Baby shower gifts for a newborn, the splurge picks.

Impossibly soft bamboo that regulates temperature better than cotton. The gift a tired parent will quietly thank you for at 3am.

A powered swing with real motion settings — the thing that buys a new parent two free hands for twenty minutes. A splurge, and a sanity-saver.

The center-of-gravity lounger babies sink into. Where the baby ends up during every load of laundry.

A long soft wrap that keeps a newborn close and your hands free. The fourth-trimester lifesaver new parents don't know to ask for.

Sound machine, night light, and eventually a toddler time-to-wake clock. It earns its keep for years, not months.

The high chair that becomes a big-kid chair that becomes an adult chair. You buy it once. Grandparents: this is the one to go in on.

Overhead camera with real sleep insight, not just a grainy feed. A serious splurge — the whole family can chip in on this one.

The car seat that folds into a stroller in one motion. The big-ticket group gift — genuinely changes the first year's logistics.

A bedside bassinet that swivels right over to you — a lifesaver in the C-section-recovery and up-all-night weeks. The group-gift kind of practical.

The tiny shoes that actually stay on. A splurge, yes — but they photograph like a dream and get handed down.

A quiet cool-mist humidifier you don't mind seeing on the shelf. Small comfort that earns its keep all winter long.