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A traditional gift for a baby shower is a baby blanket, and a fun twist on this gift is to make a handmade baby blanket. Learn about options for baby blankets with help from the co-owner of a boutique in this free video on handmade blankets as baby shower gifts.Expert: Gretchen Soares Contact: www.butterfly-boutique.org Bio: Gretchen Soares is the co-owner of Bufferfly Boutique, which specializes in soft goods such as quilts, clothing and wearable art.

Having Babies Is The Best Experience Ever

Finding out your pregnant is the best news of all. Well, second to hearing the grand proposal of a lifetime. After a successful wedding ceremony, hearing that your love has borne fruit is the icing on the cake. For first time expecting mothers, it is a difficult and herculean task to search and look for all the right stuff and equipment the baby will need. Moms-to-be need to list down all the things the baby would need at the soonest possible time so that little by little, each item can already be purchased and readied for the baby’s arrival. But there is another easy way to almost have it all, without getting too much headache over it. The solution is to hold a baby shower party! The only headache mom-to-be would have is the menu she would have to prepare on that day and that is easier for her.

Now the burden of searching and looking for baby stuff is passed on to the invitees.  But another concern is raised. How will the baby shower go about? The best answer there is, is to have a theme that would guide the flow of the baby shower. There are several ways of choosing and deciding on a theme. Do you want it to be based on color? In case you already know the gender of the baby, pink or blue is used to universally represent a baby girl or a baby boy. Or baby items such as a pacifier or a baby bottle? How about character-themed baby shower such as the Sesame Street, Power Puff Girls, Dexter’s Laboratory or the Looney Tunes? It could also be a time-of-the-day baby shower whereby each invitee is tasked to bring something the baby would need or use during that time of the day.

From a babies website , it suggests wonderful baby shower gift ideas such as  a baby gift basket, a layette gift set, vital baby equipment, beautiful baby linen, a baby massage set, or a baby gift certificate.  Each gift idea is unique. For the baby gift basket, some ideas they suggest is to create your own baby gift basket or go for the classical clothing baby gift basket where you can never go wrong. You can also go for monogrammed baby gift baskets, fun baby basket, mother and baby basket, gift basket for twins, or a pampering baby gift basket. They also have different suggestions for baby girl and baby boys. For the complete descriptions for each item, just visit their website and read on to find fantastic baby gift ideas.

Once the baby shower is finished, take stock of what is already there and not. For those items still missing from your list, make the necessary arrangments to have it readily available once the baby arrives.

Just some last few tips for a successful baby shower: hold it four to six weeks before the due date, establish a theme, write down the guest list, set the tone and size of the baby shower, plan the games, plan the menu, create baby shower party favors, and last but not the least, set the time and location, if it will not be held in your residence. Remember, baby showers are a fun way to welcome the baby that would be coming soon enough.

Practical Baby Shower Gift Ideas

How many times have you been invited to a baby shower? No matter how many times you have been invited, thinking of a unique gift for the baby may always come as a bit of a challenge.  You can find many baby shower gifts online. However, to find a gift most suitable and practical for the baby and the parents is more than just shopping. Here are some of the baby shower gift ideas that are useful to the new family.

Diaper Cakes. Diaper cakes can be ordered online or if you have time, why not do-it-yourself.  If you want to give a gift that is personalized and useful at the same time, diaper cakes are always great. Just make sure, you tell the host or hostess of the baby shower about your plan. For diaper cakes, you can give diapers of different sizes but try not to give much of newborn size. Babies grow quickly, so spend more on bigger diapers for the baby’s future use.

Parenting books. Parents need some help in making the baby become part of their family, may it be their first child or not. Choose the book that you find most relevant to the parents so they will enjoy reading it. You can give each parent a book instead of just one for both. You can also give one that is for ongoing use, such as books about a newborn to toddler stage. Try to order online or if not available, hire a person or a company to turn it into one.

Baby Stuff.Of course, baby stuff is one of the most common baby shower gift and certainly the one that is both useful to the baby and helpful to the parents. Unless the baby is not the first child, giving baby bottles, crib, stroller, and the like would be great because these items could last a long time if properly taken care of. Therefore, if it is the second or third child, you can first ask the parents or your other friends if it is still necessary to give such items. There is nothing wrong with asking. Note that you should spend on items that could be more useful to them. Parents would appreciate it even more.

Baby clothes.The most common and probably the safest baby shower gift ever. Clothes are the gift most people resort to because they are indeed very useful to the baby. Though sometimes the number of clothes given from baby showers are too overwhelming. As much as possible, try to think of something not that common as a gift. You can also try to give personalized clothes so that it will stand out and the parents can remember whom it is from and eventually become more valuable to the baby as well as he grows up.

Thinking of gift for the baby or the parents should be fun. Imagine yourself as the parent and start from there. What would my baby need as he grows? What do I want for my baby? Does our family need this? These are some questions that should run through your mind when you shop for a gift. You may be a parent already or not, but welcoming a baby is just once in a blue moon so try to give it your best shot!