Ideas For New Baby Gifts

If any of your friends or family have announced the imminent arrival of a new baby in recent months, you might be thinking about what you can get them as a gift to welcome the new boy or girl into the world.

Buying gifts for babies can be challenging, especially if you don’t have children of your own. But if you’d like to get something a bit more personal than a babygrow or a changing mat, there are a host of unique gifts out there that new parents will love (and that the new arrival will appreciate when they’re a bit older).

Best in AU recently offered some advice on how to pick the perfect gift. It suggests that if you’re purchasing something practical - like clothing or a toy - you should make sure it can be used or worn within the next year, to avoid it getting put in a cupboard and forgotten about.

If you’re not sure exactly what might be useful, you could ask a friend who already has children what they’d have found useful at this stage in their child’s life.

Of course, you don’t have to buy a practical present - you could purchase something to commemorate the birth of the baby. Something that’s personal to the parents and child can be a great keepsake and be treasured for years to come.

For example, ordering baby word art, which features details about the birth, such as the date and time of the baby’s arrival, as well as its weight and even where it was delivered, can be a wonderful addition to a nursery wall.

Before Christmas, Marmite revealed the nation’s most loved and hated Christmas gifts, noting that seven in ten people believe something with their name on it would show thought and consideration from the person giving it. That’s worth bearing in mind when you’re buying presents at any time of the year.