Best gift card to buy new baby - boots?

[pontipinemum]

My cousin in England just had a new baby. I haven't lived there for some time and never when I had children.

I have bought a personalised card and I was going to buy a digital online boots voucher. Is boots still very popular on most high streets? She lives in very large city.

I don't want to send a physical gift as we received some very lovely gifts that were just too small/ wrong season or just not needed for our sons. I want to send something practical, but if every 2nd one is now closed it might not be

I got.a boots online voucher for my new baby and it was very useful so I'd say go for it!

I was very pleased to receive John Lewis vouchers when we had our babies.

Perfect, thanks you both. I'll get that, print it and put it in the card when it arrives.

I know some people think it is very impersonal but I really lean towards practical myself. I do have the personalised card

Amazon is a great one - you can buy anything you need from baby equipment through to nappies and wipes or food. I liked getting those as they’re versatile and all the mums I know always had an Amazon wish list.

Amazon was my 1st choice, I am in Ireland. When I go onto Amazon.co.uk though it is saying gift cards are unavailable

But I bought loads for my own babies from amazon UK

Ah probably as you can’t buy different currency gift cards. Maybe if you know someone with a UK account they can do on your behalf? Otherwise boots sounds good x

Not every town has a JL sadly.

My town doesn't have any shops at all really, so pretty much any voucher I get would be spent online.

I sent an Amazon one for a new baby recently.

We were given some Boots gift cards for both of ours, and I definitely appreciated it – even if it's not where you usually shop, it can go on anything from nappies and wipes to weaning stuff to clothes to toys. I was able to spend them as 'here, choose something nice for baby', but I was also aware of and appreciated that if money had been tight, those gift cards would have quietly covered a chunk of essentials.

My first friend to have a baby was quite young at the time, 21. Both at Uni and not flush! She got a load of vouchers and used them solely to buy formula and said it was nice not having to ask her parents for money for it.

@TY78910 I still have a good bit of family in the UK so might get one of them to do it

No. Boots enforce their misogynistic values on everyone.
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I would love a Next voucher as a new(ish) mother!

I'd avoid Boots; ridiculously overpriced! Lovely gesture OP