When you receive the invitation for your friend’s baby shower, one of the first thoughts that should pop in your head is what gift you’ll be giving. It’s traditional for a guest to give a present during a shower. After all, this is the main purpose of the event—to “shower” the parents with congratulations, and the child with gifts.

The only problem is you can’t decide what kind of gift you’ll give the baby. You want to give something like a crib, a toy or feeding bottles, but you’re almost sure that the other guests will be bringing those things as well.

What you need to get is a gift that will still be useful to the parents, even if there are other guests who bring the same gifts. If this is your dilemma, why not settle for baby health and grooming products? You can be assured that even if other people give the same gifts to the child, the mom and dad would still appreciate yours.

Bringing baby health and grooming products to a shower is a practical option many guests consider. Baby health and grooming products are easily bought from malls and baby stores. Even if you buy these products at a short notice, you won’t have any trouble finding them.

Another advantage of buying baby health and grooming products is there are lots of options available. Popular examples include bath and body products, such as baby lotion, shampoo, soap, baby powder, baby wipes and q-tips. Supplies such as safety pins, wash cloths and scissors are also great gifts. First aid kits, thermometers and baby nail cutters are also health products that are given at a baby shower.

If you don’t want the trouble of going around choosing the products to buy, the best option for you is to get a baby health and grooming gift basket. These are pre-wrapped gift packs containing various kinds of baby grooming and health products. Gift baskets are practical, since you don’t need to worry about wrapping and making your gift look presentable.

Baby health and grooming products are ideal gifts for baby shower. So go ahead and buy some for your friend’s soon-to-be-born angel.