| If you are looking for a gift for a newborn baby but | | | | animals that sound as if they're filled with bits of |
| don't have any experience buying such things you may | | | | Styrofoam are also best avoided. |
| need a little help. To begin with you should learn those | | | | Personalized baby items are popular but will not be |
| common baby presents which are best avoided and | | | | used like extra lacy and fancy bibs for girls, teeny little |
| then you can concentrate on finding something useful. | | | | pink organdy dresses that crinkle and are too crispy to |
| Really bad newborn baby gifts include trinkets that | | | | ever get worn (although they look cute). Embroidered |
| people call baby keepsakes and end up being junk. | | | | baby gifts that look like they were made in the 70's, |
| Overly trendy baby clothes that may be worn once or | | | | baby afghans unless the mother is an afghan fan; |
| never, monogrammed baby gifts that are done by | | | | cheesy handmade baby gifts like hats and little suits of |
| machine and look poorly stitched and still have threads | | | | clothing unless they are really well made and are all |
| hanging on the back or are monogrammed onto | | | | natural fabric. Few mother's dress their babies in |
| acrylic or cute but useless patterned baby blankets. | | | | handmade clothes that look like grown-up replicas of |
| Cheap baby bedding that is obviously cheap and from | | | | overalls or little suits with ties or frilly dresses that are |
| a discount warehouse and still has the discount sticker | | | | fit for a ball. |
| on while luxury baby gifts that are expensive but | | | | Newborn babies don't go out in suits or frilly dresses to |
| totally useless like dishes, spoons, ceramic picture | | | | dance. They need to be comfy not frilly! |
| frames with animals and cartoons, large stuffed | | | | |