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Five Essential Baby Shower Gifts
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by: Jessika Ryder
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Ask first time parents-to-be what baby shower gifts
they would like to receive. Watch their response -- you’ll quite likely see
a look of real confusion on their faces! Or maybe they’ll come up with a
stock answer like “diapers” or something similar.
Exactly what a new arrival needs is not obvious to someone who’s never had
a baby before. And many times, guests are in no better position either,
when it comes to deciding on baby shower gifts.
Of course, there’s a lot more to baby showers than just gifts. But helping
parents to stock up for the new arrival is an important part of these
celebrations.
That’s why the following list of top five baby shower gifts can be quite
useful.
Top gift #1: Monitors
Monitors are excellent anxiety-busters, especially for first-time parents.
That’s why they hold the No.1 position on this list.
Once they can listen to the baby from anywhere in the house, parents find
their confidence levels zooming. The latest monitors are very sensitive and
can pick up the slightest sound from baby, even her breathing.
If your budget allows for it, take it one step further and buy a video
monitor. That’ll really ease anxiety. However, they are much more
expensive, so perhaps this can be a joint baby shower gift from two or more
guests.
Top Gift #2: Playtime mate for baby
Babies love to play. Anything that helps them play and be active not only
keeps them engaged, but also stimulates all round development.
One of the best products for them is an activity gym or playpen. This is a
soft cloth mat surrounded by a baby-friendly structure of bars and arches
with many different toys suspended from various points. Baby gets to play
in a safe environment.
Basic activity gyms are excellent baby shower gifts. There are also more
advanced ones that include noisemakers and a variety of toys. The suspended
objects have different colors and textures to help develop baby’s cognitive
abilities.
There are also excellent portable gyms and playpens available to help
parents move around with baby. These are lightweight and designed to be
easy to carry around.
Top Gift #3: Baby sling
Most babies love being carried around in a sling. It’s the next best thing
to being cuddled in mom’s arms. Many parents have had the experience where
babies get restless and cry while they use other types of carriers, but
immediately calm down when put into a sling.
Baby slings are believed to foster a closer parent-child bond. Whether
that’s true or not, slings do have another great advantage -- they leave
your hands free to do other things. That’s definitely a big plus and is a
reason why this baby shower gift is highly appreciated.
Top Gift #4: The baby travel pack
Moving around with baby can be a chore -- you have to pack a seemingly
endless array of baby stuff even for short outings.
One way to ease this problem is to have one or more baby travel packs
handy. What’s a travel pack? Essentially, a diaper bag filled with baby
necessities. It can include disposable diapers, a small toy or two, bib,
complete change of clothes for baby, safety pins, and other supplies.
It’s a great advantage if the parents receive more than one travel pack.
Then one pack can always be kept ready whenever they want to go. No need to
mess around with picking up and stuffing items into a diaper bag at the
last minute.
Top gift #5: Car seat
Lots of parents say that a well-designed car seat is a wonderfully useful
baby shower gift to receive. In fact, it’s useful from the moment they
leave hospital with the baby.
There are infant car seats available as well as infant-toddler convertible
seats. The former can be used only till the baby is up to 22 pounds or so
(typically). While the latter can usually be used till the first
birthday.
Want more special gifts for showers? Check out this page for more
information: http://www.baby-showers-advisor.com/diaper-cakes.html
Make sure these top five baby shower gifts are part of the event you’re
hosting. The guest of honor will end up thanking you long after the party
gets over!
About the Author:
Jessika Ryder is a successful writer and party enthusiast providing
valuable information on baby showers. See more articles on baby shower
gifts, invitations, party planning and other aspects of these celebrations
at: http://www.baby-showers-advisor.com
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