While considering having a baby shower party, ensure that it comes up at least two months before the delivery of the child. If the mother is given enough time before delivery she will be able to go through all the gifts and see the things that need to be returned or the things that need to be bought afresh. She will also have enough time to set up the baby's room.

Different people and nations have special ways of celebrating their new born babies and giving them gifts. The Koreans do not have a baby shower like the Americans do after the baby is born. They celebrate their babies when they are one year. This is because in the past, they had a lot of child mortality. For them, it is always a cause to celebrate and to shower the baby with gifts after he has survived the first one year since they feel it is such a big hurdle to cross. So, it really all depends on people's culture and ways of life to decide having a baby shower party or not.

There are special baby baskets that are used to pack the gifts and to give special effects on the baby shower day. The essence is to make gifts fun. You can have toys like Finley the Frog Bath Time Gift in the basket. These baskets also serve as containers for some of the toys.

Almost all parents give their babies artificial milk in a feeding bottle. Therefore a sterilizing unit will be a wonderful and a welcoming gift for the family. It will make a functional gift for the baby and the mother.

You can chose to give that lovely new born baby a set of baby books on different themes. You can consider a book with bedtime stories only. This will make a wonderful reading for the mother and an interesting listening for the baby. Hey, it will also show that you are a very enlightened person who appreciates education and learning. Cool, right?

A baby gift can be a special carpet for the nursery. This is not a gift that will last for one year but for as long as the parents would want to keep it. As the child grows he will also appreciate his carpet. There are various designs of nursery carpets. Some have a ball design some have some comic heroes drawn on them.

These days, special baby showers are also organized for dads. It is called The Pampers Showers. The dad is also showered with gifts along with the baby. Sometimes it holds on the same day with the baby shower or on a different day. There are no rules. Probably this is to welcome the father into the fatherhood life.