what is appropriate?

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a school mum friend ahs had her baby 8 weeks early. is it appropriate to give them a card or present now or wait til the baby gets home, which could be 6 weeks away.

I'd send a "thinking of you" card or similar, wishing them all the best, letting them know you are always around for a chat etc.

Hope everything goes well for your friend

me too. i have offered to take their older ds to and from school as he is in my ds's class and also anything else they need. so jsut hold off on a present for the baby?

Noo, i would get her a card and present now. Shes still had her baby, and at 32 weeks all should hopefully be ok. Why wait?

i just thought with all the tooing and froing to hospital, and not actually having him home, they might not want presents yet.

My niece had a tiny early baby, and, after much consideration, I bought a couple of very very tiny outfits. She told me later that she found them very encouraging - she felt it was a vote of confidence in her baby hanging in there - which he did!

thank you seeker. i think that's what I'll do then. does anyone know where i can get good tiny baby clothes? he is 4lbs.

mothercare have a tiny baby size

thank you bella

DD was 5lb 14oz, so bigger, and we used a lot of the Asda tiny baby stuff for her. BTW I can be a clothing snob, but the baby grows were actually much nicer than I was expecting and they had quite a selection.

At the other end of the spectrum something beautiful from baby monsoon, in a kind of the baby will grow into this? Buying newborn size might be useful for the baby to grow into.

Hope this helps

Katy

thanks katyS36, i will try asda. not sure if our local one does teh tiny baby but will have a look.

Tesco has some nice tiny baby stuff as well. Nicer than Mothercare.