Please help me "fill out" this baby shower gift

[Anonymous]

What about a cloth shopping cart cover? I don't know if I would have bought one myself, but since receiving one as a gift, we use it all the time. Some stores have really grungy carts!

Sticking to the food theme, I love my baby food cubes. Oh, and the easy-to-wipe-clean nylon Bumkins bibs in cute designs like Dr. Seuss are great once the baby is eating solids. (Terry bibs are great for drool, but no match for pureed carrots!)

[Anonymous]

be sure to include gift receipts. As I read through the things other posters couldn't live without, I smile and think, geez, really, I NEVER used that...

[Anonymous]

I like giving a themed gift. I thought about this today and here is an idea.

A bunch of stuff that is not needed - but nice to have around starting solids.

Good bibs (like the Bumkins Dr. Suess ones)
Bowls, spoons, or a complete table ware set (bowl, plate, utensils)
One of those mats that you can put under the high chair
If your friend is not the type to make baby food, there is a baby food jar lazy susan made by Skip Hop
Place mats
And those disposable placemats for eating out

[Anonymous]

the best bibs (better than bumkins dr. suess imo) because they're completely waterproof and clean so easily:
http://www.inchbug.com/bnybbytidy.html

they come in a drool size, too:
http://www.inchbug.com/bnybbycomfy.html

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:newborn mittens, cloth diapers to be used as the best burp cloths ever, pacifiers, ... honestly i would just walk around babies r us and pick things up.

Do Babys r us sell cloth diapers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Don't take it the wrong way, but those mesh feeders don't work and are super messy and cutting up fruit (especially the soft fruits like banannas, blueberries, etc.) is much more effective (plus it encourages hand-eye-picking-things-up skills).

I used the mesh feeders less for feeding and more for teething. My son was a terrible teether and frozen grapes in a mesh feeder really gave him some relief. I say you should include it in the basket because it's something a lot of moms hadn't seen or heard about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not to be mean and I know you have really good intentions, but the items you listed are sorta "miscellaneous baby junk" - at least for us.

Don't take it the wrong way, but those mesh feeders don't work and are super messy and cutting up fruit (especially the soft fruits like banannas, blueberries, etc.) is much more effective (plus it encourages hand-eye-picking-things-up skills). The placemat is an ok idea, but most high chairs come with a washable tray so it is a little redundant to have a placemat (unless you are thinking using a place mat when the child is sitting at the table when he/she is 2 years old). The tethers to keep cups/bowls in place is kinda a silly invention. Do people actually buy those things?

How about things like baby utensils, a variety of sippy cups (since we all know transition from boob/bottle can be trial and error), Sterilite snack containers, puffs, bath toys, sidewalk chalk, (interactive) books, balls (!), sunglasses, piggy bank, fun sing-along cds?

the placemats are for eating in restaurants, and we LOVED ours.

[Anonymous]

Madela (?) microsteamer bags. Best things ever invented.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:newborn mittens, cloth diapers to be used as the best burp cloths ever, pacifiers, ... honestly i would just walk around babies r us and pick things up.

Do Babys r us sell cloth diapers?

yup. the gerber brand. they just look like white thick cloths. usually they're in the section where there are burp cloths and towels. they really do make the best burp cloths because they're actually absorbent... unlike the thin flimsy towels that are formally called burp cloths.

[Anonymous]

But DO NOT use the Gerber cloth diapers as diapers!

Although they are more absorbant that "burb" cloths, they do not comapre to a good cloth diaper.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not to be mean and I know you have really good intentions, but the items you listed are sorta "miscellaneous baby junk" - at least for us.

Don't take it the wrong way, but those mesh feeders don't work and are super messy and cutting up fruit (especially the soft fruits like banannas, blueberries, etc.) is much more effective (plus it encourages hand-eye-picking-things-up skills). The placemat is an ok idea, but most high chairs come with a washable tray so it is a little redundant to have a placemat (unless you are thinking using a place mat when the child is sitting at the table when he/she is 2 years old). The tethers to keep cups/bowls in place is kinda a silly invention. Do people actually buy those things?

How about things like baby utensils, a variety of sippy cups (since we all know transition from boob/bottle can be trial and error), Sterilite snack containers, puffs, bath toys, sidewalk chalk, (interactive) books, balls (!), sunglasses, piggy bank, fun sing-along cds?

OP here. Thank you all for the ideas, these are great! I wasn't offended by your post, but it's funny how different everyone is! I listed these items because I found them to be lifesavers Good point about the gift receipt...you never know!