10 of the Best Baby Shower Gifts in Australia in 2024

So often the gifts at a baby shower are gorgeous little bonnets, piles of bibs and teeny tiny shoes the baby will probably never wear! Why? Because they’re so cute, but when it comes to necessity, they’re not even close to what a new mum will need in the first year of baby’s life.

A spa voucher, for a facial or a massage from somewhere like Bump Day Spa (who specialise in pregnancy-safe treatments) can ensure that the mum-to-be, or established mum, feels refreshed and ready to face the year ahead. Birth aside, the lack of sleep is painful enough! She may even decide to stash away the voucher for a time when the baby has arrived and she’s in desperate need of some ‘me time’. It’s a gift that simply can’t fail!

I can’t tell you how many times a new mum will underestimate just how much stuff it takes to get out the door with kids. So a bag with 14 pockets can really help parents to feel organised and ready for anything. 

Think about the longevity of a carry-all ‘baby’ bag. The newborn stage requires bottles and dummies and sterilisers and bibs and nappies. The toddler stage is packed with snacks, changes of clothes for accidents, drink bottles and hats, and once they’re young kids, you’ll be reaching for snacks (yep, that doesn’t end), sunscreen, more clothes and activities! So a big that not only fits everything, but makes  it all easily accessible is really gift that keeps on giving!

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If you’re looking for a gift for a new parent, or parent-to-be that they will actually use, or something special for your own baby, you simply can’t look past the Micro Organic Microsuit. Think functionality for you, comfort for baby - and cuteness for everyone!

What makes Micro Organic Microsuit different?

The iconic Organic Cotton Microsuit offers the most plush and practical design for all day and night wear. Featuring a convenient two-way zipper, fold-over covers on both hands and feet, and a super snug neckline with zipper cover, the Organic Microsuit is made from the gentlest certified organic cotton for your baby’s sensitive skin.

This is one gift that I can guarantee no new parent knows they need, but is so thankful they received. After spending hours rocking their baby and shooshing over and over again, I promise you every parent at at least one juncture has thought, ‘Gosh, I wish I could just have shooshing playing in the background!!’

Enter the Baby Shusher. 

This little guy emits long, drawn out ‘shooooooooooosh-ing’ over and over. You can set the time limit and adjust the volume, and it’s as perfect in a baby’s nursery as it us in the pram to help them fall asleep.

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This is a new skin and body brand, devised by beauty editor Leigh Campbell, and co-founder of Bump Day Spa, Tegan Natoli. With four babes and a lifetime’s worth of skin and new mum care know-how between them, they make for a pretty dynamic duo. Whatever they’re selling, we’re buying! The Brillo Beauty range is aimed at pregnant women as it’s gentle, and all products are either lightly scented, or without a scent at all. They’re nourishing, hard-working, and not at all limited to pregnancy use. In fact, anyone can use the products, mums, not mums - as they say, ‘anyone with bodies, really.’

Big props to ‘The Butter’, which is as nourishing as a pregnant woman is tired - and feeling dry. So how lovely to receive a gift that will help nourish and pamper her. Amen.

They’re not as cute as a teeny tiny pair of Converse baby shoes (that will never make it to baby’s feet), so no-one tends to purchase cot sheets and sleep suits - but they should.

Beautiful nursery bedding and sleep suits are essential when it comes to creating an optimal sleep space for your baby, so any parent will appreciate such a gift! We love the Pop Ya Tot 100% organic cotton muslin fitted sheets because they’re soft and breathable and come in the most beautiful designs.

Another gift for the mama! A pregnancy pillow is the perfect gift for a mum in her third trimester. Not only does the Sleepybelly Pregnancy Pillow provide comfort to a mum attempting to sleep with a growing belly, it also helps ensure they don’t roll onto their belly or back as they sleep!

Better still, the Sleepybelly Pregnancy Pillow can be used for breast feeding after you've given birth. All they need to do is use the wedge support pieces to prop up their newborn while they’re feeding.

Soothing night light to send baby off to sleep, humidifier and sound machine in one, this Glow Dreaming Unit is the ultimate baby sleep aid, and something new parents don’t even know they need until they need it. Bundle packs come with lullaby essential oil to provide a calming aroma in the nursery, while the Red LED Light Therapy helps to send baby off to a deep REM sleep.

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Oh wow! Talk about the unsung hero! Blackout blinds would have to be on the one thing panicked parents rush to the shops to buy when they realise the baby’s nursery isn’t dark enough, or they’re staying somewhere overnight and the room the baby is sleeping in is definitely not dark enough!

We love Tommee Tippee Sleeptight™ Portable Blackout Blind because it can be removed and taken with you wherever you need it! Just simply stick the suction cups to the outer edges of the window!

One minute you’re in the birthing suite, and the next your baby is having their first mashed pumpkin! It goes so fast that you barely have time to get your head around starting solids, and what kind of things to make! Enter the One Handed Cooks Cookbook, aka the ‘starting solids bible’.

This book is packed full of delicious and nutritious recipes, from purees to start out with, to meals that the whole family will love when baby is older! Each recipe also comes with handy tips on ‘freezing’ each meal, allowing you to effectively meal prep for baby as their solid intake increases.

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