Good To Go Baby Gifts

Where I live the temperature is around zero or below zero every day and night.  It really is frightful for our little ones.  However, it is next to impossible to to keep them in at all times.  I went shopping today in a large discount store and I saw a young mother with her two children. 

First of all, she parked close to the shopping cart corral.  She put a shopping cart next to her car and put the children in the shopping cart.  She covered them with two baby blankets (not their faces) and went quickly into the store.  She happened to be coming out at the same time I was.  She parked the shopping cart right next to her car and put both children in their car seats and strapped them in.  She again covered them with a blanket (NOT their faces!), put the shopping cart in the corral (which was right by her car), and was on her way.

This smart mother got her errands run, kept her children safe, and kept her children warm.  She had been using the washable personalized baby blanket.  It is just the right size to wrap around them without being in the way.  It is so soft and so warm and so washable. 

I have a young mother who is purchasing a personalized baby bag for each of her three pre-school children.  She is using them to put the clothing, bibs, diapers, food, etc. that she takes to daycare.  It will be so easy to pack them the night before and grab all three of the bags (and all three of the children) and head to daycare before she heads to work. 

Each child has his/her own personalized baby bag and they will know which one is their own!  Even at an early age the little ones want to claim their own things.  The young mother is putting their first names on the bags and they will be able to use the personalized baby bag for many years to come.

I got an e-mail from a mother asking me what a swarovski crystal was as I have a swarovski crystal baby bracelet on my website.  I had to research the internet to find a definite answer.

The definition given was “Swarovski Crystal was first created by Daniel Swarovski in 1892 and is manufactured in Austria.  It is not a natural crystal, rather it is a glass containing about 32% lead oxide and is cut into very precise and beautiful shapes.  Swarovski Crystal….has great cutting techniques and, therefore, many consider them to be the highest quality.

I knew the swarovski crystal looked beautiful, but now I know why.

Once a toddler is old enough to recognize the stigma that ‘older is cooler’, they’ll want to start doing all the same things the bigger kids are doing.  Though obviously you shouldn’t let your toddler use the microwave to heat up lunch or draw their own bath, there are some activities that are okay for toddlers to start doing themselves.  For example, a child washing their hands in the bathroom is a safe activity that can be achieved with a step stool and a little knowledge of how the faucet works.  Purchase a personalized step stool to make them feel like they’re a real part of your home, and soon enough you’ll be able to ask them to wash their hands for meals and supper without supervision. 

There are several other activities toddlers can start helping with, like dressing themselves, putting on their shoes, and putting away toys and clothes. 

I couldn’t stop laughing today in the store.  One mother had her monogrammed burp cloth with her and was trying to catch the “burps” from her little baby while trying to wipe the face of the older one, who was eating a snack, with the other monogrammed burp cloth.  All I could think was, “thank goodness the personalized burp cloth comes in a package with two in it.”

I asked her if I could help her and she said that she does this all of the time.  She was glad that she received several baby gifts with the monogrammed burp cloth because they are constantly in the wash.  She was so relaxed when she shopped with her little ones.  She told them what she was buying and let them look at the item.  She went on her way just like she does every day!  What a good mom.  Whoops, I just saw another burp that she caught!

I just got an e-mail from a young mother (She e-mailed in the middle of the night.) who just had their fourth little girl.  She is so busy (We won’t even go into the economy aspect.) that she is afraid she won’t get her holiday shopping done and have a personal touch to it.  Her three older girls love the new little baby but she knows that they also feel that they don’t get very much individual personal time. 

She is ordering the three personalized baby bracelets that are all different.  The one year old is receiving the Sterling Silver My First Identity Bracelet.  The two year old will get the pink My First Swarovski Crystal Baby Bracelet since she loves everything pink and the three year old will receive the Percious Pearls Personalized Baby Bracelet.

All of the bracelets fit up to four years old but I talked to the jeweler in our town and he said he could add links to the bracelets to make them bigger as they grow.  I’m sure most jewelers would be able to do that.  The three little girls will receive a personalized gift this year and the mother didn’t have to even leave her home.  

The mother is going to sit with them individually when they open their personalized baby bracelets to show them that she is always thinking about them even though she is so busy.  They are going to be the first gifts they open so they can wear them over the holidays.

I recently got an e-mail from a mother who says she uses her child’s puzzle step stool as much as he does.  She is always needing to get into a top cupboard in the bathroom or in the kitchen.  I guess I don’t recommend using the personalized step stool for that purpose but I guess that proves that the step stool is sturdy enough for an adult. 

She says that her child takes the letters out of the puzzle and puts them back in every day.  He does not tire of doing it and he can say all of the letters in his name already.  He uses the puzzle step stool to sit on while he plays with his toys, to reach the sink, and to reach his toys that are on shelves. 

Guess what? After doing my own survey on what is the best baby gifts to GET, the answer was—drum roll please—a personalized baby blanket.  It really didn’t surprise me, as a personalized baby blanket always fits and you can use more than one as they seem to always be in the wash.  Many mothers hang the personalized baby blanket on the wall for decoration and it looks great in the baby’s room.

Can you believe that I still have my baby blanket?  The blanket was wool, which really surprises me as the blankets now are way more washable and way more soft.  My baby book states that I got it from an aunt of mine.  Now you know that a personalized baby blanket is the way to go for baby gifts!

Now that both of our grandchildren have received their Thanksgiving gifts, I can write about it.  I ordered the personalized layered T-Shirts that are found in the personalized baby gifts section with their first name on the front.  I chose the pink shirts and had their names put on with red lettering.  They look so cute with little jeans.  I ordered the T-shirts in sizes 2T and 3T since our granddaughters are 1 1/2 and 2 3/4.  I wanted to make sure they wouldn’t be too small. 

Since the T-shirt material isn’t real heavy, the shirts are perfect for this time of year and since both of them live in warmer climates than I do.  I had the personalized baby T-shirts delivered to their homes so that I didn’t have to mail them.  I also put in a personal note to each one of the little girls. 

The T-shirts can also be a monogrammed baby gift as the initials of the baby can be put on the shirt instead of their first name.  There are also different colors of threads that can be used and the baby T-shirt comes in blue also. 

I’m kind of a “gym rat” as I go to the gym just about every day.  I knew it would happen—-I saw the monogrammed baby bag being used as a gym bag.  The lining inside can easily be wiped out, so it really is perfect for a gym bag.  The monogram on the bag had a single initial (of their last name) so could be used by anyone in the family. 

Who would have thought that a personalized baby bag would have so many uses, but I’m told that they aren’t able to find a gym bag for the price of this tremendous tote bag.  Even us “gym rats” learn something new every day!  I only wish people would stop asking me if I’m STILL going to the gym–Does that mean that I’ve put on weight? :-)  If so, I’ve had a lot of fun doing it!