Baby Shower Gifts

Having a baby is a very special occasion, and is often celebrated with a baby shower. As its name implies, it’s traditional to “shower” the expectant mother with gifts. It can be hard to think of a great gift to bring to the party.

Baby Shower Gift Guidelines

• If the mother is registered on a baby registry, that’s a great place to start. You can’t go wrong getting an expectant mother exactly what she asks for!
• Bring something useful for the parents. Having a baby is a stressful time, especially for first-time parents. Anything that you can bring that will give one less thing for the parents to worry about is a great thing.
• If the baby shower is held before the baby is born, it’s especially a good idea to give gifts that the expectant mother might need during pregnancy. It’s still OK to bring gifts for the baby, but make sure it’s something that isn’t gender specific if you don’t know if the baby is a boy or girl.
• If you’d like to stand out from the rest and maximize the "oohs" and 'ahhs" that you’ll hear when your gift is opened, try to think of something unique and non-traditional to bring.

Still Stumped? Specific Gift Ideas

• Baby Clothing – Make sure you know the gender of the baby if you’re getting something gender specific. Some ideas include shoes, socks, pajamas, and personalized t-shirts.
• Useful Gifts – Sometimes, the best gifts are things that just make life easier for the parent. Since most of these items are relatively low-priced, it’s a great idea to mix and match a variety of items and present them in a “gift-bag” fashion. Some ideas include diapers, baby powder, baby oil, baby wipes, and wash cloths.
• Baby Books – We all want our babies to grow up literate and smart. Books with bright colors and shapes are the best for babies. There are also a lot of high-tech books that talk to babies and make reading more interactive and fun for babies. Sorry, no e-readers for baby.
• Gifts for Parents – Having a baby is a stressful time for parents. Giving a gift for the parent can help relieve some of the stress they’re going through. Some ideas include a baby countdown clock, gift certificates for restaurants, and spa treatment packages.

A Unique Baby Gift Idea

If you want to bring something truly unique and useful to a baby shower, consider gifting a Picwing photo printing subscription. Parents love documenting the early years of their child through printed photos. Whether they love to scrapbook, stick freshphotos on the refrigerator, or need to mail photos regularly to the grandparents, printed photos of baby are never in short supply. But printing and mailing digital photos regularly can be a chore for busy parents. That’s where Picwing comes in. With a Picwing subscription, parents simply upload their baby photos to Picwing’s service through email or the web. Every 2 weeks, Picwing automatically prints and mails those photos to a distribution list of friends and family that the parents designate. Picwing makes parents and their relatives happy by mailing a steady stream of their favorite baby photos.