What do I buy for new baby? HELP!

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I need some help. My best friend has just had her second baby. There’s only 18 months between the two girls so she has everything she needs already.
Any idea of a gift I can get, up to about £75? That isn’t clothes or toys.

Something personalised for the new baby. I always think even if it’s the 2nd of the same sex, it’s still nice for that baby to have something / outfit of their own?

Or sign her up to a meal delivery company. I would have thought £75 wound cover a few weeks at least and with such a small age gap surely it will help

A nice blanket? My 2nd received a lovely one from jojo and still has it on his bed today... (he's 4 now)
We also loved and still use today a personalised towel..
A nice framed picture for the nursery/bedroom? (Thinking Beatrix potter/ Winnie the Pooh characters type of thing)
Books? We had plenty from the 1st born, but the favourites were battered, so nice to have some new ones for 2nd born...

I would get a pretty box from the works and fill it with memory box type items for the baby.

Voucher for a family photo shoot

I'm about to have my second baby, also with a small gap so we have everything we need. If someone was generous enough to buy us a gift, vouchers would be great!! Sad but true! Boots would be good, or somewhere with nice baby clothes so we could buy the new baby a nice outfit of their own. Otherwise, a meal box or two would be hugely appreciated, or perhaps a (non-toddler-adulterated) soft toy or book (a treasury or similar) would be lovely. And possibly gin

Ask her what she needs? There'll be some stuff that broke/got lost/is still being used by older DC, surely.

Thank you all! Some great ideas. I think personalised stuff would be great. And something for the baby's room as things like that can't really be reused from the first child. Any recommendations for places that do good personalised items?

I was planning on getting them a family photo shoot voucher for Christmas flowerpot. Can't use all the gift ideas up in one go!

I think a nice box would be a good idea but maybe a proper keepsake one and they can put what they want in it.

I did ask with their first one but she always busy such lovely gifts I feel I'm not trying had enough if I just ask what she wants. Also they are the sort of people who buy literally everything they want without a second thought so if there was something they needed they'd have already bought it!

A COOK meal box. Or a Myhummy white noise toy if they don't have one.

A steiff year bear. About £35 and suitable for babies. I have bought one for each of my grandchildren and every year's is slightly different. They increase in value too.

A postnatal massage + babysitting offer or a box of food from Cook

I bought a babygro (figured it's nice to have some stuff that's new for them), some Infacol and Bapanthen, then some really nice shower gel for friend (I remember a shower in the early days feeling like a spa session!) and some naice chocolates.

Swim suit for a baby (proper wetsuit one) and towel and swim nappies. Swim toys for future use and for sibling to enjoy now.

I wish I'd bought a Steiff bear for their first daughter! What a lovely present.

I've already bought the naice chocolates (plus some for myself to make me feel better after going to the shops and leaving empty handed and stressed). Unfortunately she doesn't drink so what I would want (all the wine and gin) is no good for her.

She is also the single most fussy eater I've ever met. I doubt meals delivered would even be used.

But more great suggestions thanks. Think I might need to put more money aside for this!

My first years do some beautiful personalised stuff, soft toy totes are my fave and have lasted years in this house.

I would usually ask if there’s anything they need first tbh.

We were given a lovely nightlight from the Lovely Little Company when our youngest was born.

www.alittlelovelycompany.nl/en/lights.html

There's a website that takes a picture of the sunrise each day. You could get for the baby's birth date.works in a nursery but could be in their wall way in to adulthood.

As someone who has just had my third... not clothes! I am drowning in clothes!

Things I have received for my subsequent children which have been appreciated...

A personalised blanket
Meals
Blankets in general have been nice
A decoration for the room - something like a really nice cushion or bean bag or even rug for your budget would be good
Chocolates for me :)
People who have bought something for the elder siblings have been very welcomed.

90% of the gifts we received were clothes and I’d already given away loads of brand new clothes which never got worn by the first two. This time we’ve just received liars of soft toys, again they’re lovely but my middle child can’t stavd them so my eldest sees it as his responsibility to cuddle them all...

@glasshalfsomething the pictures from her kids dates of birth are really dull unfortunately and even though it's the idea that's what matters you still want the picture to look nice.
But I stupidly looked at the one from my daughters DOB and am now £60 worse off. Oops.

Oops indeed!

A cousin gave us bunting with DS's name. We've got it on his bedroom wall.

How about a baby gift box from white company. They have super soft cotton outfits that are a bit extra special