Silver: a Timeless Gift for Your Child

Celebrating the birth of a child is a tradition that dates back to ancient civilizations. The birth of a child is seen as a momentous occasion and it only seems right that every culture would celebrate the growth of their community. From these ancient civilizations the modern day baby shower has become a means to celebrate the future birth of a newborn child.

Today’s incarnation of baby shower celebrations tend to be somewhat extravagant, large and extremely planned out. They are festive occasions that can see guest lists that range from small groups of family and friends to celebrations that last days and incorporate an entire town or village. Generally baby showers tend to be a tradition in families and their perception of how to have one tends to stay the same from generation to generation.

Baby shower gifts tend to have a very wide range of practicalities from the useful parental necessities like bottles, diapers and the basic necessities that it will take to keep a baby comfortable to more extravagant gifts like baby clothes, baby furniture and monitors.

A trend in heirloom style gifts has been surfacing as excellent baby shower gifts. Recently silver baby gift have become very popular for several reasons. One such reason is their heirloom potential. Throughout childhood many items will become heirlooms and will be kept safe for future children. Many of the items become keepsakes simply due to a child’s love but some become keepsakes because of their value and their beauty. Silver baby gifts have the potential to be both because they are not only valuable; in most cases they are also very functional.

A gift made from silver is washable and non-toxic to babies so buying a baby a silver rattle is an excellent choice. The reflective properties of silver will have a child mesmerized for countless hours. Once the baby has outgrown the rattle it can easily be polished and put away for a keepsake so future children could use it. This could in no way be done with a plastic or wooden rattle for obvious reason.

Silver baby gifts will remain very popular for a long time and present a great cost/value ratio. It doesn’t matter if you desire a beautiful heirloom for your child, an investment in precious metals or simply a beautiful toy for your child to play with. Investing in silver gifts for a child is a risk free choice.