Present/Survival kit for Delicious Dad ;)

[Yummymummyyobe1]

Hi Ladies,

So there are less than ten weeks until our wonderful baby is born and my DP has been very good, there have been trips to the hospital and loads of cuddles when I am whiney. There has been the pushing him out of bed with the bump.

Anyway I was thinking of packing a fun little present for my DD. So far these are the items I have for him:

Ear Plugs
Condoms
A pack of vouchers for bedroom leave
Nose Clip
Mug
Coffee beans
Something from baby (teddy bear)
His Favourate chocolates
Haynes Manual for daddy
A bottle of whisky with babies birth date on.
A silver rolo

What else could be put in there?

xx

10.5 weeks to go here too! I did this for my DHs birthday recently, and he absolutely loved it! Other things I added were:
-a cigar
-top tips from seasoned Dads (I e-mailed a bunch of his good friends and work colleagues on Facebook, as well as his Dad, my Dad, Brother etc etc, and asked them to send me their best bits of advice/guidance, in a short, snappy way. I made them into a little booklet. Some were really funny, and some brought a tear to my eye - not that that's hard these days!)
-a selection of takeaway menus
-a packet of ProPlus
-pain killers
-An I Love My Daddy babygrow
-Rubber gloves (rolled up and held together with the nose clip)
-babysitting bribes

Best of luck!

Thanks Missgiraffe1 I love the idea of the top tips booklet and the rubber gloves.

Good luck with the LO

xx

Ooh, what lovely ideas! I do agree; my DH has also been great - hugely helpful & patient esp through a few hospital stays recently.

We have loads of family/friends/church supporting us at the moment, but sometimes feel like he gets forgotten about in all the focus on me/baby.

The only things I've managed to think of so far are:

• a few much-wanted CDs/DVDs (the latter for him to watch on sofa with newborn snuggled on his chest whilst I get some sleep )
• Home-made 'vouchers' for his favourite takeaways (rare special treat for us)

Will be watching this with interest as am a bit rubbish with ideas sometimes!

LoveFilm or similar subscription?
Framed scan picture?
Picture of you?
A torch, so he can get back to bed without putting the light on/falling over something (and waking you up)

I didn't do gifts, but I did write a letter to my DH prior to the birth of DS1 saying what I loved about him, what fun we'd had as a couple, what fun we would have as a family, and what a good Dad I thought he'd be. Gave it to him in the hospital just after DS1 was born.

Hi Pomtastic Love the DVD idea you could try and find his favourate children's shows on DVD for snuggle time.

I think new daddy's and daddy's to be get a little forgotten at times.

The letter is a beautiful idea BlueChampagne
xx

What fantastic ideas!

I seem to have been caught at a soppy moment, because even though I am pg with our second baby (31 weeks), I think I might do something along these lines for DH.

Loving the torch and DVD ideas (very practical, me).

It never occurred to em to do it prior to DD arriving ...

If I buy DH anything it will be a large box of condoms, I'm not going through pregnancy and birth a third time

What is 'bedroom leave'

It is fair to say that they do get a bit forgotten sometimes though, when DD was due all DH got from our colleagues was 'How's Flisspaps?' and no-one EVER asked him how he was doing. I eventually emailed a friend and asked her to ask how HE was when he next dropped by her office, I think it actually made his week when she did as it was such a rarity (he never found out it was prompted by me)!

HappyAsEyeAm join the soppy pregnant woman club (although I was soppy before)

Flisspaps bedroom leave is when DP can go an sleep in the spare room once the little one is here. Perhaps he needs one of those now with the sex drive I have at the moment

That's really sweet to get somebody to ask after DH.

xx

I got my DH a book calked 'why I love my daddy' off amazon and left it at home for him to find when he got home from hospital that first night.

it was this one

Notonthehighstreet do loads of really lovely personalised things too.

Yummymummyyobe1 That's another area I think we'll disagree on, Hell will freeze over before DH would be issued with any sort of voucher to cop out of night wakings He might have to go to work, but I'll be at home solely responsible for the safety of two small children (and one of those has sadly forgotten the meaning of the word 'nap' and hasn't yet learned the art of sitting quietly while Mummy rests!)

Flisspaps It must be a first time mum thing also it means that I can have our bed all to myself .

I love this idea! I do lots of cute, funny little gifts for DP 'just because' and Christmas and birthdays are usually along the same lines. He loves getting something that I have thought about and has meaning for us. I am sure something to help him celebrate fatherhood would go down well!

I will be having a 'bump shoot' in June so will probably include a photograph from that in DPs gift.
Also a date night voucher for DP to redeem for our first day/night out without the baby - something along the lines of "This voucher entitles the holder to dinner and a movie/an evening in the pub/paintballing with therumours" My mum has already agreed to babysit for that one! I realise this benefits me too but he gets to choose the date!

Really like some of these, lovefilm subscription might be a good idea as he loves his films and also like the idea of the rubber gloves and nose clip :o

Pottering I love what you did with the book, what a lovely idea!

Wow ladies you all have great ideas. xx

Ah love this idea! Totally gunna do it. Afraid I don't have any new ideas but may just pinch some of yours

Massage oil?

You know that caffeine under eye stuff Garnier make?
I recently got my DP some of that! The men's one obviously!

< I do have 2 under 2, this may not be necessary for your man!>

chocolate cigars

I got DP and DS matching tshirts from threadless to give him on his very first father's day. We usually celebrate the dates from back home, so he's going to get his present on march 19th when he's still on paternity leave :)

bluechampagne you should have a warning on yr post - have narrowly avoided tears in the office at the thought of such loveliness for DH. When DD was born he was completely overlooked - it was our first wedding anniversary too - I will try harder this time.

miaumau love the site, they deliver to the UK?

basically I will save the thread as loads of good ideas. thank you.

oh, when I added to cart a thing popped up that said 'yep, we ship to the UK' - do you work for them mm

oitob they do indeed :) and it doesn't take that long either

bagel chocolate cigars are a great idea for my DP as he definitely wouldn't appreciate the real thing!

Loving everyones ideas. I love Threadless miamau, matching tees is cute! I keep threatening DP with matching onesies for the whole family :o