Present for a niece/nephew

[sc0tt]

Sister is due to have her first baby in the next few weeks and I am after a gift\gifts for her and the baby (sex is unknown).

Can anyone recommend anything for both mother and a gift for the neice\nephew?

Thanks

[mcbook]

sc0tt said:

Sister is due to have her first baby in the next few weeks and I am after a gift\gifts for her and the baby (sex is unknown).

Can anyone recommend anything for both mother and a gift for the neice\nephew?

Thanks

Having had a baby not so long ago things you might want to consider are;

A nice blanket - easy to get a unisex blanket and will definitely get used
Vests - pretty boring but unisex vests are easy and will be appreciated (you can never have enough)
Cuddly Toy - the baby won't be able to play with it for a while but will look nice sitting in the nursery
Voucher - people at work got us an M&S voucher and although not very personal, it was very handy and enabled us to buy stuff as we needed it

For the mum I'd get flowers and a spa/salon voucher or something like that.

[Itsallicanafford]

I would usually presume that they have all the Basics covered so books are always good.

'that's not my (lion, duck, tractor, etc etc etc' range of books are very good and they will get a good 6 months out of them...

For the Mum, how about a card with 3 home made IOU Baby sitting vouchers inside, in a few months time they will bite your hand off for some quality time off...

[essayer]

The best present for mum would involve being a support once the baby's born; especially after dad's gone back to work; if you can be available to go shopping, run errands, take baby for a walk, cook dinner/batches of food to freeze etc - that would be far more appreciated than a teddy or pack of muslins or whatever. Don't wait to be asked to offer your help.

For baby, if parents are organised, they will probably have everything the baby needs for the first three months. When the baby's born they have lots of duplicates of things in that size. So think longer term.. (bear in mind a baby born in Dec will want warmer spring clothes for the 3-6 months range..)

Either way don't buy clothes until the baby is born and you know what size he/she is. Don't waste money on expensive baby clothes especially t-shirts/trousers etc. They are a rip off.

A nice quality blanket is a good idea, maybe a 'swaddle cloth'.

Edited by essayer on Monday 16th November 13:18

[Kenty]

Best thing ever is a 'flat ted' they love them from birth to about 5.

[Willy Nilly]

You can get those cuddle towel things. I got my nieces an oak tree sapling each which we planted at whats left of my dads farm.

I also bought a load of baby consumables, cotton buds, soap, talc, blar, blar. My sister got some girly stuff to make her smell nice and her husband got beer.

[mcbook]

Also thought about food...

The last thing you can be bothered doing with a new baby in the house is cooking so either make a load of lasagne or something else that can be frozen in portions. Or if you're not a chef, buy a load of nice ready-meals from M&S to go in the freezer.

Not very glamorous and maybe not 'a present' but will be very helpful for the family.

[soad]

A gold coin?

http://www.royalmint.com/our-coins/ranges/gold-coi...

[sc0tt]

Some good suggestions thank you chaps.

I'm thinking a playmat.
Some ready meals.
Bottle of champagne for after the baby is born and one for the shower (even if she ca't drink).

[SGirl]

Baby sleeping bags are always good. (Have a look for Grobags.) Babies can't escape from them, so they don't get cold in the night.

[opieoilman]

We were given one of these and it's been absolutely brilliant.

http://www.boots.com/en/Fisher-Price-Rainforest-Ju...

Although quite a simple thing really, it gave us somewhere to put him while we took a shower, went to the toilet, made a drink etc. It's a present for both of them, the kid as they seem to love playing in it, your sister as she gets a few minutes peace

[mcbook]

opieoilman said:

We were given one of these and it's been absolutely brilliant.

http://www.boots.com/en/Fisher-Price-Rainforest-Ju...

Although quite a simple thing really, it gave us somewhere to put him while we took a shower, went to the toilet, made a drink etc. It's a present for both of them, the kid as they seem to love playing in it, your sister as she gets a few minutes peace

I've got this thing, also given as a present. It is really good and, surprisingly, it's a great way of getting our wee guy to sleep. Bounce him up and down while singing and he's off to sleep in no time :-)

[essayer]

The jumperoo is amazing but one day you will try to put them in and they will scream, and that will be the end of it

[sbird]

As a christening gift, I went with a modern pocket watch for my nephew and a vintage locket for my niece. Both are engraved with their names. It's hard to tell what's going to seem right in 20 years time.

Both of them also got large fluffy cuddly toy animals too. Didn't occur to me to get my sister a present.

[Landlord]

sc0tt said:

Some good suggestions thank you chaps.

I'm thinking a playmat.
Some ready meals.
Bottle of champagne for after the baby is born and one for the shower (even if she ca't drink).

And a flesh light for the dad.