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Unique Baby Gifts
When shopping for a gift for new parents I prefer to look for something a bit unique and memorable. The first thing I usually do is to take into account what the parents enjoy and what the family is likely to do together. Knowing about the parent’s lives and preferences helps you to pick out the perfect unique gift for their new little bundle of joy.
For a family member who is an avid runner and exercise fanatic, a jogging stroller would be a prefect gift. If the family rides their bikes everywhere, then a bike trailer-stroller would be a great option. If they are hikers or campers, then a baby sling or backpack might be a nice gift option.
Baby gifts which stick to a common family theme are often the most appreciated and well used gifts you can purchase. For a college alumni there are often little outfits, jackets and child-sized items like chairs available from the college they attended. For a military family there are some great camouflage onesies and little outfits available. For a baseball fan you can get a small baseball bat personalized with the baby’s name on it. For a football fan a good gift is a jersey of the parent’s favorite player.
Babies love to look at things. To keep the little one quiet in their crib, and give the parents an extra special gift of a few minutes of sleep, there are some amazing mobiles available today. Some are able to be customized with photos of friends and family. While my children didn’t care for the black and white mobiles, they did enjoy the ones with bright colored animals or shapes.
As baby gets a bit older they also enjoy playing with a crib toy set. The parents attach the crib toys to the side of the crib and the baby has all kinds of things they can safely play with and explore on it. Crib toys are made to be 100% safe for baby and help mom and dad out as well.
Since babies are only little for a short period of time, it’s also nice to get a gift that will allow the parents to look back and enjoy their child as they were as a baby. If you do scrapbooking maybe you could volunteer to make a book for the baby. If you are able to do photography you could offer to take the baby for an afternoon and photograph them. This would give the parents some time-off and some great photos of their little one as well.
The most unique baby gift I received was a digital camera. In this day and age technology is inexpensive enough that you could give the new parents a digital camera or digital video camera. There is no single better gift than the gift of pictures and movies of a child when they are little!
Whatever you decide to give as a baby gift will be appreciated and treasured as long as you spend some time and try to make your gift a bit unique. It’s important to take a little bit of time and show the proud new parents that you put some thought and effort into selecting the perfect gift for their new little bundle of joy. |
