Christmas present for newborn

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So baby number 2 is due mid dec, all being well baby will be here for Xmas but do I really need to get them a Christmas present? Dh says we need to get something small, more for the sake of our 2 years old dc. If so what on earth do I get them?
Yes I know it's only September but trying to get organised

How about a Christmas stocking for future christmases?

I'm trying to figure out what to get my 2nd child for Christmas who will be around 7/8 weeks old. Again, mainly to involve my 2.5 year old DS. I'm thinking about a nice teddy he or she can grow up with or a soft toy from the Disney store. But I'll be watching the thread for better ideas haha. Good luck xx

Mine will be a month old on christmas, I am planning on just a soft toy and my parents a play mat. I have told everyone else to get him a tub of sudocrem if they want as he will need that the most

I've just got a book and a soft toy.

Watching for ideas as my little one will be 7-8 weeks old

This was me last year

I got a pack of pretty giant swaddling muslins and wrapped them separately, plus some teething toys and a rattly toy - that was her stocking done. Also a nice new towel for her ‘big’ present.

She then showed up 13 days late and into the new year...at which point I let my 4yo open them all for her.

I was thinking of just getting a keepsake and maybe let my DS choose a couple of books as he would really like to be official story teller but nothing more than that. This one will be 6-8 weeks old by Christmas :)

DC2 is due about a week before Christmas so think I will probably involve DC1 (will be 4) in choosing some sort of soft toy to give to them as a Christmas present. Also planning to get something from the baby to give to DC1 to try and ease the transition from being an only child, foolproof I'm sure

This is our first but we both have stockings with our names on them so we're going to get one done for him, other than that take a million cute Christmassy pictures.

I’m due week before Xmas, I’m planning on getting a bouncer/swing, playmat, mobile things that I will need in the following few weeks/months. I will be out of hospital for Christmas so was thinking I’d just have Santa bring those as my 6 year old is already asking what Santa will bring the new baby.

I feel really mean I wasn't planning on a gift at all. Mainly I'm just looking forward to a quiet day in with my baby and maybe some nice nibbles. But now this gives me the best excuse to buy a Jellycat Octopus soft toy which I've seen and I love!!!

I'd probably get a little outfit or small baby toy, but if you are worried the toddler will question why Santa didn't visit his baby brother/sister you can always get a little stocking and just fill it with useful bits that you'd have bought anyway in their first few months... (Muslin, dribble bib, dummy (if you so use them), teething ring, nappies or plain vests in next size up, tub of sudocreme!) - doesn't have to be toys. You can explain Father Christmas knew the baby was too small to play with toys yet. If you wanted you could include a photo frame or something for a family photo for the babies room? Or wall stickers.

I think we’ll just get it a token gift, like a stocking for the future. We’ll have bought lots of stuff for its arrival and I think family will buy it some bits :)

My baby is due in December and won't be getting a present. The very idea is bonkers to me! I would like to get it a stocking with it's name on because my other children have one, but it will depend when it's born as to whether I have time.

Get something you need for the baby and call it a Christmas present.
Or a bauble for the tree for baby and one for dc. I know someone who does this each year. If you have the money get their names painted on. If not do it yourself with nail varnish. And do one each for yourselves too, mum and dad too, you deserve it!

The year my son was born we bought him the Harrods Christmas bear as it had the year of his birth.
I’m planning on doing the same this year for DC2 due in Nov.
I don’t think they are too pricey and they are so soft and cuddly and just that bit special.

Wrapped under the tree, Teddy, rattle, clothes, picture for their room, any baby toy it's a long time to first birthday.

In Stocking, bibs, dummies, socks, hat, mitts, books, teethers.

Babies seem to need tons of stuff so wrap stuff you'd be buying anyway. They aren't going to know but that's beside the point.

I love the idea of the stocking, a nice personalised one with their name on it. Perhaps a Christmas teddy that they can cuddle every Christmas Eve?

I have seen parents go completely insane with piles of gifts for babies who are hardly even old enough to open their eyes.. if you've got the money and it's things they need then fine, but they likely won't even remember a Christmas until they're at least 3, so if anything, practical gifts are fine. Family will likely buy gifts.

Get them something small like a cuddly toy or an outfit.
For the older childs sake, I am also planning to "reuse" some of her old things. So wrap up some books/toys that she had as a baby to give to the new baby for Christmas. She wont remember the rattle she had at age 3 months so wont know that it isn't a brand new toy for the baby.
Also presumably family and friends will buy christmas presents for the baby.

I got DS a personalised reusable advent calendar that I can put little chocs/ treats in for future years. And a book.

Our dd is due on 24th December. Really hope she comes few days before and we can be home for Christmas! Was thinking od not getting anything at all but now you ladies giving me ideas 😊🤔

Get something that you'll need down the line when baby is older such as a jumperoo, books or bath toys. Tell family to get clothes in 3-6 or 6-9 months

Aww Winter, esp if there are other children in the family, get your baby some gifts, even if it is things that you'd be buying anyway.

One of those baby gym things with stuff hanging from it, is another good idea.

My biggest driver for getting my Christmas baby gifts was I didn't want my older child to ask "why didn't Santa bring baby anything".

Mines due on the 21st but i went 6 days over with both the other 2. So no idea if this one will even be here for christmas i wish i knew so i could get a plan in action for christmas day😫

Due mid october, I was planning on doing a stocking with a soft toy, some christmas baby grows and a little rattle or teether toy. Nothing big, and things we'd be getting anyway. Ds already has a stocking with his initial on it, so want to get one similar, but I dont know what we're having, boy or girl, so will have to wait until baby is born and named before I buy it!