Making my friend a basket full of things for when her little girl is born...ideas please...

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Ok i have decided to make my friend as a present for the birth of her baby girl in about 5 weeks a basket full of essentials & things, so far i have...

1. Washable breast pads.
2. nipple cream
3. muslins
4. 2 rompers
5. Little hat
6. Dress set from Next
7. Some vests.

What else should i add? i am going to add a little pink teddy but need some more essential things....??

Champagne
blue cheese

Nice bath stuff for Mum and baby?

A towel with a hood. Sooo useful. Also, if budget allows, a gro bag/sleeping bag. They're brilliant. Try to get one with a tog rating if you can. 2.5 tog for winter or 1 tog for summer. Those are the first two things that spring to mind. HTH

you could get a nice blanket and lay that along the bottom of the basket??

A tin of yummy biscuits and some home cooked meals to stick in her freezer!

I also second the bubbles (bath and drinkable) and soft cheese. I had ahuge brie waiting for me after I gave birth and I scoffed the lot. Whilst in the bath

I do this for my friends and also put a newspaper & number 1 single from the day the baby was born

Some great ideas, started this basket a while agao & thought i would buy 1 thing a month now she is 5 weeks away & no doubt will probably be early, she also feeling very stressed & emotional so just want to do something really nice.

here is a website that shows a lovely way of wrapping/presenting baby gifts - they look like bunches of flowers but ar actually socks, vests etc. I've made my own before - you just need some elastic bands or soft wire.

cake!

every new mother should be given cake

much more use than more sodding booties

Hand cream - my hands were very dry from all the hand washing.

dur...sorry here tis

Essentials like nappies, cotton wool, nappy bags, salt for the bath to ease any soreness from stitches or tears!
Also some nice bits for your friend, like chocolates & champagne!

A baby sitting voucher

Ten grand in used notes.

i now think you should have 2 baskets one for the baby and one for mum

ditto

Some nice biscuits and some good handcream.

One of my friends brought me a packet of nappies and 1 litre or Smirnoff.

colditz, thats my sort of friend, did she babysit while you consumed the vodka???

Blimey my basket is going to be massive with all these suggestions

What a lovely site Astrophe will keep this in mind too

Also she failed to bf her first & really wants to try this time round, i think first time round it was lack of help/advice does anyone know of any good books or something?

She knows i will babysit anytime, i have been trying to take her 4 yr old of her as much as poss at the moment because she is quite stressed & tired.

Ten grand i wish i had it

Alchol, good idea she likes a drink but most think about the breast feeding too

No, she doesn't do kids, but she did tell me I wasn't drinking it quick enough, which was almost as good!