What’s a nice gift to celebrate baby’s birth? And also one for the parents?

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1. For parents takeaway vouchers, not money because that will be spent on something else but something like that. And also take food with you. When my son was born there’s nothing I appreciated more than when my best friend and his wife came to meet him and they bought a picnic with them that we had on the floor of the living room and we ate while they held him.

2. I gave my sister a kit with white clay and a beautiful frame so they could imprint baby’s feet, they really liked it!

3. I’ve given a few of my female friends and their partners spa days close to where they live. I just made sure the expiry date wasn’t like 1 month lol so they can use it up to 6 months/1 year later, when they’re over the “worst”. By that time most babies are in a routine and the parents can take a few hours out for themselves and leave the bambino with Nana etc.

   Edit: I agree with the food thing too. The parents will be exhausted so bring over meals or ask them if they want you to order something for delivery.

4. For the kid, something sentimental that will last is good if you have the energy to make or find something. The best gift we got was a colourful quilted baby blanket with the kid’s name quilted on it. Only change I’d suggest is making it a little bigger as there’s limited use for baby size blankets after a year (but still a cool decoration).

   For the parents – delicious home cooked food of any kind.

5. If you can swe then can you make baby a Teddy. For you friend either food like others have said or when baby is 1-2 weeks old offer to do some deep cleaning or washing for them.

6. We have sewn lots of little drool bibs for friends’ babies. Super easy to make (look up bib or bandana bib patterns), you can make like half a dozen in a set. I then embroidered them with the baby’s name when I knew it.

   I have also painted things for their nursery. I’ve usually asked them what they wanted, if there was a nursery theme etc. I’ve ended up painting things like elephants, dinosaurs and balloons in a illustrative style (think children’s book) which goes into frames for the nursery.

   For parents, we’ve usually made food. Things they can reheat easily. I once made breakfast muffins (homemade English muffins with egg, sausage and cheese) that were wrapped in foil and could be reheated from frozen – my new mother friend asked for more! We’ve also made things like pies, curries/dahl, beef stroganoff, chilli… They can be quite high effort meals to make which new parents don’t have time for, but they freeze and reheat really easily.

7. Popular gifts in my circle include super basic stuff like muslins, bibs and babygros in a variety of sizes. Plain white/solid coloured ones. The kind you can get from a supermarket in multi-packs. No matter how many you think you need, the baby will find a way to spit up or poop on all of them.

   As for arty – if you’re good at sewing, could you make a stuffed toy? A teddy bear or something? Could be played with or used as decor in the nursery.

8. I crocheted two different sized blankets for my nephew. Also made a care package filled with baby products. Like shampoo, nappy creams, body washes, that sort of thing. And a few products for mum, badidas, breast and maternity pads. Other useful like bits, as well as a few baby clothes, toys and a handprint kit.

9. OOH if you knit or crochet then make either a baby blanket or a stuffed toy!!! I’ve made gifts for babies before and those are always loved. There’s loads of yarns marketed towards babies for their softness

   (if you make the stuffed toy don’t use bead/glass eyes as they are a choking hazard, embroider them on)

   If you want to help the parents out, then care products for baby like pacifiers, bibs etc are good