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

ohdearymemumof3 my insane advice is to host Christmas with your most trusted and helpful family or friends. Trusting them to bash in and get on with making Christmas happen so your presence / fitness doesn't actually matter. But still makes it special for your older kids.

@EdtheBear yes definitely that is what i need! Pregnant or not i will be wanting to stay at home, my eldest has autism so she will enjoy the day 100x more in the comfort of her own home. I just wish i knew if baby was going to arrive before or after.. as long as i have people to make and clear up the christmas dinner ill be happy haha x

My worry was DS going elsewhere would be a different Christmas, and I hoped to be home for Christmas (failed miserably) but I wanted to be home and hoped if we got out we could go home join the party.

Have you got a video camera?
Get DH to record Christmas morning, easier to do with a proper camera than a phone that needs held.

My DS was almost two months old last Christmas. I bought him a couple of books and a few wooden toys including one of the activity gym frame things. He still plays with all of the toys now so I didn’t waste money, it just saved me a cost months down the line!

A baby doesn't need anything so how about a birth present that she will be able to treasure all her life like a steiff bear or something commemorating her birth.

Mine will be four months at Christmas and I have bought gifts, again as we have another child who is four. It would be tricky to explain why Father Christmas had forgotten new baby! So I’ve bought Sophie the Giraffe teething set, four “that’s not my XX” book and a White Company coat for Spring. Think in total it’s come to £40 as all bought in the sale.

They really don’t need anything and if I didn’t have another DC I probably wouldn’t have bought anything!

When DC1 was born he hot loads off family, so much so we wrapped it all up the following year as he hadn’t played with a lot of it! Lol.

DC2 got a stocking containing such marvellous treats as washable wipes, a new nappy wrap, a beaker for later. Basically anything we would have been getting for her anyway. I think there was a rattle in there too, to show willing! And DC1 got her a wee soft toy which was very sweet. Will do the same this year for DC3 I think.

Just fyi mothercare has a baby event on at the moment which has soft toys and teethers and stuff that would be great in stockings included in the sale. I think I'm going to be able to finish my christmas shopping for baby before it even arrives!

My DD2 is due at the same time, and for the sake of DD1 has a stocking waiting for her (DD1 would only spend hours questioning why Father Christmas had forgotten the baby otherwise...)

I've got a white 'first christmas' baby grow, a red star wrap from Tuppence and Crumble and I'll get a little book and maybe rattle to go with. All things I'd have gotten anyway, and nice to make Christmas a little bit magical.

How about a picture to hang on the baby's bedroom wall, then they can appreciate it in years to come as their first Christmas present.