We just recently had our second child, and our friends and house were soon request 'what can I buy for the new baby'?
To be honest, at first I didn't have a clue... We already had most of the suitable baby gear from having had our first child. And being that we had someone else girl, we already had all the 'girly' stuff on hand. This legitimately got me to thinking, what are some good baby gift ideas for people when they have their second (or third, etc) baby? When they don't need any more 'baby stuff'?
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I'm a huge fan of giving baby gifts (so much so that we created an online baby gift store). I like to give gifts that I know will be used and enjoyed, and not become someone else outfit that they never take the tags off because they already have so many clothes. Here are a few 'non-stuff' baby gift ideas that I came up with.
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1. Give the gift of time
A new baby in the house adds more work on top of what is regularly an already busy household. Any parent I know would love to have some extra time on their hands, so they can get to those projects that never seem to get done or can possibly have some rest and relaxation time for themselves. Take the older children out for an afternoon, or offer to come over and cuddle the new baby for a concentrate of hours. You could even plan to do this once a week for a few weeks until they get settled into a new routine.
Just be sure when you do so, that you make sure that mom legitimately does go 'away' and take benefit of the gift of time. Knowing moms (and myself!) there is a tendency to stick around the house even when person is over to help with the kids... And so it doesn't legitimately end up feeling like I got an extra time at all. So you may have to tell mom and dad to 'shoo!' and get out for a while.
2. Give the gift of food
The weekend after my daughter was born my mom did a day of cooking and came over with about 15 icy homemade meals. All I had to do was defrost, heat and they were ready to eat. This is probably one of my beloved baby gifts ever, as I totally didn't need to think about supper for a good few weeks.
Now you don't need to go ahead and make quite so many meals... One or two meals is plenty. If you aren't a cook possibly you could bring over a nice meal from a good local restaurant one night. Or maybe dispose for some food from a local meal delivery service. Anything that takes cooking off the 'to-do' list will be hugely appreciated.
3. Give the gift of activity
There are some legitimately great action classes out there for babies - music classes, swimming lessons, etc. See if you can get a gift certificate for baby to go to one of these classes... They may not enroll right away but it will be great to have for when baby is ready. And I know some of these classes can be a bit costly for parents, and they may not be able to pay for a class otherwise even though they would love to attend.
4. Give the gift of education
Many people these days are starting education funds for their children. Ask if they have started a fund (or if they plan to do so) and look to see if you can contribute. This is the kind of gift that you know will legitimately be put to use down the road.
5. Give mom and dad a gift!
Busy parents need a treat for themselves too, but they regularly don't treat themselves very often. Buy mom a massage, spa day or book her a hair appointment at a great local salon. For dad possibly tickets to a local sporting event or take him out for an afternoon of golf. Something that allows them to have some quarterly adult fun and that they regularly wouldn't buy for themselves.
This is a great gift to pair with the gift of time... Offer to take care of the kids while mom goes to get her massage or dad goes out for a round of golf.
I know, it is legitimately hard to resist buying some of the great baby gifts that are out there. If you legitimately want to buy them 'stuff' as a gift, I suggest checking in with mom first to see what they would use. Chances are they legitimately don't need anymore clothes, blankets, baby towels, or toys to add to what they already have.
For example, we didn't know if we were having a boy or a girl with either of our kids, and so all of my wee baby stuff is yellow and green. After our second daughter was born it would have been legitimately nice to get some pink stuff in those newborn sizes. (but I legitimately didn't need any clothes in the larger sizes, we had fullness of that already).
There is nothing great than a new baby, so go ahead and keep on giving... Just make sure it is something that will be used and enjoyed.
Baby Gift Ideas For The Second (Or Third) Baby
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