Daddy needs help - ladies look in please! :)

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Hi all,

My wife is due to give birth to our second child in a week, and I'm looking for inspiration for a unique present to buy for her.

Shortly after the birth of our first child, she pulled a card and present out from her bag at the hospital, and proudly gave it to me. It was a really nice card, congratulating me on becoming a daddy, and a present - a photo frame with the words 'Me and My Daddy' embossed on it. I was so choked! Then the realisation slowly set in... I hadn't bought her ANYTHING!!! No card, no present, nothing. It had been the last thing on my mind! Needless to say, I never heard the end of it...

Soooooo.... now we're due our second child, there's no way I'm going to make the same mistake again!!! I already have a card for her, but just need a good gift to go with it. I was going to steer away of the photo frame idea, because we have them all over the house now, but I thought I'd post here to find out what you ladies thought would be the ideal gift?

Hope you can help and give me some inspiration!

Thanks!

I'm asking DH to get me a nice hamper for after Dc3 is born... including all the naughty things i can't have right now... special cheeses, champagne (pink as we're having a girl), special choccy's with nuts and all, also some luxury bath smellies etc... You can add/take things that your DW normally likes, say if she likes pate you can get luxury special pate, and wine etc... maybe even a massage/reflexology voucher she can use too!!

Perhaps a ring or necklace with TWO stones to represent both of your children (seeing as you didn't do anything first time around) otherwise a bit sad for DC1 to hear about the gift for DC2 when they are older. My children know which piece of jewelry was given for their birth.

angrypixie - yes, I was thinking of doing that, but can't find anything with the two stones in it

My other daughter was born on 28th April.

What I meant to say was, I can't find anything with the two stones in it (diamond and turquoise) that's affordable!

She likes her earrings, so I'm looking into that now...!

here is a website with loads of birthstone jewellery - it is quite expensive so it depends on your budget.

I had my 2nd baby 2 weeks ago and DH has bought me a necklace from this site with the 2 birthstones on for my 2 boys - and you can always add extra ones should you have any more children....

It came within a week aswell.

I know you said your DW doesn't like charm bracelets, which is why the Thomas Sabo range is great as you can choose to have the charms on a necklace and they come in different lengths... They also do birthstones so you can choose one each for your DDs and then something special for her or to represent you both? I think a necklace with 3 charms cost about £100...

This website has lots of the charms
April birth stone charm
December birth stone charm

I got a van! We do a lot of outdoor sports as a family and DH has always wanted one for all the kit. Now we go on adVANtures at the weekends and it is our base camp.

TBH I would have preferred jewelry! But my mum gave me the ring her father had given her when I was born.

My grandfather (same one) bought my grandmother a charm bracelet with no charms when the first grandchild was born, with a disc and their intial engraved on it. With every subsequent grandchild, he got her another disc engraved.

P.S. The necklace / bracelet / earrings options are all at the end of the list!

Vouchers for pampering yourself rotten (new haircut, new clothes, new mummy massage) are always a nice idea for someone who doesnt like jewels (like me) and a really thoughtful touch but appreciate you may want to get her something more lasting and meaningful. Something lovely you can do, with your first child, is make up a pretty photoframe for your wife with picture of her and no 1 child in one side and a space for picture of her and no 2 child on the other side. If you get down to Woolies and get a cheap wooden one, you can decorate it with glitter and pretty paper with no 1 child (covering up the glass so dont get glue or glitter on it) - am sure she'll be so touched by it.