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What can I put in a stocking for a baby?

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Opheliasgoldenwine · 22/09/2017 11:08

DD will be nine months by Christmas and I'm not sure what to put in her stocking. Any help appreciated Smile

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ShoeOnTheOtherFoot · 22/09/2017 11:16

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Glowinginthedark · 22/09/2017 11:24

Character plate, bowl, spoon, cup etc

Glowinginthedark · 22/09/2017 11:28

Pjs!

Spam88 · 22/09/2017 11:29

I'm just going by size, so all the smaller toys I've bought her will go in there (rattles, little bath toys).

ItsNiceItsDifferentItsUnusual · 22/09/2017 11:45

I'm planning one of those spiky balls with flashing lights in.

Maybe something like a rubber duck?

Love the Christmas bib idea.

RB68 · 22/09/2017 12:02

Gloves and Hat, def books - the "Thats not my...." series. Soft shoes/slippery things for starting to walk

d270r0 · 22/09/2017 12:08

Things she will like to grab and play with there and then. Little food bits, sippy cup, thing to chew on, ball, little car, something that makes a noise, mirror etc. Whatever will get a smile out of her!

SquedgieBeckenheim · 22/09/2017 12:10

DD2 will be 9 months at Christmas.
In her stocking she will get:
a bodysuit
socks
a toy remote
a flannel
bubble bath
a rainmaker toy
a packet of baby snacks

She'll also have a Christmas eve box with PJ's and a book

Equimum · 22/09/2017 12:24

For DSs first Christmas, when he was al it's one, I bought a set of wooden instruments and wrapped them all separately in his stocking.

BiddyPop · 22/09/2017 12:40

A book - either for bedtime reading (story) or for daytime playtime (squishy activity type).

Something useful like sippy cup, cutlery, bowl, extra bibs (any of those can be spares as generally a second set gets well used too!). They could even be things to mark a transition to more "grown up" eating and drinking.

Other useful bits are things like hats, gloves, socks - that will all get well used over winter.

Small toys like stacking blocks, musical instruments/rattles, maybe a car, animal or doll, and mix of textures, colours, lights/not, sounds, uses etc within whatever you get. If you get something like a shape sorter set, you could have the receptable outside the stocking but all the shapes in the stocking to bulk it out.

Some kind of treat food - a chocolate coin or travel snacks etc.

A little stuffed toy santa or reindeer or similar?

And maybe a "Baby's First Christmas", a named or another special decoration for the tree which will be theirs in years to come?

user1471546359 · 22/09/2017 17:09

Bath book? Any baby sensory toy she has enjoyed so far? A plastic Slinky went down well for my just turned one year old a couple of Christmases ago

LouMumsnet · 22/09/2017 20:22

Ooh, my DD was also nine months for her first Christmas (a few years back). She wore a succession of cringesome cute fancy dress outfits that year. Baby elf anyone?!

From what I remember, we popped some little books and bath toys in her stocking. And of course the obligatory 'Baby's First Christmas' bauble which we still have and which I now get a bit misty eyed over each year.

A tangerine always goes down well too!

CatsCantFlyFast · 22/09/2017 20:27

I'd buy stuff that's for age 1-2 for her to grow into. My first was a similar age and I remember her getting a threading apple (worm that goes through a wooden apple), which was a hit

Opheliasgoldenwine · 22/09/2017 20:29

I've never had someone from MNHQ join in my thread ShockGrinBlush

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MrEBear · 23/09/2017 10:55

Dummies
Toothbrush
Socks
Buggy book
Small cuddly toy.
Bath duck
Christmas bib.

ElphabaTheGreen · 23/09/2017 11:03

I gave my DCs exactly nothing for their first Christmases because I figured that, at their ages, it would mean absolutely nothing to them and other people's wrapping paper would be more than enough fun for them, and cost nothing. I was right and have zero regrets.



MrEBear · 23/09/2017 12:09

Elph did your older kids not ask why Santa forgot about the baby?

Anyway that aside stockings are fun for babies.

ElphabaTheGreen · 23/09/2017 20:56

Nope. DS1 was 2yo for DS2's first Christmas. He was only slightly more aware of the significance of the occasion than DS2 was and was far too entertained by the new toy kitchen which had magically appeared in his living room next to the mystery tree he had been trying to dismantle for the preceding few weeks, than to worry about what his noisy and decidedly less interesting baby brother was up to.

LouMumsnet · 24/09/2017 16:15

Oops, sorry for barging in like that @Opheliasgoldenwine - I just can't resist a Christmas stocking thread, especially in September.

I'm backing away slowly now....as you were, everyone.

Grin

Opheliasgoldenwine · 24/09/2017 16:53

@LouMumsnet Noo! That's not what I meant! Pleasant shock, not annoyance!Smile

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liquidrevolution · 25/09/2017 13:38

A satsuma and a few toys, plus a Christmas book. I got the toys from the Sainsburys toy sale in October. Their wooden baby stuff is usually half price. Wooden xylophone and stacking cups were both hits if I remember.

If you havent already got a stocking, dont buy a huge one or you have to fill it when the presents get smaller as they get older and buy two so you can just swap them over Wink.

LouMumsnet · 29/09/2017 22:48

@Opheliasgoldenwine Grin - glad I didn't scare you!

Nine-months-old is a fab age at Christmas. They can get involved and you can dress them up in daft costumes without complaint but they're still a good few years off demanding mountains of Shopkins etc. Perfect.

Enjoy!

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PodgeBod · 30/09/2017 19:55

My DD1 was 10m on her first Christmas. From what I remember, I got her
Bath toys
A teether
Cuddly toy
Baby sweeties
Milkyway santa
Tomy squeaky eggs (big hit!)
Bath book

I tend to do physically small gifts in stockings instead of just fun/lower price buys.

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