What to buy a baby who has everything?

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bylromarha wrote: »

Would this be appropriate?!

Well considering the reviews of this book date back to 1998 I would dare say then that the spoiling of a child it not a new phenomena. Why do you feel the need to be so rude?

Sezzagirl

Can I suggest that you look at the Royal Mint and get a set of coins to commemorate her first birthday.

You can get a beautifully presented set for a child of uncirculated coins and they would be super easy to post

Like this


http://www.royalmint.com/shop/the_2012_my_first_coins_gift_pack

BabyBoots

OP, you're not my brother in law's sister in law are you?

My niece also lives abroad, was born in January and is heading home for two weeks at Christmas.

I just asked my sister what her daughter would like, and she suggested something she actually needs, that was reasonably priced and only available from a UK store.

I like the idea of a family photo book, but in my humble opinion, the ones on the love to read website linked above didn't look brilliant - I didn't like the whole page advert at the end. Given that the photo layout and text is so simple, it should be easy to put together something bespoke on a standard photobook website, albeit with thick pages.

I know my niece's parents will get her anything material that she wants, so I'm just going to enjoy giving her lots of Aunty cuddles and playing with her instead of getting a flashy gift she's too young to appreciate.

krlyr

How about a twist on the photo book - buy some of the special paper available for printing onto fabric and print family photos onto a nice soft linen or similar? Then 'bind' it by stitching them all together. It's not going to be a totally babyproof 'toy' because you wouldn't want the baby ingesting any ink or swallowing stitches but it's something the baby could be given to flick through and look at once he starts recognising pictures/faces without worrying about papercuts or anything, and it's something a little bit more unusual than anything you can order online.
E.g. like this http://www.inhabitots.com/eco-friendly-fabric-book-helps-green-kis-learn-their-abcs/

podperson

What about maybe a personalised Christmas bauble/decoration? Nice for them to get out every year and for the child to hang on the tree when she's a bit older. We used to have a lot of older decorations and when we kids half the fun of trimming the tree was getting them all out, hearing where they were from, talking about who gave them us/had them previously etc.

lena22

Thanks - these are all really great ideas. I particularly like the idea of bunting - I'm considering making her some with her name on as, like Emmarillo says, it is hopefully something she can keep when older. Also like the idea that it's something very British which is nice when growing up in a different culture. I'm ok at sewing and arty stuff - just need to find the time to get it all organised!

Love the idea of photobooks and the fabric book idea as well so think I'll look into those. Also the Robert Sabuda books are beautiful - not seen these before - going to makle a mental note (or add to amazon wishlist!) for future gifts when she's a little older.

daddygetsjumpedon

How about something personalised. This is a great site... littlebirdiehouse. co. uk

Jinx

A swarovski duck - they are ornaments that are collectable in gorgeous bright colours.

steve-L

tyllwyd wrote: »

To be honest, I think you are going to struggle to find a toy appropriate for a one year old which is going to be kept long term. At that age, anything they love is going to be sucked, bashed, lost and grown out of. I would either give a little toy for them to play with now, or if it is a special longer term gift, buy something which you can send directly to their home abroad and the parents can keep it safe.

At one they won't even know "it's a present"...... nor who bought it!

I bought my own son a Atlas ... It was a year old (cheaper) but also its from the YEAR he was born. I also kept a few of 'higher brow' magazines (like the Economist) ...

My reason for this is that the world was very different back in 1968 when I was born, countries have changed etc.

Now whenever there is a significant news event (such as the Arab spring) I print out some summary of the news as a record for him of how the world he was born into has changed.

The best present I heard of (IMHO) was a friend who was given 12 bottles of wine for her birth. These were carefully chosen to be worth a lot when she turned 18....
However that means you need someone to help chose and somewhere to store them!

parsnipnose

bylromarha wrote: »

Would this be appropriate?!

Saucer of milk for table number 9 MIAOW!