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Tracking who gave baby gifts

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Ally345 · 04/07/2023 12:22

Hi all,

31 weeks pregnant and starting to receive lots of baby clothes as gifts.

Wondering if anyone has a low-effort way of tracking who gave what?
Ideally would like to send pics to people when the baby arrives with the gifted clothes, so want to keep track but with current exhaustion levels, trying to think of a process for tracking that isn't too ardous.

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Oneearringlost · 04/07/2023 12:24

Can you not take a picture of each gift as you receive it, and annotate ( with name of person who sent it?).

JenniferBarkley · 04/07/2023 12:27

Google sheets document (or similar) that you can access from your phone.

Oneearringlost · 04/07/2023 12:27

Or, just send a thank you note as you receive them?
Any way, it is important to acknowledge the gift.
Good luck with your baby💐

ilovemydogmore · 04/07/2023 12:27

You can add photos to 'Google Keep' which is a notes app

NeverThatSerious · 04/07/2023 12:27

I just kept a note on my phone, pretty straightforward

thehoneymonster · 04/07/2023 12:27

WhatsApp a photo to yourself/your partner with the name of the sender to refer back to

Idratherbepaddleboarding · 04/07/2023 12:29

You could put a label on each item of clothing as you receive it with the person’s name on.

ZacharinaQuack · 04/07/2023 12:39

We were quite lo-tech and just kept a list on a bit of paper. Rather than sending pics of the baby wearing the clothes, though, we got some thank-you cards printed with pictures of the baby so we could just send them all out at once. Some people will give you bigger clothes for the baby to grow into, so it could be months before you use them. Some people will probably give clothes that you don't use because they aren't the right size in the relevant season.

Bookbeb · 04/07/2023 13:40

I just had a notebook I used through pregnancy noting anything pregnant related, info from appts etc, then used it for gifts, who and brief description of gift as you do forget! Sent out thank you cards where I hand wrote thank you for xyz as thought it was nice to refer to their gift, but if I had to do it again I'd just send a generic thank you as it was so time consuming. But photos to people sounds a nice thing to do 😊

drpet49 · 04/07/2023 13:42

NeverThatSerious · 04/07/2023 12:27

I just kept a note on my phone, pretty straightforward

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Garman · 04/07/2023 13:44

Just, write them down?

CremeEggsForBreakfast · 04/07/2023 14:14

I had friends who wrote on the label of the toy/clothing item who it has come from. I thought it was genius. Of course, it washed off eventually but should last long enough to snap a picture and send it to the giver.

FallopianTubeTrain · 04/07/2023 14:16

With DDs birthday presents we set up a new WhatsApp group between DH and me and then take a picture as she's unwrapping them. Send them to the group with who gave what.

Thingsthatgo · 04/07/2023 14:17

Any gifts that came with card I took a photo of the card, (open so I could see the sender), with the gift. Otherwise I just wrote the sender on a post it and took a photo.
Then I stuck them all in a separate folder on my phone.

neleh87 · 04/07/2023 14:27

I kept a list on a piece of paper. Also wrote on the label if there was one. I've been trying to send a picture of baby wearing his outfits too 😊

ThreadExterminator · 04/07/2023 14:36

I just had a draft email open and made a note as things arrived.

Don't set yourself the task of photo of baby in every outfit sent with a nice thank you card. You're setting yourself up to feel guilty when you don't get round to it in a timely fashion! Thank yous are nice of course but no one wants to add to the list of stuff you feel pressured to do.

Bumbers · 04/07/2023 14:58

Google sheets

Enn1234 · 04/07/2023 15:01

I kept a list in my notes on phone
It helps remember who gave what lol and shows appreciation for the gift too!

Star0Fire · 04/07/2023 15:02

Create a WhatsApp group with your partner. Send photos with a message under saying from uncle bob etc
Then they're saved in the chat and you can look back at the photos to see who sent what

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Ally345 · 04/07/2023 16:03

Thanks all. The whatsapp idea is perfect. Agreed that I’m probably being ambitious on sending a photo to all but definitely some where people have gone to quite an effort (e.g. knitting) that would be nice to send on.

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HHx · 04/07/2023 20:53

I wrote a list on a piece of paper last time but was never confident enough it was definitely the outfit someone had given him to be able to send them a picture in it. Most of the time I was most likely right but just didn’t want to in case it was the wrong thing so just said a general thank you for the outfit. This time I’ll save an album in my phone of gifts with each persons name on the picture to be sure! My friend is having another baby and showed me some of her clothes the other day. She said ‘and that’s that lovely outfit you got her’ then held up an outfit I’d never seen before in my life. I just went ‘aww yeah’ but didn’t have the heart to say that wasn’t from me 😂

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