Baby Gifts Ideas For the Non Parent

You've been invited to your best friend's baby shower, and you're all in a panic. The only babies you've ever seen is in television commercials, and you've never even held a live baby, leave alone play with it. So, what does a non parent who's completely unfamiliar with baby world do for a baby gift?

Fortunately for you, the parents of the baby will probably make the gift buying process really easy by creating a baby shower registry. Look for details of their registry, enclosed with the invite. The registry will mention the items that they need for the baby, and how many pieces of each they need. You'll even learn if some one has already bought that baby gift, so you can give that a miss.

A baby gift basket is also a safe baby gift for the foot loose and fancy free singleton who can't tell a stroller from a car seat. Best of all, these baby gift baskets come pre packaged and wrapped in a nice bow, so you don't have to put your nimble fingers to work for anything. Just shop, buy and go! It's as easy as that and it's guaranteed to make the parents happy. Look for gift baskets with a theme, like a safety and first aid basket or a books basket with some great picture books for the baby. If you're a friend of the mom, you can get special gift baskets for her with lotions and heavenly smelling shower gels. Just go online and buy a spa gift basket with spa products for Mommy to pamper herself with. Chances are that Mommy won't be getting to see a lot of gifts for herself and she'll be touched at your thoughtfulness.

Other solid and never fail gifts include diapers. Don't laugh. By the time baby is potty trained, he'll go through tons of disposable diapers. Even if the mother wishes to use cloth diapers, she'll still need disposables for travel. Don't buy a bunch of diapers in a newborn's size. Babies grow quickly; buy diapers that are sized for a few months old baby. These are usually sold by the weight. Ask the staff at the store about the correlation between sizes and weight if you can't figure it out.

Buy larger sized clothes that can be worn when baby's a little older - the mom will probably have tons of newborn sized clothes.

Finally, the best gift you can give your friends as a non parent is to offer to help her with the shower. She'll need all the help she can get in her last trimester, so offer your help arranging and packing baby shower favors, creating guest lists, or just ask her outright whether there's anything you can do for her. She'll appreciate that gift more than any other!