Need some baby gift advice  

I would give her what you bought. It's sounds like you made some good selections. If I were her I would be happy! Perhaps you could find a basket and arrange all the baby things in that and put a ribbon and a little rattle or toy in the bow top if it has a handle. Just stuff the basket with crumpled computer paper or some other heavyweight paper and put some pastel tissue on top ... then put your gifts on top. Don't wrap the gifts. You could make a cute little baby card on the computer. Maybe just get some baby powder, baby oil, and baby wipes and you'll have a cute little baby basket!

Maybe return the diapers and keep the baby wash and blanket for the gift? If you don't feel this is enough put a little money in the card.
I have a friend that is that way. When she had her son instead of a gift for him, I took food over to the house when she got out of the hospital. That way she didn't have to worry about meals.
I am not sure that this is something that she would like or that you want to do, but that's an option.
But I guess you said she just had her baby so she is probably home already, Huh?
Brain fart, sorry.
Anyway I would go with the first thing I said. Either that or take all of it back and put that money in a card so she can buy what she wants.

Well you could tell here the diapers are for when they go out. I want to try cloth too (if I ever get the chance) but when I go out I realize that cloth would be a big hassle - not to mention smelly.
Otherwise if you do want to take them back I think - if you can - giving her a gift card would be a good option since she's uber picky.
Good luck!

Hi Katesmama! If I were in your shoes, I would just go to that special boutique with the flighty owner (LOL), then just get my friend what she wanted. I am going to give her something she likes instead of something I prefer, because if I get what I prefer, she might end up returning it and I will be a little hurt. So, to avoid that scenario of returning and being hurt, I will just give in to her wishes. Trust me, if you give her heart's desires, your heart will be happier in the end.
Take care and God bless!

I would probably take the items back to the original shop you bought them and open up a savings account for the baby for her instead of give her some money towards her own choice of products that way she won't take back and offend you and you won't offend her by buying disposables when she wants to use cloth. Ellie :D

I say stick with what you got. I wanted to do the cloth diaper bit with my oldest, to save money on diapers. Well, my oldest had other plans, she was allergic to the cloth diapers and her rump broke out in a horrible rash. The same thing could happen to your friend's baby, and with no diapers around, she's basically sh*t out of luck, pardon my language.

I think there's a lot of natural and organic baby stuff out there in stores or online that's a lot cheaper.


So tell her the diapers are when she goes out at long periods of time. I know cloth diapers, because of my niece and nephew. You don't want to be stuck in traffic with a baby in the back seat and the only protection she has on is cloth, ,.

B, I think I would go ahead and give her the diapers. Even if she uses cloth its always good to have disposable on hand in case of an emergency or if she takes the baby out. Tell her that. I used cloth diapers with my oldest son and still kept disposable on hand when we went visiting. It is so much easier to deal with them when you are out.

I would give her everything but the cloth diapers. You can pick up a nice pack of cloth diapers just about anywhere (I have seen them in walmart) and give those instead.

I think you should give her what you bought. It is a good gift and it is coming from your heart. Don't worry about her returning the gift, you already try the best thing you can do. What is important in giving a gift is the intention. You have the good intention already so don't worry about the gift being return. From the list you mentioned, you have all the necessaries a baby need so I don't think she will return it because she will need it after all.

OMG... some peoples don't even had real diapers and such things when they had kids, and those babies growed quite healthy. For me this is silly to be so obsessed about this kind of stuff. Diaper is a diaper, same for all the other products. I think you have done a good thing buying normal things for the kid instead for this super-expensive-but-nothing-more-then-usual things.