March 2011 Moms
Thank you gifts for hospital visitors?
I was talking to my mom earlier and she asked me what I had picked as thank you gifts for people that come visit me and LO in the hospital and at home afterward. I have never heard of giving gifts or favors for hospital visitors before and I told her that. She said that it is customary and that she did it with my brother, sister and I. I do remember the favors that she made forwhen my brother was born but i thought she used them as baby shower favors not hospital favors. She is from Mexico so it may be a customary thing to do there but I have never heard of it done here. Have any of y'all?
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Re: Thank you gifts for hospital visitors?
NOT COMMON!!! Do not worry about it. I've only ever heard of this once before and it was on the bump. If I showed up at the hospital to visit a friend who just had a baby and they gave me a gift, I'd be so confused.
My opinion exactly!! I have never, ever heard of giving thank you gifts out to hospital visitors.
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I think we're doing this but we're looking at it as like when DH gave out cigars when DD was born. It's not really as big of a deal as people are making it out to be.
We got candy bar wrappers and some hershey's bars to wrap. DH is doing the work so I'm not really worrying about it. And they'll go to the nurses and Drs too so it's an easy thank you from us.
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Thank them for WHAT? For coming to the hospital and intruding on my time with my new family after I've just gone through the most painful experience of my life?
I'd sooner give thank you favors to the people who stay home and leave me alone. lol.
Wow I guess it is a cultural thing! When my mom asked me yesterday I honestly thought she was crazy. I guess since I had never heard of it done here in the states before I thought she was making it up. I probably still won't do it because I am sure there will be many other things on my mind right after giving birth that have nothing to do with handing out gifts to visitors. I do like the idea of thanking the hospital staff though.
It is called "Baby hospital kit" and it's the cutest thing parents prepare for the baby's visitors. It's a way to greet them and to make them feel part of the celebration of having a new family member , not a "thank you gift" . We prepare lots of stuff with our baby's name . We personalize eveything, from wáter bottles to chips, candies, etc.
You can take all of the "greeting material" to the hospital so everyone who goes to visit you can take a cute snack , or you can leave it at home, so you won't have to prepare coffee or anything else for your guests because everyone can help theriselves with all that you have in the kit.
Maybe it's a cultural thing but it's super common here in Mexico, and it's so nice to have everyone around you enjoying stuff you prepared for your baby. It's like a tiny party for you and your newborn.