Please help - need present for new baby (merged threads)

RufusA

Personally whilst clothes are nice, I found that a lot of the baby clothes we were given weren't used.

A lot of the upto 9lbs "newborn" stuff our baby had grown out of within a week or two. Most of the really pretty "cute" clothes had buttons down the back and frilly collars which were a pain to put on, probably uncomfortable for the baby, and even harder to take off when saturated with baby sick. After the first week they wore nothing but budget multi-pack baby grows with poppers down the front / legs.

The one thing we really needed was support! If money is tight I'd suggest printing some certificates offering support i.e.

IOU 2 hours baby free time to get some sleep.
IOU a home cooked meal.
IOU fetch and carry your food shopping

etc.

If you want to buy something then gifts for the parents are really appreciated i.e. a box of chocolates, or snacks you can pig at 3AM to keep you going.

HTH - Rufus.

Maisie

You have to buy £100 worth but what about premium bonds?. perhaps a few of you could club together for them.
Something nice to keep. Winnie the Pooh and other figurines are collectable and nice for a new nursery.
The Post office does a set of coins for the baby's birth year. That would be nice to keep.
A first tooth silver or china box. first curl box etc.
set of nice children's china. ie wedgewood do a children's range. The Peter rabbit china is nice too.
Or give them a small cheque to start a savings account or put in with the Child's trust fund.
Hope this helps.

sooz

i agree with rufus, babysitting or home cooked meals, and maybe a small token gift....if you can knit, something homemade and simple like a blanket, or hat.

and if they have an older sibling/s, don't forget them. even something really small like a - sugar free- sweet or some stickers....else they will get really jealous that the new baby is getting all the attention.

dragonfly02

here

is a site with a few printable vouchers, they are great for all occasions especially when you forgot a birthday was coming up

mhoc

smartiepants wrote:

Hi
I understand its difficult to budget for things like this, but what would be one of the greatest presents, than a voucher offering so many nights babysitting services over the next year or so, I imagine that like most new parents, they have received loads of babygrows and cute outfits, but babies grow out of these so quickly, a pressie of babysitting would be original and more importantly cost you nothing but time.
I hope that this helps you.

Good idea. I would have loved for someone when my gang were little, just to take them out for a couple of hours, swings and park, driving around the block, anything just as long as I could have some time to myself just to sleep and wash and have a meal without interuption!

Mary

jellyhead80

You can get some lovely photo albums for reasonable prices (under £5) from Matalan and Wilkinsons, really lovely quality, I also just bought some at a reduced price from sainsburys, but you could find a nice one anywhere, i always think this makes a nice present. What i did for my sister when she had a baby (if your feeling creative) was to buy a photoframe and some of the airdry clay from a craft shop (about £3) and make one of those imprints of his hands and feet, it worked really well and looked lovely on my nephews nursery wall - i put a little picture and his name, DOB in it etc.
Hope this helps
x

p.s if your looking for outfits, Asda's George is always worth a look!

sooz

Maisie wrote:

Something nice to keep. Winnie the Pooh and other figurines are collectable and nice for a new nursery.
set of nice children's china. ie wedgewood do a children's range. The Peter rabbit china is nice too.
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sorry, just had to say my son was given stuff like that and i just HATE it. no offense, but i just hate anything that could be termed a 'nick-nack'. what's worse is i have to keep it on display when the giver comes round.

:rotfl:

ti1980

Thanks to all of you for some really great ideas.

I'm useless at cooking and one of my friends who has just had a baby is a wonderful cook so any offerings that I attempted would be laughed at (not to my face!)
The babysitting idea is a really good one though again one of my friends has a ready made babysitter in the MIL which is mainly why they moved almost a year ago as they had just started trying for their baby.
They are pretty well off too so I don't want to give money.

I will have a good think, thanks again for some brilliant ideas, knew I could count on you guys.

LillieFlower

When a mate of mine had her baby last year, I couldn't afford to get her much, so picked up some practical (butt cheap!) bits like talc and baby bath, etc. so that I could physically give her something as a little pressie, then arranged to go round and clean her bathroom and kitchen. As the poor girl could barely walk, never mind scrub her toilet, she really appreciated this, and I felt that I'd made more of a personal contribution to helping her out.

sweetp_3

This is proberly to late, but i had a baby 2 months ago, and the best thing anybody brougt me was a bathseat. They baby can sit in the bathseat, and it leaves you with both hands free to wash ect. It is only about £8 from most babyshops.