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Gift ideas for FTM

tashala107tashala107 member
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My husband's brother and his wife just had their first baby last week. Our first niece! :) We want to gift them something helpful, not just another "thing" to take up space in their house.  

Food service, meals delivered, house cleaning, massive amounts of diapers, a magical fairy that will help their baby sleep at night instead of all day? I'm struggling. 

Looking for suggestions. To the already moms out there, what would you have loved to receive soon after you brought your LO home? 


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  • MCH77MCH77 member
    If you feel like spending the $$$... Cleaning is amazing.

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  • nj001nj001 member
    Food service or cleaning is a FTM life-saver.  Either way, it will be a win.
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  • jlbaker08jlbaker08 member
    those are good ideas!  food would be nice, I'm not sure I would've wanted to have to put pants on or do the "clean before the clean" if I'd had a maid service come during the first few weeks.  
    You might also consider a gift card to their close-by favorite restaurant and babysit for 2-3 hours while they take decent showers and go eat together.
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  • Beachy730Beachy730 member
    Food for sure. Either a freezer meal that they can heat up when ready, or gift cards to restaurants that have take out or better yet deliver to them.
    Also the babysitting idea is good, but can also put the parents in an awkward position if they aren't comfortable leaving the baby with someone yet. Offer to come over for a few hours to do anything at all they need, whether it's to watch baby so they can sleep, or do their laundry, wash dishes, vacuum, grocery shop or whatever else they need done. That way it's not putting pressure on them to leave the baby alone and gives them an opportunity for someone else to take care of shit piling up.
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  • MisSmartyPantsMisSmartyPants member
    Cleaning or food. They will probably love you forever lol. And...it is really considerable and nice of you.
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  • valigrl21valigrl21 member
    Freezer meals are a new moms BFF!

    If she's breastfeeding, you could also do a little basket for her with lanolin, breast pads, nursing tanks, a water bottle or tumbler, easy snacks like granola bars. Maybe a cute nursing necklace - she won't use it right away but it's nice to think some day you will look human again.
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  • yelah250yelah250 member
    Definitely a meal or two...but for gifts for the baby - miracle blanket and nose Frida.
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  • tashala107tashala107 member
    Thanks for the input, ladies! :) Much appreciated!

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