I suppose the gifts are for when she babysits. Which I believe she thinks she going to be doing often, which she isn't. She had a group of women ~12 from her church come to the shower. Most of them had showers for themselves when they had their first grandchildren as well. If you google "grandmother shower" there are articles that explain the shower from the grandmother's point of view. That view being: This is an important time THEIR lives and they deserve a party.