As soon as mother and baby are back home after the birth, the young family usually receives a huge number of gifts. Whether by post or personally delivered: Cards, clothes, toys, vouchers and much more are given away. But what exactly are suitable gifts for a newborn? What are the parents happy about? And how can you find a truly unique gift?
When you ask people what gifts are for a newborn, the answers are almost always the same: clothes like rompers, socks, caps or jackets are at the top of the list.
Toys, such as grasping toys or music boxes, are also popular gifts. Others prefer to give blankets, sleeping bags or crawling blankets. If you want to spend a little more, you might even give away a changing backpack or a baby carrier.
These are all wonderful, useful gifts that make the first months with the baby more beautiful and easier for the parents. However, you only need a limited number of rompers for a baby, and one or at most two music boxes are usually more than enough.
And a changing backpack is certainly enough. For most families, however, more rompers, music boxes and grasping toys for newborns accumulate after the birth than are needed.
But what is the alternative? Because, of course, new parents are happy to receive a gift for their newborn. To avoid adding to the mountain of double and triple gifts, you can do two things: Ask the baby's parents if they have a wish list. If they do, you can choose the right gift here.
If you prefer to surprise the parents, you can opt for a personalised gift. And it's much easier than you might think.
A personalised gift for a newborn is usually personalised with the child's name, a photo of the child or the date of birth. It is therefore a gift that has been made especially and exclusively for that newborn. Personalised gifts are as unique as the baby itself.
Personalised gifts for babies are usually not just purely utilitarian items, but long-term keepsakes. Self-made collages, blankets sewn or knitted by hand, painted clothes and co. usually find their way into the baby's memory box after use.
However, the production of such personalised baby gifts is usually time-consuming. In addition, the production sometimes requires creativity and manual skills. But how can you create a personalised gift for a newborn baby when there is little time or creativity?
Whereas in the past it was really only possible for creative people and those with a talent for handicrafts to design personalised gifts for newborns, this option is now open to everyone: The new technical achievements have made it possible.
The range of personalisable gifts for newborns is now so large that it is almost impossible to keep track of them all. Most of them can be designed even by people without strong creative skills, as products can be customised on the suppliers' websites. These personalisable baby gifts include, among others:
Of course, after the birth, the newborn baby is the centre of attention. After all, it is about welcoming this new person into the world. It is therefore understandable that at the time of birth, the newborn baby is given a gift first and foremost. However, it is also a nice gesture to surprise the new mother with a little something. After all, the birth of her child is also a milestone in her life. Here are a few suggestions for gifts that are suitable for the new mum:
The baby is growing up way too fast! That's why it's wonderful to give a footprint kit as a gift. With this, it is easy to take a footprint of the baby's tiny feet at home.
A voucher for a photo shoot for mum and baby is also a nice idea. In this way, this magical first time with the baby can be captured in a picture for eternity.
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How about a personalised baby poster? Surely the happy parents have proudly announced the name, height and weight of their little bundle of joy. This information is enough to create a personalised birth poster.
Instead of keeping the young family from starting their new family life with long visits, you could do the shopping for the parents. Have a shopping list sent to you and deliver everything to the door.
If there are already one or more older siblings, then offer yourself as a babysitter. Because a baby sibling can be very boring - even if the big child or children love it endlessly. And the parents may not have as much time to go to the playground.
As a general rule, the gift for the newborn is given after the birth and not before. Of course, you can also surprise the parents-to-be with a little something during pregnancy. But this should rather be a pregnancy diary, a basket of goodies for the pregnant woman and support with housework or gardening. Gifts for the baby are only given when the baby has arrived safely. It may sound superstitious, but that's how it's done.
Now, of course, the question arises as to when exactly "after birth" is. As a general rule, gifts for newborns are given within the first 100 days after birth. The closer you are to the family, the earlier you will be able to give your gifts.
There is also another (unwritten) rule: Only close relatives and friends give gifts in person. Everyone else sends them by post. Because in the first time with a baby, most families would rather not have to receive visitors. Anyone who has children knows that the first time with an (additional) baby is wonderful - and exhausting. Those who don't have children (yet) don't know that.
So if you've decided to surprise baby and mum with a personalised gift that's easy to create, here's how easy it is to create the baby poster:
On the website of you can take a look at the different versions of the baby poster. This way you can find out which design you - or the recipients of the gift - like best. Once you have decided on a design, you can easily design the poster online.
A configurator is integrated into the website. This can be operated quite intuitively. You don't need any previous graphic knowledge and you really don't have to be a computer ace.
You will be guided through the different options. You can enter the baby's name and date of birth. You can customise colours.
And of course you enter the birth size of the newborn so that the baby motif can be printed in 1:1 format. Now click on the order button. And then your personalised newborn gift will be ready within a maximum of three working days.
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Sometimes things have to happen a little faster: Maybe the baby was born earlier than planned. Or your own life was so turbulent that you had neither the time nor the leisure to look for the right gift for the newborn. Then you can still surprise parents and child with a baby poster: Even last-minute!
Simply buy a voucher for a baby poster on the website. You can then print it out at home and send it to the new parents or give it to them during a visit.