Most of us will be at lost for ideas when it comes to gift-giving. It will be much easier if we put our imagination to good use. Imagine that we are throwing a baby shower, what gifts would we most likely to favor and expect from our guests? If we are throwing the party, what kind of gifts would we appreciate? From this, we can create a list of all the items, grouping them into columns separating the expensive ones from the non-expensive.

Unless one is wealthy, it may not be wise to splurge on costly items, especially during ‘peak periods’ where invitations keep pouring in for birthday parties, wedding receptions, baby showers and anniversary celebrations. Gold baby bangles are fine gifts, but if there are ten other baby showers invitations coming in, one has to be fair in selecting gifts for the recipients. It is wise to opt for items that are not only cheap, but useful and practical.

Firstly, we may scan through the non-expensive list that we have compiled earlier. We will be surprised to see there are many baby gift ideas that we can easily obtain from the nearest shopping malls and ordinary boutiques. Inexpensive gifts do not necessarily translated into bad or poor taste. If we are creative and imaginative enough, we could transform cheap gifts into personalized treasure that could end up as heirlooms.

For example, Aunt Mary loves crocheting. She has a beautiful collection of crochets. For all her nieces’ and nephews’ baby showers, she presented them each with a piece of her artistic work, be it blanket, caps, scarf or coat, finished with the initials and birth date of the babies’. This type of gift is fondly treasured and is kept for many years by the recipients. It may as well turn into family heirlooms and are treasured for many generations.

 

One can get clues from existing relatives who had babies. Their specific needs and complaints are noted. From there, one can figure out what items are hot in the parents’ wish list. One can also purchase gifts for the mother of the baby. Gifts like bath essentials, aromatherapy oils, massage lotions, vitamins and other beauty supplements for the mother are nice and thoughtful. Mothers still need to pamper themselves after their babies are born. Therefore they would deeply appreciate these kind gifts.

Tote bag is also a practical gift for the mothers. Pretty and inexpensive tote bags are easily available in shopping malls and boutiques. Gift baskets filled with baby baths, baby oil, baby powder and baby towel are very popular. Baby spoons, bottles, bowls, cups and napkin wrapped in a basket also make a wonderful gift.

Babies’ clothing is also a popular gift appreciated by many parents. When buying clothes for babies, one has to remember that babies’ growth rate is often very rapid. Therefore it is wise to buy babies’ clothes that are a few sizes larger. These can be kept for much longer period and can be worn by the baby when he/she grows bigger.

While gold jewelry for babies is rather pricey, silver jewelry makes a nice and inexpensive gift. If one wishes to personalize the gift, one can request the jeweler to emboss or engraved the baby’s name on the jewelry. This makes a sweet and personal gift for baby showers. Pendants, necklaces and anklets make a wonderful present.

Baby towels with babies’ names embroidered at the edges also make a thoughtful personalized gift. Other than towels, many items such as caps, socks, napkin and clothing can also be embroidered with babies’ names and other personal references to the babies.

Colorful and soft baby bolster and pillows are comfortable gifts. Soft animal toys are cute and cuddly, babies will love them and so will their parents; the soft toys make nice decoration objects and give lively mood to babies’ room.

If one manages to get photographs of the baby and its parents, one may use them to create a beautiful scrap book. This personalize gift is wonderful and will be cherished by the baby when he/she gets older later in life.

Other suitable gifts include teething ring, educational picture-books for babies and infant care guide-books especially for parents with first born child.