Inexpensive Gifts for New Moms
- Mary Hunt
: Debt-Proof Living
Wednesday, November 04, 2009
If there are expectant parents in your circle of friends, you may be racking your brain to come up with a gift for the baby that will be useful, unique and affordable. I've got an idea. Create a "Baby's Medicine Cabinet" gift basket.
This may not be the flashiest gift at the baby shower, but you'll be the hero later on when frightened parents realize you have armed them with the over-the-counter medicines and treatments most often recommended by pediatric health professionals. You'll save them from the stress of a middle-of-the-night search for a 24-hour pharmacy.
Here's a list of items to include in your gift basket:
Infant rectal thermometer. While there are several models, Vicks Baby Rectal Thermometer gets rave reviews for its accuracy and ease of use.
Retail: $15; Amazon Price: $9.50Tylenol Concentrated Infant Drops. Doctors often recommend this for babies who have just been given their immunizations, have teething pain or are running a fever.
Retail: $7.99; Amazon Price: $7.99Motrin Infants' Drops, Ibuprofen. This is another pain reliever and fever reducer that should be included in your gift basket to make sure you've covered all the bases.
Retail: $9.99; Amazon Price: $7.99Little Noses Decongestant Nose Drops. When the baby is congested and has a difficult time breathing, pediatricians often recommend saline nose drops to loosen and thin the mucus secretions and to aid aspiration.
Retail: $5.99; Amazon Price: $4.00Pedialyte. Doctors prescribe this product to prevent dehydration when children are vomiting or have diarrhea.
Retail: $8.99 for four 8-ounce bottlesA&D Zinc Oxide Diaper Rash Cream with Aloe. This is the diaper rash cream of choice recommended by most pediatric health professionals.
Retail: $5.99Hydrogen peroxide. A fresh bottle is great to have on hand to treat minor scrapes and cuts.
Retail: $1.99; Amazon Price: $0.71
