An idea for someone wondering what to buy for a baby shower gift.

For some reason whilst I was having a shower just now, I had a flashback of just after I had had my first son. I was still numb from the anaesthetic and laying on the bed in the delivery room. The doctor had just stitched me up and boy was I in a mess. I looked and felt gross.

Then a nurse walked in. "You ready to go have a shower?" "Ha!" was my reply. "I cant move!" My legs just didnt want to cooperate. She tried lifting me up to stand and walk to the shower, and..... nothing. So off she went to get a sponge and a bucket so she could give me a sponge bath instead.

I'll never forget the wierdness of having a woman wash my private parts. So so so wierd lol. But Ive gotta say, I was so grateful to my mum as she bought me the most lovely present before I had Nathen, its something so simple yet it really made my (very uncomfortable) day. It was soap. Youre probably thinking Mony you idiot, why are you bothering to write advice about soap, but seriously, it wasnt your normal Imperial Leather stuff you can get at Woolies, this was the most lovely smelling soap Ive ever smelt. I think she got it from the body shop or something like that. She also got me the softest face washer she could find, and some talcum powder. Even the nurse commented on how nice the soap was. And from feeling like I had been hit by a mack truck after the birth of my son, I went to feeling like a million bucks. All from a cake of soap.  Its amazing how nice you can feel after something traumatic, just by having a relaxing bath/shower/sponge bath, whatever the case may be.

So in case youre wondering what to buy for that baby shower you have just been invited to, by all means get the baby something, but dont forget about the new mum. Something as simple as a nice cake of soap could make her day.