For buying my own gift?

[Disneydatknee88]

A colleague of mine has just become a father. His other half has had a really difficult pregnancy. My manager made noises about doing a whip around and getting him a gift from the team but he's just come back from paternity leave and it never came to fruition. It's his first baby. I feel awful nobody has acknowledged this. I've just ordered some bits for the baby and a little pamper gift set for the mrs. Albu for doing this? Would it be weird that I'm the only one? I'm not planning on mentioning it to the rest of the team so I'm not looking to score points or make anyone feel bad for not buying anything. I have young children myself for reference. With my 2 (was working elsewhere when I had mine) I was made a fuss of and received gifts from my team before I went on maternity leave. Maybe it's different for men.

My workplace would send flowers to any new parent.

I don’t think it’s weird but I think you need to be discrete about doing this and make it clear it’s a personal gift. I’d probably only do it for a close work friend

I'd expect new fathers tend to receive fewer gifts than new mothers, but surely it's not unreasonable to give a thoughtful gift when anyone has just welcomed a baby into the world.

Why don't you organise a joint gift?
One single colleague acknowledging his good news will only serve to remind him nobody else got it together to celebrate it.