Hi there.
I will he 22 weeks pregnant tomorrow with our first baby. We have found out that we are having a girl and are very excited. For my Husband's side of the family (more so his parents) my Husband is one of two children (both boys) and his brother has two children (again both boys), so we have broken the all boys club! Hehe!
Anyway, everyone is happy and excited. We have two Nephews aged 8 and the youngest is 6 next week. They wanted a boy (of course, they are boys and want a boy to play with) but their view now is it doesn't matter as they can still play football with her! Hehe! This is their first cousin and unless we decide to have more children in the future will more than likely be their only cousin, so want to do something a little special for them this Christmas, but as our baby girl is due on 2nd January we don't want to spend a lot on presents this year. We have told people we won't be spending a lot this year as our money is going towards our baby girl and with her birth so close to Christmas Day we are not really planning much for Christmas this year as we will be on standby in case of having to go to the hospital! However, our Nephews are getting curious as to when the baby is due, etc, and expressing an interest, which is lovely. We were not there but apparently my Mother-in-law and their Mom got asked by the youngest about how the baby was going to come out of Auntie Becky's belly, another found some child friendly cartoons to explain to him (my Mother-in-law is a Health Visitor), and then following that the embarrassing question of how did the baby get in to Auntie Becky's belly came up (the reply from his Mom was that's enough for today!) so they certainly are showing interest in their new baby cousin, which is lovely.
I want to get them a little something for Christmas from their baby cousin. We gave them a card that they scratched the front off to reveal they were having a baby cousin, and I wrote a message written from the baby to them. I would like some ideas about what I could do for them now for Christmas. Like I say nothing too expensive, but a little token or keepsake.
One thing I did think about was possibly doing was getting a heartbeat bear for them when we go for a 4D scan in October (we had one when we went for our gender reveal in July), which will be £20 or if we got other things it would be reduced to £15. We would only get one between them if we did though, but as a keepsake it would go in their room (they share a bedroom). A picture in a frame of the 4D scan I feel they may find strange to have, but I really don't know.
Has anyone got any suggestions? I know it is early to be thinking about Christmas but trying to spread the cost a bit!