The Best Baby Shower Gifts for Twins

Having twins means doubling your equipment, budget and patience.

Having twins is double the blessing and double the stuff. When choosing a gift for a mother-to-be expecting twins, stick to the basics. Many expectant mothers of multiples may not know what is to be expected, and no informational book can adequately prepare them. Purchase gifts that are functional opposed to decorative. With two cribs, a changing table and other necessities situated in the nursery, there may be little room for much else.

Big Ticket Items

Double strollers ease the load on parents with twins.

Pool funds together to purchase big ticket items for the babies. Costs are high when preparing for twins and there are many items on the market that can make life much easier for the moms and dads-to-be. Even though twins often share sleeping arrangements initially, they won't be sharing forever. Two cribs that can be converted into toddler beds and again into twin-sized head and foot boards are long-term gifts for the children. A double stroller is a handy item to have when traveling and trips to the store or doctor's office.

Clip-On Table Chairs

In lieu of holding the babies on laps, purchase clip-on high chairs for the twins.

When visiting restaurants with twin children, the frustration of no available high chairs can be high. Some restaurants only carry two or three high chairs as it is and if anyone else is using one, there is not enough to accommodate both of the babies. Purchase clip-on high chairs as a twin baby shower gift. These portable seats often come in their own bag for storage and tighten onto restaurant and home tables. Caution should be used to place high chairs on separate sides of the tables to avoid table tipping and for safety of the children.

Infant Car Seat Carriers

Infant carrier car seats can be held, placed on shopping carts or attached to strollers.

Each baby must have a car seat in order to be released from the hospital. There are many different kinds of car seats for infants but the convertible seats that release the carrier portion can be the least difficult for parents of multiples. When one parent must handle both babies alone, being able to easily remove them from the car, still within the carrier, puts fears at rest with regard to the infants' safety. Many infant carriers can be attached to double strollers while traveling.

Diapers, Diapers and More Diapers

There is no gift better than a year's supply of diapers for parents of multiples.

Expectant parents of twins may not realize how quickly they will go through diapers. As a gift for the parents-to-be, purchase boxes of diapers in various sizes. Twins are often born a little early and need preemie-sized diapers but won't stay in them for long. Consider purchasing diapers up to size two for the babies. In lieu of a box of diapers with a big bow, combine efforts with other people for subscriptions to diapers for a year. The necessities are delivered right to the parent's front door. You may have to order two subscriptions to accommodate both babies.

References

• Creative Baby Shower Ideas: With A Twin Baby Shower Theme, Everything is Double the Fun

Resources

• Incredibundles: Diapers for a Year Subscription