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Making nappy caddy baby gifts, good idea or waste of time?

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Creamcrackeredknackered · 03/03/2026 20:26

Hi!
As a fairly new mum I was thinking today how handy my nappy caddy is. Obviously it's a very simple thing but I like how it makes nappy changes a bit less of a faff.
It got me thinking about making up nappy caddy gift boxes - so they're have some nappies, wipes and cream. Plus a few baby vests and long sleeves. Maybe a hairbrush, bubble bath and shampoo. A comforter or teddy, some muslins. Just a few ideas, but just really packed up with nice stuff.
Do you think people would buy these as presents for expecting mums or would it be a waste of time do you think? Obviously there's nothing stopping people doing their own but I was thinking of them as baby shower gifts etc.
Yabu - boring idea, don't bother.
Yanbu - give it a go!

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APatternGrammar · 04/03/2026 08:37

It's an easy enough idea to try out without much risk. Put a photo on FB marketplace and see if you get any orders (obviously you'll have to be ready to buy the contents at short notice if the orders do come in).
Everyone has different preferences and one gift won't please everyone. Your audience is the buyer of the gift not the receiver, and many buyers won't have babies and won't have their own preferences for things like this.

GrannyAchingsShepherdsHut · 04/03/2026 20:58

Tigerbalmshark · 03/03/2026 21:12

Just a storage item. Not everyone has a changing table (we just used a mat on the bathroom floor).

Ah, right. Thank you, and @Kingdomofsleepit is pretty much what I was imagining then I think.

I just used the changing bag for those sort of times, but it's obviously a thing people find useful!

Besidemyselfwithworry · 04/03/2026 21:00

NeverDropYourMooncup · 03/03/2026 21:05

Trouble is that one baby shower later, someone has 15 hairbrushes/bottles of shampoo and a kid who doesn't have more than 3cm of hair by the time they're five, 45 muslins and vests that don't fit by the time the kid is 6 weeks old, enough blankets to kit out a cattery - and still haven't got an insulated no spill coffee mug or anything for them, so they're drinking cold tea and wondering what exactly to do with a teddy bear clone army.

Love this
so so true!

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