Xmas Gift for someone who just had a baby

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My sister is due her second child 2 weeks before Xmas.

I don't have a child myself, so would love to hear your thoughts on gifts that might make life just that little bit easier or more pleasant when one has both a newborn baby and a toddler! Budget is around £50.

Thanking you in advance for any ideas

Offer to babysit and give her money to go and choose herself something.

Babysitting
some nice treats for her that she maybe wouldn’t justify buying for herself when she could spend money on DC - fancy chocolates, wine, cheese and crackers type stuff
a pamper set
slippers
man audible subscription for the night feeds
I don’t know how much meal delivery kits typically are but they normally have discounts on the first few months, could you sign her up to that so you know she’s had at least one nice, easy meal a week for example

I am still wearing the soft, warm, fleecy dressing gown someone bought me when DD was a newborn.

DD is now nearly 11...

If it was me, I’d want some nice loungewear. Newborn days are all about the lounging. I’d also quite like a nice easy face serum or primer to slap on to make me look more human.

Super comfy slippers were really helpful when my daughter was little

But a really wonderful gift is a voucher for a restaurant and the promise of a free babysitter

If she's breastfeeding, some comfy BF friendly PJs, loungewear. I've been surprised how little of my clothes are breastfeeding friendly!

Yes, please!

A new top, by the time pregnancy is over, you are tired of wearing the same maternity tops.

She might not have bought much between her pregnancies either knowing she was planning another child. So might be 3 years since she bought much for herself.

I'd be happy to babysit but she's in another country! The offer for some money to choose something might be a good idea though, she and her partner have been saving like mad to cover parental leave.

I think you might be right, they were always planning on two! Thanks

Something for her, personally I wouldn't get anything that relates to the fact she has just had a baby but maybe that's just me.
Do the babysitting present as the baby's xmas present not the mom!

Haircut and offer to babysit while she has it done. Afternoon tea or voucher for nice meal. National trust membership although they might be more than I think they are.

New top, especially if she is overseas.

The babysitting offers are lovely but really she might not be ready to hand over her baby.
I got a beauty voucher and a babysitting offer as a birthday present just after having my PFB. I felt really pressured and felt I was being manipulated into handing over my baby long before I was ready.

The voucher lay in a drawer as long as possible and I eventually used it with a friend. Never taking up the babysitting offer.

To be honest being a mother doesn't suddenly eclipse you as a person but everyone acts like it does, the time to buy things to help out like 'breastfeeding tops' and 'PJs' is just generally around birth not as a xmas present specifically to her as if she has no identity other than 'mother'.

I would not have wanted face cream and dressing gowns because I dont like those things baby or not and I needed PJs and slippers in hospital but do not wear them at home.

If you really must get a 'mam' related gift then maybe a nice necklace that says 'Mam' on it rather than frumpy clothing or practical baby items.

Buy her stuff thats HER interests, like things linked to hobbies, fandoms, her style (not frumpy lounge wear) etc...

That's why I'd buy just a top not a BFing top. She's had two babies in a relatively short period of time. She'll have all the baby related stuff she needs.

Just something nice to wear. Lots of women scrimp on maternity wear as it's only needed for a short time. And getting back into pre-baby clothes is easier said than done.

So it's really nice to have something new to wear that isn't maternity but something that actually fits.

Thanks for all the suggestions. It doesn't have to be a "mum" gift, just wanted some ideas for the kinds of things that others might have appreciated the most at that time. Of course I will factor in what she personally likes.

My SIL got me a oversized fluffy hoody the Christmas after I had my DD and it's been marvellous for cuddling with DC as they can get in it too! 😂 I'm expecting baby #3 at the beginning of December and already know me and baby will be spending most of the festive season snuggled up in it to keep warm while enjoying some skin to skin!

Think what she would like if she didn't have a new baby.

I would have hated getting presents suitable for my "new status" as a mum. I would very much prefer gifts in. line with my interests.