Special/Significant/Sentimental things to buy baby

[MrsC_Aussie]

we have a special toy - is a bunny, cause thats what DH started calling our lil 'bun in the oven' from day one, now everyone calls it bunny and so that was the first toy that has been bought for them

[angelaartsstudent]

My Mum bought my baby (yes even though it us unborn) for christmas the Beatrix Potter box set of books (every story every published all illustrated and in hard covers) and a really soft teddy.

I am not into having heaps of soft toys around so we will just start with the bear and then the books when it gets a bit older.

[Floweryfields]

My Mum bought my baby (yes even though it us unborn) for christmas the Beatrix Potter box set of books (every story every published all illustrated and in hard covers) and a really soft teddy.

I am not into having heaps of soft toys around so we will just start with the bear and then the books when it gets a bit older.

My mum buys things for her future grandchildren and I'm not even in a relationship yet alone married! (no pressure there!)

A nice idea is a small teddy - a flat kinda handmade one, that you wear inside your bra then put in the basinet with bub so your smell is close by while they sleep.

[beau_9]

i bought my nephew a gorgeous personalised teddy from the aust post office that has his name and birthdate embroided on the foot. 'my birthday teddy'. it was a little exe and we had to wait a few weeks for delivery but it's so beautiful and worth it.

[QueenMab]

When I was PG I dragged DP to the "Build a Bear" shop & let him pick out the bear & the outfit & we had him stuffed just right so he was perfectly cuddley...
Not only was it a fun thing for us to do together but the bear is a definate favourite with Punky now.. even if his Mounty uniform has fallen by the wayside lol, & he's naked...!

The other cute thing about the Build a Bear is that you fill out a birth certificate too - ours has "To Bubble" as that is what we called her in utero & we hadn't yet decided on a name, I can't remember now whether we already knew she was a girl or not.. I think we did. DP also got to name him, "Arnold". Thankfully Punky WAS a girl, because he actually liked Arnold as a boys name!!

I'm sure whatever you decide to get or make, if anything, will be perfect, or, like LuLu says, something quite unexpected could become your "special" thing.