Why Personalized Baby Gifts?

For the mom-to be, being the guest of honor at a baby shower can be loads of fun. For one thing, it will save the new mom a lot of shopping. But shopping for gifts for a baby shower can be very difficult for the guest. You want your gift to be something special, something that the new mom will remember, for a long time, that you gave it. To accomplish that, take a look at personalized baby gifts to make your gift special.

And be prepared, when you attend a baby shower, not only with your special gift but also to have lots of fun. Games are often played at baby showers and you might even find yourself heading home with a gift of your own.

For instance, how well do you know your nursery rhymes? Do you (or did you) read them to your own children or grandchildren? Then you will probably do well in the nursery rhyme game. Depending upon which version of the game is played at the baby shower, guests will either have to guess the name of a nursery rhyme or remember how it finishes.

How are your spatial skills? Think you can just look at the new mom and guess how big she is around? You might find cut up pieces of string or ribbon at the party. Only one of them will perfectly fit around the mother to be. Can you pick the right one?

And how long ago were you feeding baby food to toddlers? If pretty recently, then you will probably do well at the ‘guess the baby food' contest. Labels are removed from baby food jars and the jars are only identified with a number. Each guest then gets a sample from each jar and has to guess what it is. Pureed spinach anyone?

And be sure to get your memory in good shape before attending the baby shower. One very popular game has an assortment of baby items put into a box and each guest has just a few seconds to look in the box. Then, everyone writes down what they remember was in the box. What was there? Bib? Diaper? Bottle? Whomever gets the most right wins.

So head over to the baby shower, have a great time but don't forget to look first for personalized baby gifts so you have your own special gift to give to the new mom.

Author Kim Green has children as well as nieces and nephews and has experienced not only receiving personalized baby gifts but buying them as well.