Diapers Q&A

A diaper bag would be considered a #1 item bought for a baby shower right?

I was just wondering because my best friend just had a baby shower for me this past Saturday and I was putting it all away today and realized when I was about to make a hospital bag for her that I didnt get a diaper bag lol... This is my first baby girl but with my first born son I got like 12 diaper bags lol and this one I got none... Just thought it was funny! I got TONES of other things though. Thank you all!

Public Comments

1. Well i would say that and Diapers
2. Definitely a great gift for a baby shower!!
3. OKK but there are other items like baby play mat
4. Yeah - but I can think of better gifts like - baby grows/bottles/sterilizer/bank account for the baby. But Id still be gratefull whatever I got!
5. It is a great gift, and the problem lies there.....most woman leave their baby shower with like 6! LOL
6. too common I'd advise burp cloths
7. I believe that the bag is what people think of first. Then they realize that everyone else is also thinking the same thing. So, if you are hoping for ideas for a baby shower gift, a monogrammed baby blanket might be nice.
8. yeah, or diapers. Also baby wipes will come in handy.
9. Its a good gift idea, but a lot of new mothers already get a matching bag along with the pram, so make sure she hasn't already got one. I usually buy a nice plastic baby box with a carry handle and fill it with baby toiletries, teething powders, gripe water, baby flannel, cotton buds, etc. You can never have too much of that stuff!
10. No diapers. God Bless.
11. Where I live you get a diaper bag at the hospital. I got one from similac at the hospital, they also have some for enfamil. The one I got was the only one that I used, I loved it much better than any that anyone else gave me. But yes it is funny that you didn't get one.
12. diapers should be # 1 item
13. No one ever gave me a nappy bag, but I didn't have a baby shower either. I throw everything into my old uni backpack. That does the job!
14. ya its gud but most of the mums get thm 1st coz they cant take a baby anywhere witout diapers n wich mum will be so dumb to wait for a showr party. i can sugges gud stuff... rattle set, baby rash creams, towel, a cap, a baby cosmetics set dat has powder oil etc, a hair brush, a wind chyme like plastic toy dat ppl hang on baby swings , a baby pillow, a basket or kit dat d mother can use to carry d baby stuff when she goes out, u can add a new arrival card to anything u give
15. well i wouldnt worry. i didnt get any at my baby shower, then in the hosptal i got like 5 bags. enfamil and similac give awya diaper bags full of goodies at the hosptail.. your friend will probably get at least two. somehwo i wound up with five
16. No, I don't think so. I didn't get any diaper bags, then again, I didn't register for any. I bought a couple for myself...I am very picky though!
17. We could have managed perfectly well without such a bag but we got one free when we joined a parenting club. It's useful, definitely, but not essential and not something I would consider giving at a baby shower. In fact, I've never seen one given either! Things we were short of? 3-6month baby clothes and bibs. You get loads and loads of 0-3months baby clothes but rarely anything older. Our son was 8lbs5oz when he was born and some of the 0-3 stuff was already tight! Bibs because he just seems to throw up for a passtime. They save having to change clothes quite so often (yours and his/hers). Teddy bears, yeah great, but you tend to get quite a few. Same for dummies (pacifiers). Nappies (diapers) are definitely useful but not necessarily the most exciting gift! Wet wipes are great but again not exciting. Ideally a baby shower would be organised by somebody other than the parents-to-be. The idea is that the mother turns up at somebody's house without having to put any effort into hosting a party. The party organiser can then make sure all the attendees have suitable gifts - ie that you don't end up with loads of diaper bags when you really only need one at most. The mother/father can suggest a list of items they'd like without being "demanding" or "rude" as the organiser is the one that can handle things diplomatically. We actually did it via our website with three lists - "Things we've got", "things we'd like", and "things we don't want" - and then people would stumble across that list without us needing to tell them of its existence - we just said have a look at the ultrasound pictures on our website, and the lists were alongside!
18. I personally didn't register for one for my baby shower, cuz it was something I could buy myself, and I was very particular about what kind I wanted. So when I was looking and found the perfect one, I snatched it up. That and the baby book I bought myself, I felt they were more personal items that I might not like if someone else picked them out.