Comments on: Baby Gifts and Showers

By: Frugal Babe » Archive » More On Baby Gift Registries

Frugal Babe » Archive » More On Baby Gift Registries — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:08:13 +0000

[...] thought of something else that I meant to include in the post I wrote about baby showers and gift registries.Â Â Retailers would like us to believe that it takes a whole room full of stuff in order to [...]

By: Debra

Debra — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:31:26 +0000

I did have a baby shower and received a lot of wonderful gifts; however, one thing I’ve learned is that you really don’t know what you need or what your baby will like until he/she has arrived. I registered for and received a Baby Papasan bouncy seat that everyone told me their babies loved … well, it turned out mine was the only baby who didn’t feel the same way. He hated it. There were a few other items which were “must haves” which simply haven’t been that way for us.

Craigslist has been a great way for me to get used items in good shape which my son is really putting to use.

Congrats on your pregnancy!

By: arduous

arduous — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 02:03:28 +0000

I completely see your point about getting things used, and I wish more people would do that instead of insisting on new, new, new for things that their baby will grow out of in a few months anyway. But the thing that gives me pause is, you can’t really choose to not have a shower, can you? I mean, usually they are thrown FOR you and they’re surprises.
My feeling is, if someone loves you and wants to throw you a shower, you kind of just have to accept it, and enjoy it, because it is giving them pleasure to be doing this nice thing for you.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 03:37:39 +0000

I agree with you completely. And Mrs. Micah’s comment about a meet the baby party is intriguing.

I recently threw my friend a shower for her first child. It was at a park, I made the food, and no presents were required (but we’re all knitters, so who could resist?) The point was for us all to get together and have fun. I felt it was really special that there was no pressure about gifts to distract us from fellowship.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Sun, 04 Nov 2007 01:18:23 +0000

We’re doing a baby party as well as soon as the little one arrives and we get settled in as a family of four.

You wouldn’t want the baby shampoo that people would buy you anyways–and the conventional teething gel isn’t safe anyways. Plus, I’ve never actually seen someone give that as a gift! You could do an online registry at a cloth diaper website if you have out-of-town friends that would like to buy you cloth. That’s the only thing on our registry right now, and since we saved most of the stuff from my son cloth diaper-wise, it isn’t a lot. Oh, and maybe a good sling. The baby bjorn is impossible to nurse in and becomes uncomfortable after the first few months but a sling lasts all the way through (my son still rides in one and he’s two and 28 lbs.)

With my first, I had a ridiculous baby shower where I took absolutely everything back.

By: Mrs. Micah

Mrs. Micah — Sat, 03 Nov 2007 22:48:01 +0000

I think a meet the baby party sounds like a lot more fun! Baby showers are ok, but they seem to go on forever. Plus, as you say, no baby. If I’m going to make a special trip to see someone, I’d rather meet the baby as well.

Who knows, maybe people will come forward with offers of diapers and the like. And if not, it sounds like you’re getting a lot of excellent used stuff.