Baby Showers

I like to make up a gift basket. i will fill it with all sorts of baby stuff. I'll put in a pack of diapers and wipes. then diaper rash cream, teething medicine, teething rings. i try to pick useful stuff that sometimes new moms go through a lot of. i like making gift baskets alot. if i could make money doing it i would.

as I was taught to make our own diapers out of flannel.I usually give a couple dozen diapers and a dozon pair of plastic panties and assorted creams and pwoder.
I am against disposibles for environmental reasons and prefer to try and start them out right.
Blessed Be.

I don't have a standard item that I give for baby showers. I think it is quite common today for expectant parents to register for gifts they are interested in receiving -- very similar to brides and grooms. If they have registered, I usually try to get something from the registry because that way I don't have to worry about them returning it or getting them something that is not to their taste. If they have not registered, I usually get clothing or sometimes I get a feeding set -- the juvenile plate, utensil, etc. sets. One of the reasons I like the idea of the feeding set is because they are fun as they usually have some kind of juvenile theme -- like Disney or animals, etc. also, because a feeding set is not something that you use for a brand new baby. Therefore, it is a gift that is not practical immediately, but then after a few months or so, they are able to take it out and enjoy the gift when the other things like diapers, etc. are already used up or outgrown.

I have not been to a baby shower for a very long time, but for the most part, I usually just try to give disposable diapers and maybe add some wet wipes. That is something that is needed on a daily basis and are very costly to buy. If you give clothes the baby has a tendency to outgrow them real fast. Usually the baby receives more clothes than what they can actually wear more than once or twice. Of course if I am going together with a few other people we usually find out what the new mother needs and then buy that. For instance a stroller, a high chair, a car seat, etc, etc.

I attended my sister's baby shower, I gave her and her baby presents. At that time she already had some of the "hand-me-down" stuffs from her sis-in-law. I gave her the most important for a crying baby, Antonio Vivaldi and Beethoven's classical albums and Gift Certificate worth few thousands (because we're sisters hahahah). And I also expect that the baby my sis would have was such a hyper boy, that was the hint that made me decide to give her the calming, soothing sounds of our timeless classical musicians.

it depends how close u r with the woman?
i prefer to buy expensive items on their register list for woman i am close to, but by simple stuff for woman i barely know. but either way, i try to buy something they need and will use...a good idea with be buy a large basket and fill it up with little things she will need in her first year as a mother...like the basic necessities in motherhood to help her get through it the first year...i am sure it is a scary experience, especially being a mother for the first time...i am still single and no kids...but i have heard stories...