How to Choose Baby Gifts for Twins

Buying a baby gift for one newborn can be a challenge--but when you're shopping for twin babies, you've got double trouble. Fortunately there are many adorable and practical ways to welcome the arrival of multiples. Here's how to choose baby gifts for twins.

Instructions

1. Give baby gear. Every new parent needs the bouncy seats, strollers and playpens on their gift registry--but parents of twins need them twice as much. While many friends and relatives will shower the new arrivals with cute clothes, you can be the one to give the babies things they'll use every day.

2. Pick personalized items. Embroidered towels, blankets, plush toys and diaper bags or items like wipes cases or bedroom plaques painted with the children's names will help differentiate Twin A from Twin B early on. Matching outfits personalized with the twins' names will come in handy--especially if they are identical.

3. Wrap up a giant box of diapers. It's not an especially romantic gift but with two babies, diapers--and lots of them are a necessity. While the twins might be tiny at birth, choose a larger size in case the parents stocked up during pregnancy.

4. Give outfits that complement each other but don't match. The new trend with twin baby clothes is to choose outfits with similar patterns or colors but are still distinct. Boy and girl twins can wear the same outfit in different colors, blue and pink.

5. Give the gift of help. As much as parents of twins need practical gifts as well as sentimental ones, there's nothing they need so much as an extra set of hands, a clean house and a little more sleep. Volunteer to help out or bring over some casseroles and your gift will be as much appreciated as the most expensive baby products.