We have friends who live far away from us and are about to become new parents and we'd like to send them a gift in recognition and celebration of this exciting event. The kids are pre schoolers. Any ideas?
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sunshineandskyscrapers · 25/07/2023 22:34
Adopters often don't get the flurry of cards that usually comes with giving birth to a baby, so every card and gift we receive to mark the occasion is particularly special. A friend of mine gave me a bunch of flowers, because 'a new mum should have flowers', and I still well up when I think of that. It is not unusual for children to leave foster care for adoption with a lot of toys and clothes, and even if they don't I imagine the new parents will want to plug any gaps, so I would hold off on anything like that. A lovely keepsake book or something that helps celebrate them growing their family, as the previous posters have suggested would go down very well, I am sure. And/or you could go for something very practical like vouchers, either generic ones, or something like Hello Fresh or Deliveroo, to take the pressure off the new parents having to feed themselves in the early days.
Seashor · 04/08/2023 20:28
We adopted an older child and received only one gift from a friend. No collection from work even though I’d given to loads of new baby collections, nothing from grandparents. One sister was amazing, nothing from my other one, not even a packet of chocolate buttons when they met for the first time even though I’d done years of birthday and Christmas presents for her children. So sad.
Seashor · 04/08/2023 20:28
We adopted an older child and received only one gift from a friend. No collection from work even though I’d given to loads of new baby collections, nothing from grandparents. One sister was amazing, nothing from my other one, not even a packet of chocolate buttons when they met for the first time even though I’d done years of birthday and Christmas presents for her children. So sad.
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