Grandma Lori

I thought this would be the best place to put this. What are the best baby shower gifts you have gotten/seen? One of my hobbies is a diaper cake. It is a 3-tiered cake of wrapped baby diapers, with lots of goodies and knick-knacks for the baby. It is really an interesting thing. If I had pictures, I would post an end result.

Devilfish_Dad

I don't really know much about baby showers, what are dads supposed to do? We our having ours in about 2 months (we plan waay ahead).

TheNanna

Ahhhhhhhhh the baby shower. A wonderful thing indeed.
I've always had problems picking a gift as there's so many cute things on the market now. So, I go the safe way and buy diapers. That's the one item that is always needed in big suppy.

Grandma Lori

Diapers is always the safe thing . But I like to do something a little extra. It all helps in the long run.

Devilfish_Dad

Yes, one of my friends said that diapers ended up being the best gift. They ran out the quickest!!

TheNanna

Give the gift of a gift card to the closest Baby Shop. This way the soon to be mom can get what she wishes.

Lily

I usually give cash. Then, whatever they end up not getting, they'll be able to run out and pick up at whatever store they choose. You never know what they'll end up really needing, so it's hard to know which gift card to buy.

Dr. Cox

Clothes, diapers, money, and emotional support. Seems to work the best.

Lily

Another thing that's nice to do is to find something special for the mom-to-be. All the focus is on the baby, it's nice for the mom to know she's appreciated too. I gave my friend a gift certificate for a pedicure for when she could finally see her feet again. This was in addition to the gift for the baby. She absolutely loved it.

babysaurus

Some things I've given that went over really well were:

1. A diaper bag filled with lots of the small items she'll be needing.

2. Tiered Gift - Blanket in bottom box - Outfit in middle box - Set of bibs in top box........ Tied together with ribbons and decorated with stuffed animals tied on with ribbon.

3. Money Tree - We've all seen money trees. I decorated one with dollar bills and pink ribbons when my friend had a shower (she knew it was a girl).

4. Savings Account Passbook - I started the account with $100. Every birthday and Christmas I add $100 to the account.