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Gift for co-worker who just delivered?

valeivegasvaleivegas member
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I usually bring my friends flowers & a balloon or something to the hospital when I visit them after they just had a baby.  I'm going to be visiting my co-worker who just had a baby this weekend at the hospital - are flowers ok, or should I get her a box of diapers or something?  We're not super close - just work friends. 
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Re: Gift for co-worker who just delivered?

  • NSLNSL member
    I wouldn't take her anything at the hospital, but do bring her a hot meal when she gets home.  It's such a PITA to carry vases of flowers and bags of gifts down to the car when you're discharged, and I know the post-baby gifts I appreciated most all involved food I didn't have to cook when we got home.
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  • valeivegasvaleivegas member
    thanks for the tip - it's a good idea!
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    imageNSL:
    I wouldn't take her anything at the hospital, but do bring her a hot meal when she gets home.  It's such a PITA to carry vases of flowers and bags of gifts down to the car when you're discharged, and I know the post-baby gifts I appreciated most all involved food I didn't have to cook when we got home.

     

    I totally agree, there is nothing worse than lugging vases and gifts down to the car they day you have to go home.   I agree with a hot meal or you can always pick up a few treats for her and her hubby to eat while staying at the hospital.  I loved getting pastries  or healthy snack food.  Even a gift card for a restuarant or pizza joint that does take out....better yet delivers!

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  • Lovedan1Lovedan1
    I really wouldn't want someone I wasn't super close with to visit me in the hospital. 
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  • TiffanyTheMomTiffanyTheMom member

    When my co-workers delivered, I'd visit them in the hospital and bring them a super soft, really huge baby blanket. They're perfect for swaddling cold-weather babies. And, maybe a blanket clip or two so it'll stay on the stroller. Not anything big, just a small something they can use.

     

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  • TheQuietGrrrlTheQuietGrrrl member

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    I really wouldn't want someone I wasn't super close with to visit me in the hospital. 

    I gotta say, I'm heavily leaning towards this, to the point of indicating in hospital info that my name be kept confidential in their logs of who's in what room, only one work BFF will know as it's happening, and she's sworn to secrecy until its all done.  If one work friend shows up, then I'd have to put up with all of them and that's way too many people and some I'd prefer not to deal with at all. 

    I'd leave food or gift cards for some place that delivers.  Either send in the mail or at minimum call before you show up at their house.

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  • McCaskeysMomMcCaskeysMom
    The DH and I always cook a big lasagna and section it in four or five 2-portion foodsaver bags, plus an apple pie for now and deliver to the house - it's always a hit!  There's nothing like being able to pull a 15 minute meal out of the freezer when you're trying to get the new baby settled. 
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  • EmjayTheHuntedEmjayTheHunted member

    This is just my opinion, but the whole "cook for them and bring them a meal" thing kind of skeeves me out. 

    I don't know if they're a good cook, if their kitchen is clean, or if her hands have been washed when she handles the food.  I don't know if her husband comes by and sticks his finger in the plate to try it, or anything else.  If someone brought me food, I'd smile, say thank you, and then I doubt I'd eat it unless it was someone I knew VERY well. 

    Blech.  

    And, at our hospital, they have a big little tikes red wagon you roll down with you to bring all your gifts down, and they roll the mom and baby out.  

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  • wda519wda519
    I agree with Emjay! I wouldn't want homemade food from someone I'm not close with. I'd get her something useful for baby.
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  • McCaskeysMomMcCaskeysMom

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    I agree with Emjay! I wouldn't want homemade food from someone I'm not close with. I'd get her something useful for baby.

     

    I hadn't thought of that :) but it is a valid point.  Gift cards for a delivery place is probably a safer choice and totally useful.  

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