https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:02:46 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-non-registry-gift#post-708567 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:33:05 +0000 red_seattle 708567@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>gift cards... that we used to buy stuff off our registry because no one at our baby showers really bought us gifts off of our registry. Haha. I've never been to a baby shower where people actually used the registry, let alone where the registry was almost complete. </p> <p>Favorite other thing off-registry... books. You can never have too many, and if there are duplicates (unlikely), then the extra goes in the diaper bag/to grandmas/in the car/elsewhere, so duplicates aren't a problem. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-non-registry-gift#post-708494 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:17:09 +0000 fussygal 708494@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>These are all great recommendations!<br /> @artbee I like the basket idea. Bedtime theme is great, too :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-non-registry-gift#post-708252 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:25:49 +0000 sumer08 708252@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Gift cards or personalized/monogrammed gifts. I'm a sucker for a personalized gift :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-non-registry-gift#post-708217 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:13:58 +0000 Arden 708217@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>To be perfectly honest? Cash. I loved the people who gave me cash, because I was saving up for newborn photography and it helped a lot. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-non-registry-gift#post-708202 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:11:35 +0000 lindseykaye 708202@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I want to chime in that we received gift cards to restaurants that had curbside pickup and they were AWESOME in the first few weeks of having the baby at home. Didn't have too much of a meal train with friends and being able to call in a dinner order and have DH pick it up was perfect. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-non-registry-gift#post-708063 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:28:37 +0000 autumnlove 708063@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Pumping bra, nursing cover, personalized burp clothes, books and snot sucker! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-non-registry-gift#post-708030 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:20:31 +0000 avivoca 708030@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I like to make baby quilts for friends and family. I also like to give a basket filled with items you might need but aren't on the registry, like baby detergent, diapers, burp cloths, and at least one book. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-non-registry-gift#post-708023 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:19:27 +0000 buffalove 708023@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My college girlfriends and I have always bought a gift for mom instead of baby (we all tend to give baby gifts once baby is here). They chipped in and bought me a large gift card to a spa/salon and it was so fantastic! I was able to get 4 pedicures (about every 2 weeks) and a prenatal massage, all spread out during the third trimester. I was such a happy lady! </p> <p>We mostly stick to gift cards (spa, restaurants, etc) or jewelry (Pandora charms for one, Tiffany necklace for another). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-non-registry-gift#post-708018 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:17:50 +0000 LuLu Mom 708018@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>GCs, blanket with name on it, wooden blocks that had her name, birthdate, weight, ect. on them. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-non-registry-gift#post-708000 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:08:41 +0000 BabyBruins 708000@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My favorite and most used item is my LO's two loveys. I never see loveys on a registry and my favorite brand is Angel Dear. I just gave one to a friend who just had a baby and she loves it.<br /> <a href="http://www.angeldear.net/cuddle/blankies_cuddle.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.angeldear.net/cuddle/blankies_cuddle.php</a><br /> I have found them at smaller boutique shops rather than the bigger chain stores (BRU, BBB) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-non-registry-gift#post-707992 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:05:54 +0000 MrsTiz 707992@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@artbee: I like stuff like that, too. A basket that can be used for something else and filled with themed stuff. Bedtime is good, you could fill it with books, I know at Kohls there are the books that come with a stuffed toy of the main character, or maybe a breastfeeding basket with nursing pads, extra bottles, burp cloths, etc. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-non-registry-gift#post-707987 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 13:03:30 +0000 shopaholic 707987@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Personalized passport cover from Etsy, Little Giraffe blanket, baby medicine kit, and toy bar for carseat/stroller. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-non-registry-gift#post-707981 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:59:51 +0000 yin 707981@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love handmade gifts. My favorite was a sweater that my former boss knitted for my LO. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-non-registry-gift#post-707972 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:58:19 +0000 heffalump 707972@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Newborn photography gift certificate. But that's expensive.</p> <p>I like to do theme gifts, like a bedtime basket. You could put a bedtime book, pj's, a lovey, night light, etc. Or bath time with soap/shampoo, bath toys, hooded towel. Or since summer is coming up you can get a bathing suit, towel, sunscreen, sun hat. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-non-registry-gift#post-707925 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:38:05 +0000 yerpie110 707925@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>boppy lounger, side-snap onesies, breastfeeding gift basket (hot/cold packs. soothies, lanolin, nursing tanks, and nursing bra) and gift cards! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-non-registry-gift#post-707898 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:32:15 +0000 2PeasinaPod 707898@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My BFF gave us the Baby DeeDee Sleep nest, and LO loves it. Keeps him cozy all night while I don't have to worry about a blanket being over his face. We just ordered the lite version for the summer:</p> <p><a href="http://www.babydeedee.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.babydeedee.com/</a> </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-non-registry-gift#post-707897 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:32:14 +0000 prettylizy 707897@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>A&amp;A swaddle blankets and gift cards!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/your-favorite-non-registry-gift#post-707883 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:25:52 +0000 fussygal 707883@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>What was your favorite non-registry gift?</p> <p>I am attending my college roommate's shower next weekend and her registry is almost depleted and I'm not sure what we should go with. Help! </p>