Special/Significant/Sentimental things to buy baby

[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.