The History of Baby Gifts dates back to the Egyptians and Romans who bestowed small gifts upon the newborn and presented parents with a hand made gift after the child was born. Modern gift giving came into its own after World War II with the advent of the modern baby shower; a time for family and friends to gather and celebrate the gift of a new life; we did not always bring bottles and diapers to the parents-to-be. It was popular to give the parents gifts that they would need to help care for the newborn child. Typically family and friends waited until the child was born, sometimes quite a while after the birth before sending over gifts and other items to help out, because infant mortality rates was very high and family and friends just did not give gifts to expectant parents. Modern gift giving came into its own after World War II with the advent of the modern shower; a time for family and friends to gather and celebrate the gift of a new life.

Grandparents have always had a unique place in the practice of gift giving at the shower. In some places it was and still is a traditional gift for the grandmother to make a blanket or small quilt for the newborn. It was also the practice for the grandmother to give a gift of silver to the child and thereby provide a small amount of inheritance. This gift giving tradition has grown and today grandparents and family members often establish savings accounts or provide funds for future college expenses.

With the dramatic improvement in pre-natal care since World War II, the gift giving tradition of a baby shower is held several weeks before the newborn is due. Today the old tradition of a shower for "women only" has given way to inviting "couples" and men are are also now invited to the shower. Many expectant mothers now receive a large number of gifts from multiple showers, with celebrations in the workplace quite common. It is no longer necessary to wait until the child is born to give gifts, unless the mother-to-be prefers to wait until after she has given birth.

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