Baby Shower Gift Ideas

Photo by litlnemoWhen you are invited to a baby shower, your thoughts immediately go to what gift to give to the expectant parents. Here are some gift ideas to get you started in choosing the right gift for them.

Built NY Baby Thirsty Totes ($8.99) is an insulated bottle holder that helps keep feeding bottles from getting cold. It comes in two attractive colors (blue and pink) and helps keep in spills. The handle can be attached to the strollers, diaper bags, and car seats for easy reach. Just remember that breast milk lasts only for 1 hour in room temperature, while formula milk can be kept at room temperature for 3 hours.

Judy’s Bottle Holder ($9.50) is a bottle holder that you loop around your neck that stabilizes a baby’s bottle, leaving mother’s hands free to do other things such as reading or writing down her grocery list. This can be heaven sent for busy moms and easily-confused fathers to keep organized and flexible.

Baby Bottle Bibs ($11.95) is a cloth cover for bottles designed to absorb those little drops of milk that escape from the feeding bottle. This minimizes mess as well as keeps baby’s skin clean from dripping formula.

Noah’s Ark Ceramic Piggy Bank ($14.00) is an attractive nursery decoration, yet still has the function of letting you slip in a couple of coins every now and then.

Daddy’s on Duty Tool Belt ($35.00) is a great utility belt for fathers left to fend for themselves while taking care of the little one. It comes with 2 newborn diapers, baby wipes, baby lotion, and hand sanitizer among a few other items that help make diaper changing easier and less stressful.

Daddy’s Diaper Dootie Tool Belt ($44.99) is the same ideal gift for dads. This tool belt comes with several items that daddy can use to change baby’s diaper including Boudreaux’s Butt Paste Ointment, ear plugs (men have nearly zero tolerance for crying babies), a pair of rubber gloves, and much more.

Baby Carrier Sling by New Native – Organic Dusty Rose Twill, Medium ($54.00) is an organic sling designed to keep baby close and comfortable while keeping mother’s hands free to do anything else. This also gives mother the opportunity to rest her arms for a while without needing to put baby down..

There is a belief that you have to spend as much as $65.00 or more for a gift idea. It does not necessarily have to be that way. As long as you have a well-meaning gift that is designed to help the parents take care of the little one, it does not matter how much (or how little) you have spent for your baby show gift.