If you’re the lucky person who already has everything--maybe this isn’t your first child or you’ve already had more than one shower--here are several gift ideas to toss out to well-meaning friends and relatives:

• Diaper service for the first month. If you’re going to be a cloth-diaper user, this will be a big help.
• Cloth-diapering system. Again, if you’re going with cloth, these diaper-and-cover combos are convenient.
• A personal chef or a housekeeper for a day, a week, or a month. Having someone else do the cooking or the cleaning can really help parents get a much-needed break. For more information about a personal chef, contact the American Personal and Private Chef Association at www.personalchef.com. National cleaning services can be found online by putting “house cleaning services” in the search function.
• A birth and/or post-partum doula--a person trained to provide emotional, physical, and educational support for women and their families. For more information, and to locate a doula in your area, log onto the Web site for Doulas of North America at www.dona.org.
• A gift certificate to a local day spa. Let someone else care for you for a change!

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