Baby Shower Wish List

My friend Heather wanted to throw me a baby shower here before I go home in 2 weeks.
But there simply isn't enough time because all my friends are away at the moment due to the week-long Bayram holiday.
Also baby showers are a pretty American concept, and I've only ever been to one in my life...the one we threw for Christy in May this year. (it was really fun with GREAT food I got catered by another friend, Ayse)
Wonder if anyone will throw me one in SG?

Anyway Heather was talking about typical baby shower gifts and she said she was surprised that most people here almost ALWAYS give clothes as baby gifts. After all, new parents are already SWAMPED with clothes as gifts, and often the baby grows too fast to even wear them.

Heather said that in the US, friends and family usually get stuff that the new parents would REALLY need, like a Pack n Play foldable cot or a Diaper Genie.

Diaper Genie? What's that? It was the first time in my life I heard that term. Well, she explained what it was, and WOW! I'm impressed! ALL NEW PARENTS SHOULD GET THIS! How come no one EVER told me this existed?

Here's how it works: (from Wiki)

"Diaper Genie, a creation of entrepreneur John Hall, is a baby diaper disposal system. The unit consists of a large plastic container with a plastic lid. The system seals diapers individually in a scented film to protect against germs and odors. By opening the lid on the top of the canister, a soiled diaper may be inserted into the "mouth" of the container. After inserting the diaper, the lid is replaced and twisted 3 full rotations to seal the diaper inside. After the container is filled with dirty diapers, it can be emptied by unlatching the bottom of the canister, where the diapers fall out still individually sealed."



How cool is that??? An easy clean way to deal with stinky poopy nappies.
Considering that new babies need to be changed 10-12 times A DAY for the first few months, this is GREAT!
It retails for about US$50 in the US. How come this isn't widely available elsewhere?
Definitely never seen one in Turkey, or France or even Singapore for that matter.

So if anyone wants to get us one as a baby gift INSTEAD of clothes, PLEASE DO!
Getting hold of the refiil bags is another issue....but I was told you could sorta work it out with regular trash bags.

So start hunting this down for me folks!