Unless you have someone to hand down those designer baby clothes to, they’re just going to wind up being eaten by the moths. The following are some suggestions on what to do with those baby supplies, clothes, and toys that you no longer need:

• If you own a high quality personalized diaper bag, you can probably get away with using it as a travel bag. Use it to store off-season shoes or gym gear. If you’re into stamping, scrap booking, or other types of crafts, use the personalized diaper bag to carry your craft supplies.
• Don’t worry about giving away personalized baby clothes. Charities, consignment shops, or second-hand stores will be happy to take them off your hands, no matter whose name is stitched on the pocket.
• Carefully store any personalized new born baby gifts in a chest or trunk along with other keepsakes.

It’s up to you what you do with your old baby stuff. You can sell it to make a little extra cash, give it to relatives who can use it, or donate it to charity.

Depending on where you live, your age, and your background, you may not be familiar with registering for baby showers. At first it might seem a little odd, but it’s actually a really good idea, especially if you plan on having a large baby shower.

Obviously if you’re preparing to register your baby shower, the shower isn’t going to be a surprise. That’s okay! Surprises are for ten-year-olds. No longer is it necessary for the best friend to be saddled with the baby shower responsibility.

The first thing you have to do is pick a store to register with. Make it a big store, or a baby boutique with a lot of different price options. When you’re running down the checklist of baby gifts you’d like to have, don’t just check everything that falls under the Luxury Baby Gifts category. Just because Aunt Martha hit the jackpot last year doesn’t mean everyone has the means to buy gold encrusted personalized burp cloths!

Some people feel like a baby registry is the same as advertising what you want for gifts. Well, it is, but in a good way. People don’t have time to waste and they appreciate knowing what you want. If you’re partial to embroidered baby gifts,you can let them know. Interested in a nice newborn baby gift basket? Check it off the list.

When the baby shower finally rolls around, your friends and family will feel confident and happy with their baby gift choices.

When you’re about to have a baby, it’s not much different, especially if it’s your first. You tend to spend a lot of time reading books on pregnancy and birth. You scour every catalogue, book-marking pages of designer baby clothes while thinking up your own newborn baby gift basket. There’s no other time in your life when you’ll have such a heightened interest in baby stuff. After all this surfing, browsing, scouring, and window shopping, you should be able to come up with a pretty good baby gift wish list for your friends and family.

If you happen to see something you really want, like a $300 leather personalized diaper bag, it’s no good to drop subtle hints. For luxury baby gifts like this, you’re going to want to come right out and ask for it. Unless you have friends or relatives with a lot of disposable income, you might want to work into the conversation how sometimes people chip in together as a group to buy one really nice baby gift. Like that $300 leather personalized diaper bag you’ve got your eye on!

Now, if you want to get really dirty, you can always play the “poor pregnant me” card with your partner. After all, he wants you to look the part of a hot new mom, right? There are lots of ways to get the luxury baby gifts you want, just get creative about it!

The only thing more fun than buying baby gifts, is buying baby gifts for twins. Two of everything! Even though you might worry about dressing your babies in the same outfits, it won’t matter much when they’re newborns. As they get older, they’re going to want to exercise their own individuality, but while they’re still small enough to hold in your arms, you can dress them anyway you want to!

It is a good idea to buy personalized baby gifts. Things like baby bonnets, bibs, sleepers, and onesies can be personalized with the baby’s initials or full name. No! It’s not in case you forget their names, it’s to help friends and family tell them apart.

Most stores take away the guesswork of shopping for twins, selling unique items that come in pairs. For example, the store might sell a double picture frame that can be personalized, newborn baby gift baskets for twins, etc. Everything can be either embroidered or personalized.

If you happen to get some baby outfits that you’d like personalized, you can always wait until the twins are born. Once you’ve settled on names for the twins, take the baby clothes to someone who specializes in embroidery. Or, have you baby shower after the twins arrive. People are more likely to bring embroidered baby gifts because they already know the babies’ names.

Make sure to tell her that the gift is coming, but that it’s just going to come a little later than normal.

Why would you do this? Because everything happens before the baby is born. There are hugs, tears, and instant anxiety (Will I make a good mom?) once you find out your pregnant. Then everyone starts planning a big baby shower. The next think you know, you’ve got the baby in your arms, and the gifts have stopped trickling in.

It’s at the height of realizing you’re a new mom with no idea what you’re doing that a baby gift or two would come in handy. Imagine yawning over a hot stove, cooking a meal for your family. It’s lunch time, but you feel as if it could be midnight you’re so tired. You haven’t been out in weeks since the baby arrived, and you’re starting to feel a bit down in the dumps. Suddenly, your doorbell rings and in comes your best friend with an awesome newborn baby gift basket!

Just knowing that there’s something that can benefit you and your baby coming through the door should put you in a great mood.