My baby's first Teddy

[RedRobyn2021]

When I was a child I LOVED teddy's, gifting my daughter her first teddy bear is something I've looked forward to and would like to do it at Christmas.

But I can't decide which Teddy

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Hi, have a look on etsy. Im due my baby just before Xmas and been thinking of getting her a personalised first xmas teddy off there, only thing is she doesn't have a name yet so I'm holding off 🤣

The soft toys that my kids have bonded with the most have all come from jelly cat. They’ve liked others for a couple of months but then gone off them.

How old is your daughter?

I got gifted a few soft toys when my daughter was born and decided to chose her a main one as the one she would go to sleep with at night. I went for an M&S grey elephant, its lovely and soft and big enough to cuddle at night. she's 3.5 now and still sleeps with it every night.
It's still on the website now called 'Vintage Elephant' at £14.
She hasn't got any actual teddy bears though, they have all been animals.

@Idontgiveagriffindamn

I e been looking at Jellycat they've got some great choices

@shivawn

She will be 10 months at Christmas

JellyCat...DS got his first just after being born, he's had a new one each year so now has a lovely collection. He's 12 now and still likes a new one even though they all sit on his shelf...except for the one he got for his first birthday that he still sleeps with.

@jpbee

I've just had a look, he's gorgeous

The Jellycat Bumbly Bear is gorgeous. But in practice you can't control which soft toy your kids end up favouring! I wish my DS loved his Bumbly Bear but he is surgically attached to a much smaller and less cuddly toy which someone gave him 🤷‍♀️

Jellycat Medium Edward Bear is lovely and a good size for cuddling in bed.

Yy to Jellycat. I'd buy them for myself if I could spare the funds.

My dd (10), still sleeps with her Jellycat.

Don't spend too much, DC have never been bothered about their 'special' teddies, they tend to love some weird thing that cost 50p in a charity shop instead!

If you've saved any of her baby clothes you can get one made from those from sellers on Etsy.

Steiff have some very soft and cuddly ones that are not too expensive. We have a few (teddies and other animals in that range) and they wear much better than our Jellycat equivalents. They’ve survived the washing machine a few times over the years too! This kind of thing:
www.worldofbears.com/acatalog/Steiff-113420-Soft-Cuddly-Friends-Honey-Teddy-Bear-Medium-with-FREE-gift-box--avail-Aug-2017--20217.html#SID=621

Mine always preferred the ones they chose themselves. Annoyingly!

Jellycat do lovely soother teddies which are suitable for in babies cot at young age as well.

Ds loves his cordy roy fox soother

www.jellycat.com/eu/soothers/

Jellycat! my 17 and 12 year olds still have theirs!

We had the monkey and the giraffe but there is loads more choice now.

Jellycat soft toys are amazing

My son is attached to a little lamb I got from Primark after his first scan. He loved it so much now we have 3. (Backups are a must)
It’s small so he can hold it in one hand.

If she was born this year, I would go for one which has the year embroidered on it. I got DS a Christmas Mickey with 2018 on the foot and Hamley's do a bear with the year on it xx

Sorry the Christmas Mickey was from Disney store

Also, dd's favourite Teddy is a jellycat and dd's favourite Teddy is from M&S, they do lovely ones.

Try and get one in a ‘standard’ size so you can buy it clothes from Build a Bear and don’t have to spend hours scouring eBay / charity shops / learning to sew (speaks from bitter experience )

This what I would choose:

www.hamleys.com/hamleys-2020-bear

For their first Christmas my parents gave my DDs a Harrods teddy with the year on