an awesome keepsake for the parents, and, i might add, a perfect soother during teething: babies love that the silver stays cold. those are all my best ones — things i always give and would LOVE to get.
A sling! Go to http://www.thebabywearer.com for great info and to check out retailers. THere are ring slings http://www.sleepingbaby.net, pouch slings http://www.hotslings.com (very easy to use), Mei Tai’s, wraps (a soft, knit wrap like http://www.mobywrap.com is fabulour) and more expensive soft structured carriers like http://www.beco.com and http://www.ergobaby.com.
The favorite gifts I received were a high chair / shopping cart cover and a placemat that has suction cups to stick to restruant tables.
Other favorite gifts were portrait gift certificates with photo albums and photo frames.
http://www.toysrus.com/search/index.jsp?kwCatId=&kw=cart%20cover&origkw=cart%20cover&f=Taxonomy/TRUS/2255957&sr=1
http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2908461
These are great and inexpensive products. They are both great keepsakes and so darn cute. Personalized baby blankets and stuffed animals. Take a look!
http://www.fillintheblankie.com/
or
http://www.piginablankie.com/
I agree with the plaster kit for the babies hand and feet prints or molds.
Or you can purchase a gift card for them to be able to get their first family photo done. with a frame to be able to put it in.
I hope this helps some.
http://store.dayspring-store.com/babygifts.html
http://www.thenewparentsguide.com/gifts.htm
A Moby Wrap. It’s not something I would have bought for myself, but when my sister (who’s a doc) got it for me, I knew I had to learn how to use it. If the baby is born in the summer, it might be a little hot to use it, but it is the most comfortable of all wraps, easy to use and we (DD and I) love it. Especially when she was a newborn. Everyone also comments on how cool it looks.
Or a swaddle blanket.
My absolute favorite gift was the family membership/pass to the local zoo. I can take the twins on nice days and get my excercise in.
Baby’s first piggy bank.
Crib mobile.
Baby memory book.
Baby dishes/cups/flatware.
Padded crib liners.
I gave a yellow blanket with Pooh on it I got some fleece fabric and made the blanket.
I have a 3 year old and let me tell you…I wish someone would have given me a huge basket of all kinds of batteries. It seems like every toy takes a battery and it can be a really bad scene if your child’s toy stops working and you don’t have a battery. Everyone hates to spend money on them…so give her a AA, AAA, C, and D batteries for the baby toys and then take a look at pampering products on http://www.livinghappy.myarbonne.com Healthy options for mom, dad, and baby.
Good luck and she is lucky – sounds like she has a very nice friend.