By Megan Harney – September 13, 2016
Once you hit the ‘mom of young kids’ stage of life, it seems like you are constantly being invited to baby showers. I remember the same thing happening when everyone I knew got married at the same time and we spent three years saving every spare vacation day for weddings, bachelorette parties, and wedding showers.
Before I became a mom, I loved picking out a little outfit for the new baby. But now that I am a mom myself, it just doesn’t seem right to show up at a baby shower with cute booties I know will never stay on the baby’s feet or a wipe warmer no one will care about after the first two weeks. These cute, but completely impractical gifts go against everything I care about as a mom.
I am about to have my second baby I know I’m not alone when I say the last thing I want is more stuff to fill my house. Instead, I have come up with this list of the best baby shower gift alternatives with 5 Gifts a New Mom in Dallas Really Wants:
Home Services
From house cleaning to sending out the laundry, these home services are guaranteed to make a new mom’s life easier. I found that when I first had my daughter, I was still trying to clean everything because we had a stream of people coming over. If you can hire a maid or a cleaning service for the new parents, mom can relax and enjoy time with her newborn while someone else takes care of the dirty work for awhile.