Baby Birth Gift Ideas
A baby has been born or is about to show up in the coming months in your entourage and you want to spoil it?
Baby shower gift ideas
You can give a pretty piece of jewelery to baby, such as a cord bracelet or a bracelet, but also a cuddly toy or a footprint kit.
Also think about decoration for the baby's room, linen, sleeping bags, bath capes... The famous "Sophie la girafe", leather slippers... choose for practical or even essential gifts, or personalized with the child's first name...
Concerning birth gifts, don't forget that the baby will always be inundated with gifts while the mum will be somewhat forgotten... So also think about spoiling this new mum with a little attention that will touch her. Especially since you can always find an original and inexpensive gift if you look a little!
Don’t forget the birth list
If you are future parents, focus on the essential childcare items for the birth of your baby, such as a bed, a deckchair or a baby carrier...
The budget may be a little higher than a box of bottles or a teddy bear, but your loved ones will probably be able to get together to give you what you really need after the childbirth.
Establish a birth list, which you can create during your pregnancy, specifying the birth gifts you would like to receive.
Birth gift world tour:
If, in France, we give a newborn baby clothes, cuddly toys, little giraffes with the sweet name of Sophie, early learning toys or other objects, in other countries, we rely more on originality .
Here are our top original gifts to celebrate the birth of a baby around the world:
- In Turkey, The very close family traditionally offers one or two gold coins to the baby to welcome him and showers his mother with flowers
- In Sweden, a small figurine in the shape of a horse of painted wood, red and usually decorated with flowers. The Dalecarlian horse (or Dala horse), a traditional gift symbol of strength and courage, brings good luck to the little Swede who receives it and ensures him a safe life.
- In Mexico, the “cuarentena” is the perfect birth gift! For 40 days, the young mother stays in bed, pampered by the women of her family.
- In Japan, gifts are given one or two months after birth. baby’s arrival. He receives an envelope containing money carefully closed with a ribbon. Another traditional gift: the "Sasano-bori", a wooden sculpture the size of the baby on which are inscribed his first name, date of birth, weight and height. The parents also receive a gift from the midwives: a piece of the umbilical cord wrapped in a wooden box to symbolize the strong baby-mom bond.
- In China , during the “ moon yut” ceremony, Baby receives silver or gold jewelry. Some families continue to offer him the "bai ia bei", "the blanket with 100 wishes", to protect him from spirits.
- In Portugal, swaddles, pacifiers, comforters, clothes, health book covers... The Portuguese love to give young parents gifts personalized with the baby's first name.
To give a birth gift is to delight the parents and the newborn. It is a gesture of infinite affection and tenderness to share with the family concerned.
