Eco gift for newborn / parents

[Baileysoncereal]

Good friends have just had a baby boy.
Mum is very anti waste, pro recycling etc

I already contributed to collection for things like reusable nappies, biodegradable wipes and responsibly sourced/made clothes and bibs for the baby shower a month or so ago.

but they’re good friends and I just think it’s polite to turn up with a token gift, but I don’t want to give them ‘tat’ that will just go in the bin
any suggestions?
worst case I’ll buy a bottle of Prosecco but would prefer to get something else

Buy the baby a book.

Those types like this kind of stuff -

www.kidly.co.uk/search?term=Teether

A book is always good. I like 'Each Peach Pear Plum' or 'Apple Pear Orange Bear' for babies

My close friend is very eco friendly and she bought my daughter some second hand clothes from a charity shop - they were great quality and very much appreciated.

I saw this child’s cutlery set on another thread and thought it would be a stylish gift.
You could definitely find cheaper and it would be a gift to use until the baby is big enough for grown up cutlery.

A home cooked meal for their freezer, for when they are too knackered to cook.

Babipur is your friend. Great eco kids stuff.

Their baby toys and teethers are great. Grimms clasper balls are lovely.

I think if they are truly into environment / waste reduction, I wouldn't get new stuff. Quality second hand stuff would be better.

Muslins. You can never have too many

What a brilliant idea. Def filing this one away for future use. 👍

Things I would have loved :

. A nappy wetbag in a cute print (for carrying reusable nappies out and about)
. some lovely solid baby bar soap (instead of all the bottles)
. some good quality washable breast pads or haakaa ladybug milk collectors
. some reusable breast milk storage bags (if doing any form of pumping or collecting milk)
. reusable wipes (they probably have these to use with nappies already but its great to have a set for face / cleanups too)

Those are all the things I found useful at newborn age but hadn't thought to plan for - unfortunately had to buy them all myself as friends kept bringing toys and clothes!

The two best books for babies, I agree!

There are toy and clothes rental services but I think a voucher would be a bigger gift so yes nice book or wooden toy

Books or a good quality second hand pram suit or overall

One of those wooden rainbows. They look like a rubbish toy but they seem to tick lots of eco boxes.

A tree- native or one that can survive in a large pot, good for bees and birds etc

Unless you know the mum doesn’t breastfeed, don’t buy Prosecco.

my friend is also very eco and loves the kidly stuff (as linked above)

I agree with home cooked meal, or a (reusable) bag of food they wouldn't usually get, even better if it's from a local organic veg place.