Mother To Be Gift Ideas

Photo: Carters 22 Piece Essentials Gift Set

A first mother-to-be gift idea would be to get the expectant woman you know a baby cloth gift basket. Baby cloth gifts can help a mother to be save money on everyday item expenses. As a matter of fact, baby layette is one of those things we need in large quantities as we sometimes may have to change a newborn's clothes several times in a day.

Whether you buy a baby cloth gift basket from the store or make a decision on making it yourself, make sure to use a container that the mother to be can recycle afterwards, such as a bucket baby gift basket that she can use as a trash can to throw used diapers.

Another great baby gift basket container would be a wagon the mother to be can use as baby's room decoration in which she would place the dozen plush toys she received at the baby shower party or on Mother's Day.

A third great mother to be gift idea would be to give her a layette set that comes along with a toy the baby would have used when growing up such as this exquisite rocking horse gift basket for newborn (this is the best gift I've ever received as a mother to be!)

Lastly, if you want to give a very personal mother to be gift, I suggest creating your own baby gift basket. For such a purpose, choose a useful container that you can decorate with stickers or paint with pastel colors, and select a nice assorted baby layette set that you'll arrange in the container.

Photo: Baby Bath Care Basket with Gentle Baby Bath Items from Italy

Among the gifts I would have like to get when I was a mother to be, were... diapers! Before the birth of a child, we have no clue how much diapers are important and how many of them we use in the first months of our babies' lives. Moreover, diapers are quite expensive and, in my opinion, make useful and money saver gifts, more particularly now that they come in the form of tiered cakes such as the tiered baby diapers cake featured below!

Besides diapers, baby bath and skin care products make also great mother to be gifts to give a pregnant woman. Indeed, when we have children, we use and over use products such as the Mustela bath time essentials that comes with hair and body wash, bubble bath, cleansing lotion and facial cleansing cloths as well as a cute toy; or the organic Love me Baby me gift set that includes bath shampoo, butt balm, diaper cream, and many other baby care products.

How about the ever classic Johnson's Baby Essential Bathtime Set; which has proven for years to be great products for the whole family or a baby care set which would be more special?

Photo: The First Years 5 in 1 Carry Me Near Sleep System

As a mother to be, I remember that I enjoyed receiving an all-in-one baby bath and changing table; this allowed me to have everything on hand, nicely hidden into drawers, and eased the process of filling and emptying the bath. Moreover, this kept me off backpain and also allowed my baby to discover water games as he could stay longer in the bath.

Another wonderful mother to be gift idea is a baby chair. When selecting a baby chair, make sure it's strong enough I mine got broken in less than one year and I had to buy a new one. Another thing I'd avoid would be those chairs with included toys; as a working mother, I know for a fact that there are many more important things to do with a baby than cleaning the chair! I'd also recommend to get a chair that would evolve with the child.

A third excellent mother to be gift is a baby playard. Although they might look a bit odd, I enjoyed the playard for many reasons: my baby didn't sleep in the day, therefore, I could leave him in the playard when I cleaned the house; we also had a dog; therefore, the playard ensured my baby was safe in the house.

If your friend or family member who's pregnant works and, therefore, has to bring the baby to the day care each day, a baby car seat car will certainly bring her lots of pleasure! The ideal mother to be present for a mom who often moves is a portable bassinet or crib in which her baby will sleep during those weekends out of the house. A portable swing chair will ensure the new mother to have her child follow her everywhere se goes in the house without ruining his sleeping time, while, when awaken, baby's going to enjoy looking at all those moving little lambs, stars or butterflies.

Photo: Beaba Babycook Baby Food Maker

Baby accessories can make fantastic mother to be gifts! Indeed, you can make outstanding gift baskets for pregnant mothers with a few baby feeding accessories you buy from the store. As an example, you could fill a basket with a baby bottle set, a cleaning brush, a baby bottle dryer rack and even a thermos bottle that will allow the new mother to feed her baby oustide of the house.

A mother to be gift I would have like to receive was a baby bottle warmer! Although there always were 6 prepared baby bottles in the fridge, waking up at 2 AM to feed a baby who's desperately crying, having to warm the bottle on the stove and wait for very long minutes, in this case, was horrible. An automatic baby bottle warmer would have helped a lot!

One of the most useful gifts I received as a mother to be was a baby food maker. It was lots of fun to prepare my baby's meals in this excellent machine. All I had to do was fill the recipient with the ingredients, the machine would defrost them, then blend all ingredients, cook them and in less time it would have taken if I had to cook everything on the stove, my baby's meal was ready to serve! This is an invaluable gift to give an expectant woman.

There are many more baby accessories that would make a future mom happy: a baby phone, a baby camera, baby food containers, books with baby meal recipes, and much more. One thing I'd keep for another occasion is a baby cutlery set with engraved baby's name as I always enjoy giving such a set on a baby's baptism of a baby or on the baby's first birthday when parents don't baptize their child.

Photo: Prego Babydoll Halter Maternity Swimsuit Prego

Pregnancy clothes are often overlooked when we search for a mother to be gift. Indeed, we more likely look for gifts that will be useful when the baby arrives. However, there's no reason for a pregnant woman to not pay attention to her look. Sadly, maternity clothes are often quite expensive and mothers to be have many more important things to buy to not want to spend a fortune in a collection of pregnancy dresses.

This is where a pregnancy gifts are useful! There's a wide range of pregnancy clothes to choose from and you can give the expectant woman you're looking for a gift, a lovely dress she'll wear at work, or a nice sweater dress she'll wear at home. If your gift receiver is pregnant during the summer, choose a sleeveless dress, instead, if she's pregnant in the cold seasons, opt for a long sleeved dress.

Being pregnant doesn't mean that a woman can't go outside and doesn't need a cocktail dress. Once again, because such clothes aren't the cheapest on the market, you'll help your pregnant daughter or friend feeling fine and happy. Instead you can choose to give her a pair maternity pants along with matching top.

And for mothers to be who plan to go on holiday this summer, a maternity swimsuit will work wonders! Remember that a happy expectant mother will give birth to a happy baby.

Photo: Countdown Clock - Pregnancy

The range of mother-to-be gift ideas is really large and, when it comes to a Mother's Day or baby shower gift to choose, you're only limited by your own creativity and the degree of intimacy you share with the pregnant woman you know. Besides the marvelous Miracle Angel of Motherhood Statuary featured below, there are many more mother to be gift ideas to choose from and that match the type of relation you share with the future mother.

The ideal gift for a loving pregnant spouse would be a nice gift of jewelry, such as a diamond mother and child pendant she will take pleasure to wear; while a cool gift for a pregnant siter or sister-in-law might be a nicely crafted silber baby carriage charm pendant that she could wear on all occasions, during and after pregnancy.

An fun gift for a pregnant close friend would be a New Mommy Wine Glass in which she could drink water with classy for the time of her pregnancy and later on, celebrate the newborn with fresh white wine.

As an example, if you're looking for a pregnancy gift for a friend, a pregnancy countdown that will allow her to count the days before giving birth to her loving child. Another great gift for a colleague or not so close friend would be a CD with mother to be music only, such as Mozart for Mothers-to-be: Tender Lullabies for Mother and Child. Both gifts aren't too intimate presents.