I made one for our door. It's just a printout on cardstock with a ribbon to hang it by the doorbell. It works! Now that he's older, my son can sleep through anything, but I've held...

I love this! I buy old kid's science books for the illustrations/covers, and recently went nuts with a 2" circle punch and made a ton of circles thinking I would make them into a gar...

I love this so so so much.

I bought some safety window film from http://tapplastics.com/ that I was able to install myself on our glass-multipaned front door. It was easy to install and...

I've also ordered from craftcuts.com, and the letters came quickly and were just what I wanted! I got out my spray paint, but I think you can order them painted as well.

I put my guy's coming-home outfit on a cute wooden hanger and hung it on the wall in his nursery. I was so excited to put those size NB feetie pajamas on him after two months in the nicu with a mo...

Maybe try a paint-yer-own-pottery place? I have this - http://gifts.redenvelope.com/baby/deluxebabykeepsak...

Whoa, cranky party pants this morning. I love it! It's especially clever because it's hard to throw a baby-theme party for yourselves that doesn't come off as a gift-grab, and this ...

I have one, but it's mostly stocked with regifts, because we already had the item in question when he received it. So there are some books and videos and an odd Sesame Street remote control that w...

One more idea for the new-parent survival kit - a set of tiny screwdrivers, like you'd use for your computer. Great for getting into the battery compartments of swings/mobiles/soothers/toys/etc., ...

I think my most useful shower gift was the Little Noses/Tummies/Fevers emergency kit - it has small sizes of their whole line of products. I've given it a few times since. My default ...

At one co-ed shower I threw, I met each guest at the door of the hall we were using, and steered them to the present table, where the parents-to-be opened the present and exclaimed over its awesome...

We love the radio flyer push wagon, although we killed our backs pushing the boy around in it. It's not especially ergonomic for adults! I like that the sides are removable so you can have high s...

If you want a basic pattern that you can go nuts on, I recommend any of the Knitting Pure and Simple baby patterns - they're perfect top-down cardigans and pullovers that are easy to embellish with...

I don't think you can predict what is/isn't scary. I remember being terrified of a piece of embroidery my aunt made for my room - it was one of those sunbonnet girls holding some flowers, but as f...

We have the Land of Nod chair. So far, Isaac (2yo) is more enthusiastic about the big box the foam pieces came in than he is about the actual chair. I usually put the chair against a ...

If you do get a glider, my favorite thing about mine is the lock on the side that prevents it from gliding when I don't want it to. It also allows me to lock it in tipped-back position, which we u...

Forgot to add - the pressed glass insert is rather substantial and I don't think it would break easily once it's inside the cage.

Those bulkhead lights from home depot are pretty decent; they're actually made of plastic with a glass insert. I spray-painted mine silver (I heart you, Rustoleum Universal) before I put them up, ...

I ordered the La La Love You poster last week, and it arrived today! Can't wait to get it in a frame and up on the wall.