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Rumor has it Superstorm Sandy spawned a baby boom, and it’s just around the corner this summer. If you’re on the lookout for baby shower invitations for any reason, we’ve got some good book suggestions that make the perfect off-registry baby shower gifts. While it’s always safe to shop the baby registry, sometimes it’s those non-registry gift items new parents are most thankful for!

Books as Gifts for Your Next Baby Shower Invitation

Great With Child by Beth Ann Fennelly from Amazon.com

Great with Child by Beth Ann Fennelly.

This book is the ultimate baby shower gift because it brings so much relief from the barrage of anxiety-based books out about pregnancy, motherhood, and parenting in general. Buy this for the pregnant first-time mom. It’s a beautifully refreshing reminder of motherhood’s powerful moments that make it all worthwhile. Rave reviews confirm this book’s freshness and worthiness as a baby shower gift. Here’s a sampling of just some reader comments from Amazon:

• … a friend in the middle of the night, when pregnancy makes one feel lonely.
• …tackles some tough subjects that you rarely see in other books.
• …brought me to tears many times…it was so meaningful to have my feelings articulated in such a beautiful way.
• ….the antidote to all of the crazy out there.

Waiting for Birdy by Catherine Newnan

This is the perfect book to respond with for your next “mature mom” baby shower invitation or even in response to baby birth announcements if you want send a gift. It focuses on the feelings that come with the babies following the first. Many readers already know the author from her popular column on Babycenter.com (“Ben and Birdy”) and found this book a wonderful expansion of those posts. Citing a high entertainment value and a feel-good, everyday humility that the average parent relates to give solid ground for why this author is so widely read.

Bringing Up Bebe by Pamela Druckerman

This more controversial book choice is the perfect gift for the Francophile, but any parent interested in non-American influences in parenting would appreciate these research-based and anecdotal observations how the French do it (aren’t we always interested in the French?)  Tapping some of the same wisdom readers found from French Women Don’t Get Fat a few years back, this book explores the simple premise underlying French parenting: be involved but not obsessive. You’ll find many interesting if not always agreeable examples of how the French parent with a little less attachment and a lot more simplicity.

If it’s the actual baby shower invitations you need, take a look at the beautiful designs on www.looklovesend.com. You’ll also find coordinating baby thank you notes done in the same designs that also make a beautiful gift to accompany any of these books. All invitations and stationery is easily personalized by you online, and printed on premium heavy-weight card stock.