Thoughtful baby gift - all basics taken care of

The most thoughtful and most appreciated gift I received was a large sum on a food delivery gift card. Meals are nice, visits are nice, but being able to order 5ish meals directly to my door without worrying about the cost was fantastic.

Books are great. We really like Eric Carle and Ezra Jack Keats books around here.

Books, diapers, some bigger clothes, gift cards.

I have been adding a “Things my Kid Said” journal to whatever else I give for new babies. We think we will always remember those incredible words, but we don’t. We’re too tired.

Books ! There are just sooooo many wonderful children s books.

I often give a first pair of shoes. Or books.

Books. We could never have enough.

I got so many clothes in larger sizes that my kids never wore because it was the wrong season for the size that they were in.

Diapers in larger sizes. My 8mo old dgd is already in size 4. She received lots of diapers as her preferred gift.

I would go with books, but maybe books for toddlers/preschoolers, not just the popular board books that they may already have received as a gift or purchased.

OR meals, I would have LOVED meals or a Gift Card for food when my dd was born. I swear we ate nothing but spaghetti and/or pizza delivery for the first few months. Or maybe the first year... We had so much pizza delivery that we had the delivery guy come to our door once on a night when we had NOT ordered pizza to make sure we knew about a special program they were starting. Since we were such good customers he wanted to make sure we knew about it right away. I was so embarrassed by that, but also grateful as the program really was a good deal!

Books are my go to as well, some new favorites are Pete the Cat (I love the groovy buttons) and the wish which is an ugly cry book about 2 animal parents making a wish for a baby. Poignant for some families, but should come with a trigger warning.

if books have been covered I always wanted one of those monthly photo backdrop things. blocks that give age in months or stickers. They weren't a thing when I had DD and by the time we got to DS we were flat broke. I barely had money for food let alone the cute stuff that wasn't "needed".

I was also given a travel emergency kit for the diaper bag, used that thing all the time. I'm a bag maker so I've also made a diaper bag and changing pad.

finally, food provided would be an amazing gift. At the end of the day providing a needed service to an exhausted parent(s) is invaluable.

Do you have one you recommend? It seems like most of my friends are having grandchildren and that sounds like a great add on for a shower gift. Thanks!

I used the heck out of our otoscope. DS would never complain about an ear infection until it was ER visit worthy and had an ear drum burst more than once. He was a tough little guy!