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Baby shower gift ideas and gifts to welcome a new baby
Baby shower gift ideas and gifts for visiting a newborn: the practical basics they always need, help for the new parents, keepsakes of the arrival and surprise ideas for the shower. Plus one idea of ours: a song with the baby’s name and the family’s wishes, with a video of photos from the wait or the first days.
The practical things they always need
What new parents appreciate most in the first weeks is whatever gets used every day.
Diapers in the next sizes up
Almost everyone brings newborn size, which only fits for a few weeks. The next sizes up are just as welcome, or more.
Clothes for a few months from now
Six to twelve months, with the season in mind: something warm for winter or light clothes for summer.
Bath time basics
Hooded towels, a small tub and gentle baby wash: things that get used daily and nobody buys too many of.
For the new parents
With a baby at home, time and rest are worth more than any object.
Help coupons
Cards they can redeem for a home-cooked meal, a load of laundry or a few hours of babysitting so they can sleep.
Coffee and snacks for the night feeds
Coffee, tea and snacks you can eat with one hand, for the middle-of-the-night feeds.
Something just for mom
Comfy pajamas, a nice lotion or a short book: a reminder that she matters too in these weeks.
Keepsakes of the arrival
The first days fly by. These gifts help hold on to them.
A memory box
For the hospital bracelet, the first hat and the first photo: everything nobody can find later.
A hand and footprint kit
To keep the size of their hands and feet in their first month, in clay or ink.
A letter for their future
What was happening in the world and in the family the day they were born, to read when they turn 18.
Handmade or group gifts
Some of the most remembered gifts are made by someone in the family or pooled by many.
A knitted or embroidered blanket
With their name or initials, made by someone in the family or commissioned from a knitter.
The big-ticket item, as a group
The stroller, crib or car seat from their registry, with several guests chipping in.
A library of storybooks
Each guest brings their favorite childhood storybook with a note to the baby on the first page.
Baby shower surprise ideas
A surprise at the shower becomes part of the story the baby will hear one day.
Advice and wishes from the guests
A book where each guest leaves advice for the parents and a wish for the baby.
Baby predictions
Birth date, weight and who the baby will look like: the guesses go in an envelope to open once the baby arrives.
A maternity photo session
Photos of the bump and the parents-to-be, taken before the baby arrives.
Our idea
A song with the baby’s name
Our idea: an original song with the baby’s name and the family’s wishes for their future, from the parents or from the whole family, with a video of photos from the wait or the first days. It can be tender, emotional or joyful, as an acoustic, ballad, pop or lullaby song, and the lyrics, melody and vocals are created with AI from what you tell us.
At the shower it can be given as a QR code printed on the card, and since the birth date is optional, it works before the baby is born. It is usually ready in about 10 minutes and costs US$5.
Tips
Check their registry first
If the parents made a registry, use it: it avoids duplicates and tells you what they really need. If there is no registry, ask someone close to them what is still missing. The personal touch can go in the card.
If you are visiting a newborn
Ask before you go and keep it short. Often the best gift is a brief visit that arrives with food and leaves on time.
Last minute baby shower gifts
Diapers in the bigger sizes, a card with a help coupon or a digital gift can all come together on the day of the shower.
FAQ
What people
ask us most.
- What do you give at a baby shower?
- The practical basics they always need, like diapers in the next sizes up or clothes for a few months from now, something for the parents or a keepsake of the arrival.
- What is a good gift for a newborn?
- Something that gets used: clothes for the coming months, bath time basics or the big-ticket item from their registry as a group. And for the parents, help coupons or a cooked meal.
- What should I get my friend for her baby shower?
- Something just for her, a maternity photo session or a letter for her baby’s future. To move her, a song with the baby’s name.
- What are good baby shower surprise ideas?
- A book of advice and wishes from the guests, baby predictions in a sealed envelope or a maternity photo session.
- When is a baby shower usually held?
- Many families hold it in the last two months of the pregnancy, before the baby arrives, though some celebrate after the birth.
- How much does the baby song cost?
- US$5 per gift, with the song, the video, the QR code and the link included.
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