Baby Shower Gifts For Mom

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Seemantham, valaikappu and godh bharai gifts The ceremony that blesses an expectant mother goes by a different name in every part of India, and the name usually tells you which one you have been invited to. Seemantham, or seemantha and sreemantham, across the Telugu and Kannada south. Valaikappu in Tamil Nadu, named for the bangles slid onto the mother's arms, which is the heart of that version. Godh bharai in the north and in Hindi, meaning the filling of the lap. Shrimant, or shrimant sanskar, in Maharashtra. In English, simply the baby shower, though the Indian versions are older and rather different in feel: this is a blessing rather than a party, held in the later months, and the mother is the centre of it rather than the baby. That last point decides the gift. This occasion is one of the very few where the present is genuinely for the woman rather than for the child, and buying baby things at it is the most common mistake made by people attending their first. What to give her Silver is the traditional metal and it is what this collection is deepest in. A silver-plated keepsake presents beautifully on a day built around photographs, and it is hers rather than the household's, which matters at a function where almost everything else arriving is for a baby who is not born yet. Note that plating is a real layer of silver over a copper layer on a cast core rather than solid silver, so it must stay dry. See the plated range . The deities that suit are the household ones rather than the infant ones. Lakshmi for the home she is about to run differently, Ganesha for a beginning, and her family's own deity where you know it. A pocket temple is the practical choice, since a mother in the last months of pregnancy is often moving between her own home and her parents' for the delivery, and a shrine that closes travels with her. The Kamdhenu cow with her calf reads unusually well at this particular function, being a mother and a calf, and it is the safe choice when you do no