I got a TON of babywash, shampoo, lotion, etc as gifts. Unfortunately my son is sensitive and has to use specific products. My best gift for my shower was a basket filled with items for myself and the baby. A good family friend/mother of 3 kids (two are under 3) put it together for me. Later she told me that she tried to get me some things that she didnt know she would need when she had her first, but that other people usually dont give. Some of the items included a tube of vaseline for my sons healing circumcison, now used to lubricate his thermometor, Packets of herbal sitz bath for me, alcohol for the umbilical stump, mylicon drops, infant tylenol, lanolin ointment, milk storage bags, breast pads, one playtex drop in bottle, aveeno baby wash, unscented CJs BUTTer and a box of baking soda for diaper rashes, a package of newborn disposable diapers and wipes, infant hangers (were great for all the outfits others got him as gifts), a bottle of infant laundry soap, cotton balls, infant Q tips, a breastfeeding bracelet to remind when he last ate and on what side, and a stuffed teddy bear. There was some other stuff as well, but thats what I can remember off the top of my head. All of the stuff was crammed into a wicker laundry basket, and had clear cellophane around it, with ribbons on it that match my nursery.
