Gifts for a New Baby
While the gear babies need may seem endless, many of those registry items only help for the first few months. Here are a few favorite gifts that will make baby (and parents) happy across the whole first year of babyhood.
Summer Infant Pop 'N Sit Portable Booster chair — this thing is a lifesaver, especially in COVID times. It's lightweight, sets up in seconds, is easy to clean, and therefore comes with us everywhere.
MOO Custom Stickers — I got these printed with monthly photos of our girl's first year for her birthday piñata. Now we stick them everywhere because she loves to A) see herself and B) peel them off of different surfaces. Guaranteed laughs when opening!
Clothing basics in 12-18 month old sizes — those drawers of gifted clothes disappear as soon as Baby grows out of the adorably tiny stage — yet the mental capacity to order new sizes every month likely hasn’t returned. Our favorite places to fill out baby's future toddler wardrobe are Zara Kids, Primary, and Maisonette.
Likewise, babies who are no longer infants still need diapers, clothes and toys. Enter, subscription boxes:
Lovevery Play Kits — boxes of developmentally appropriate toys sent quarterly. These Montessori toys seemed, well, quiet compared to other brands' colorful and musical novelties, but our girl gets laser focused on each activity in a box. You'll also feel good knowing these toys are backed by hefty research and made with high environmental standards.
Hello Bello diapers — fund the arrival of these cute monthly subscription boxes. Seasonal patterns make the tedium of endless diaper changes more fun and having these essentials land on our doorstep before they’re needed is always a sigh of relief.
GiftLit book box — the fun of this personalized subscription box is in letting parents test a range of literary styles, character types, and page chewiness. Make this extra special by gifting with a small stack of your favorite childhood books inscribed with why you loved them. May we recommend: We're Different, We're the Same; Pout Pout Fish; Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus; The Big Bed, or anything Shel Silverstein.
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