Baby gift ideas

[sista]

Hi girls,

I need to send a gift overseas for a baby girl who is 6 mo. What is a classy and great gift to send for the people who have everything for their princess??

Money isn't really an issue at this stage

[Arimeh]

my friends got DS a beautiful teddy bear that came with his name embroidered on it - his full name, and then his birth date on the back of it. It is absolutely gorgeous and the best gift I have received by far. If you want to know the name of the company they got it from, pm me and I'll provide details. Good luck!!

[sista]

That sounds really nice, but its not enough - thing is, this family helped me out so much when I was overseas. I can never ever repay them for their help, they are family but even so I'd like something really precious to give as a gift as a form of gratitude too.

You did bring to my mind about engraving the names of my cousin and his baby daughter on a locket as a gift for his wife but I'm not sure if that's appropriate. And this will be alongside another gift for the baby too.

[Mother Goose]

What about a bracelet for the child? Or even a locket for her as well as one for her Mum? I like your locket idea.

[{sarah}]

How about a little silver bracelet? I bought a gorgeous one for my goddaughter for her Christening a few months ago

[Captain]

Like Sarah and MG have said, a bracelet. But an idea I've seen used before was a charm bracelet. Then as each birthday comes you can add another charm that has special meaning.

[*noni*e*]

someone gave me a charm that splits in half its a heart and it has mother and daughter written on it Ash wears hers on a little bracelet that has her name and dob engraved on it and i wear mine on a necklace.. i almost cried when i opened up the little charm its really special to me

[LiddlePixie]

i also think i charm bracelet is a great idea, i got one from my aunty when i was born with 9 charms on it - 1 for each month & every birthday she sends me a new charm... it'll be passed onto scarlet when she's older.

[sista]

Ohh that's a nice idea girls - they are jewellers too though, the whole family my cousin his dad his uncle the whole lot of 'em

I do like the idea of a charm bracelet though - I have to make sure I do insurance on the postage and get it all registered. I'm looking at a budget of about $300, not including the postage. Any other ideas?

[sista]

my friends got DS a beautiful teddy bear that came with his name embroidered on it - his full name, and then his birth date on the back of it. It is absolutely gorgeous and the best gift I have received by far. If you want to know the name of the company they got it from, pm me and I'll provide details. Good luck!!

I don't know how to send a pm??? I can't even see it on the screen!

[ZigZag]

Wow - what lucky people to receive a gift from you. $300 would buy a pretty handsome gift.

How about a personalised quilt. You can get them made I think. If you find a quilting / sewing shop and ask them for contacts of someone to make one for you. I've luckily got a relative that can do quilting and has made my DD one but got the 'quilting' (i.e. stuffing part of it) done out-sourced because I think you need a large machine to do the job properly.

Hmmm, other ideas; put together a 'personalised pack' of some sort i.e. get some stickers made for the childs shoes, tupperware items, bags etc, a name plaque for it's bedroom, towels with it's name embroidered on it, cushion for the room, a jacket with it's name on it. (This was a gift I got from my parents when DD was a baby and I absolutely loved it).

Happy shopping.

[sista]

They are a beautiful family and are not spoilt by their wealth whatsoever - and really give to people in need, and at one time they supported me greatly so this really is a small gesture hopefully.

I'm really warming to the idea of personalised gifts, the teddy bear idea from aciyrn's mum is really great and I think a nice quilt embroidered also plus the plaque for the room would be really sweet.The cushion would be cute too, she can use it when she's like 5 for her really girly room.


Sometime you go into a shop and you just think "that's perfect" - I think I'm waiting for that moment

[Annikas_Mamma]

Another idea is to get a trinket that she can cherish forever.

For Christmas, my mother got Annika this gorgeous Swarovski crystal. It is in the shape of a teddy bear, holding a pink heart shaped balloon.

[Erin_25]

I still have the crystal swans my nanna gave me when I was very young & love them, always on my bedside table so I like that idea.

Otherwise I too love the idea of a charm braclet & you then can send a charm each birthday. My sister got this from a godmother & got a charm each birthday until 21. Though I myself don't like the look of many of them, but my cousin showed us her new charm braclet she got for Christmas, they are the latest thing & I must say we were all impressed with it, now if only I could remember the name. ahhhhh, it's a pandora braclet, look them up on the net.