Every time I visit her two registries, I become overwhelmed with all that's out there for babies: steam sterilizers, a bottle and food warmer (hello, how about the old-fashioned, bottle-in-hot-water method?), sleep positioners, a flat screen video monitor ...
And then there's this thing:
A newborn soothing center. Not sure how safe that is. But it says it was developed "with significant scientific research to address the multisensory needs of newborns" and has four "four unique seat positions mimic how you hold your baby."
What will they think of next?
Anyway, her color scheme is cute -- pink and brown -- and most of the items seem pretty practical. Except I cannot understand why she has registered for two Baby Bjorn carriers. She's only having one baby and only parent can carry the little one at a time.
Davin and I disagree about going in on something expensive with my mom. He wants to spoil his first niece, but I know that her side of the family and the father's side are both going to be very generous. And we'll have years and years to spoil little Gianna.
I'd still like to get her something sweet on the side, something meaningful. Maybe her christening/dedication outfit, since my sister-in-law has wisely decided not to have her daughter baptized in the Catholic church. Nothing against Catholics, as I have many family members who are, Grandma included. I think she's just realizing things as an adult that she just didn't stick to as a child -- or an adult, for that matter.
I'm for sure bringing a baby Bible as my book. And there was something on the invitation that my mother-in-law wrote out mentioning everyone bring an item for a baby wishing well. I have no idea what that is, nor does anyone else I've so far asked. Have you?
2 comments:
I've never heard of a baby wishing well. I hosted my sister-in-law's shower back in August. I got her a diaper genie as her gift and paid for all of the shower stuff. We also bought them their meals while they were at the hospital and cleaned their house for bringing the baby home. I think trying to do things like that is more important than the gift because their hands are going to be full the first few weeks. Good luck!
There is so much crap out for new moms, and it's hard to tell the difference between a need/luxury/wasted money. Lilah had plenty of clothes, plenty of bottles, etc. etc... I think that a creative gift idea would have been for a gift certificate get our family's picture taken/Lilah's first newborn pictures. I would have loved to have had someone come to the house in TomKat/Annie Lebowitz fashion (although my brother did take some awesome pictures when Lilah was a month old). Homemade certificates for babysitting, laundry, home-cooked meals, etc. are also a genuine gift which won't cost you anything but time. Plus, you are really creative at making stuff like that look really nice.
Big ticket items can almost always be purchased at resale for half the cost (and with little to no noticeable differences). Some people don't like "used", though...
I heart babies.
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