<p>I love Garnet Hill…everything from them is worth the $$ ! But I am thinking heirloom gifts for a struggling pair of new parents isn’t as appreciated as it would be under different circumstances.
I love the diaper service idea, because I was a cloth diaper mom , but most parents are against the cloth option</p>
<p>We had two separate showers for my best friend… her mom did one at home where we are originally from and her mother in law did one out where they currently live… so naturally I went to both (I live 10 miles from her mom)… At the one shower I did a small travel diaper bag full of different books… and at the other shower I gave this wooden school box full of blocks and a bunch of clothes that I got at the Carters outlet… after I saw what she got at her first shower I knew what size clothes to give her at the second one. I second the idea of larger clothes… My friends baby was 9 lbs 10 oz at birth and didn’t even get to wear a lot of the clothes she got!</p>
<p>A selection of cute hats? Though obviously it would help to know the sex of the baby first. Our children were all bald, so hats were always welcome, not to mention cute…</p>
<p>I love giving books!</p>
<p>I try not to get the traditional ones because I figure all my friends will end up with those anyhow… I’ll sit down on the floor of a bookstore every now and then when I have an hour or so and read through all the newest books. I pick out the ones that make me laugh aloud, or the ones that leave me just plain tickled, or the ones that are just so sweet that they leave me teary-eyed.</p>
<p>Later, I get to ask two-year-olds what their favorite books are and have elevated literary conversations with them. =)</p>
<p>I usually give them a baby ring or a silver cup/fork/spoon set.</p>
<p>Whoever gets pregnant next in my circle gets the Seuss-a-Palooza! How fun!!!</p>