Discover thoughtful and meaningful birth day gifts for new moms and babies in this helpful guide. Find unique, practical, and sentimental gift ideas to celebrate the special arrival!
Our children’s “birth” day is an amazingly wonderful day and deserves to be celebrated! Sure, many families have baby showers before or even after the birth of their little ones, but what kind of gifts do you give on the ACTUAL day of birth?
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Gifts for Baby’s Birth Day
A birth is a miraculous thing. I have always brought or made something handmade for each child. At this age, I look for gifts to treasure for many years as well as gifts that are useful!
For baby #3, we worked on an owl quilt as a family and brought it to baby as his gift. We have also given our babies hand made booties, sweaters, and knitted blankets. When I was a little girl, my grandfather gave me a silver rattle and it is still a treasured gift almost 35 years later.
Here’s what I packed in my Hospital bag for Labor and Delivery.
Baby Gifts to Treasure
Baby Gifts for Every Day
And, YES, we have bought one special book for each baby (these are the three we bought for our kids) and wrote a letter to them on the inside cover. The kids know “their” book by heart and we talk about how loved they are. It is really a gift that keeps on giving.
For Mom
I’ve gone through 3 labors.
Amanda less than 1 hour after an unmediated V-Bac
- 1. Induced with an epidural.
- 1. Emergency caesarean
- 1. Unmediated V-Bac (see me here packing my bags for baby #3!)
Each labor was wonderful (& difficult) and each left me HUNGRY. If Mom is allowed to eat, bring her a basket of healthy food!
My mom sent me a basket of fruit and one of these super cute ducky vases filled with flowers! We actually used the vase for all 3 kids! It was a nice tradition! I’m not a big jewelry person, but I’ve heard that women sometimes get necklaces or bracelets from their spouses too.
A nursing or teething necklace would also make a nice gift for Mom.
For Dad
I know this isn’t “as” typical, but I always got something little for my husband to open on the day our babies were born. Whether you go sweet and add a Willow Tree New Dad Figurine
or cute and get him a Show Dad How 
book, I’m all for showing the Dad’s how important they are.
When in doubt, a cute frame for Dad is always a good option!
For Siblings
Again, these are not gifts that you HAVE to get, rather are kind of fun to have pre-wrapped and ready to go in your hospital bag. My kids were 3 and 7 for my last birth and they enjoyed having a little big brother and big sister gift to open at the hospital. It makes them feel extra special too – especially when visitors all want to see and hold the new baby. It was also nice for them to have something to do while the other one had a chance for some time with their new baby.
I have always included a book, because we like to celebrate almost every occasion with books.
and then something for them to do that is quiet, like a journal or a travel board game.
The kids also made a welcome home banner for their sibling.
What was your favorite “Birth” day gift ever received?
Click to Read more about Kim and Amanda’s favorite gifts ever (and see how cute THEY were as babies!)
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Hello Amanda,
I think these are the great gifting ideas. I love the idea of giving healthy gift basket to mom. Sounds really good. Keep sharing your ideas.
Thanks Susan for stopping by! I'm a home-made fan too. Chocolate dipped fruit sounds amazing!!!!
Thanks Emma! It doesn't have to be big, but something little is always a nice gesture. As I'm typing this, I'm remember a friend brought my kids a new coloring book when baby #3 was born and that was so sweet.
Hi – I'm visiting from the Bloppy group. These are some really neat suggestions! The best gift for my kids were various handmade blankets, personalized name books and a cute hooded towel with my sons's name on it that my sister gave me. It was really big and he still uses it now that he is 2 and a half. I love anything personalized for a new baby! For me, the best gift was my husband getting me an Edible Incredibles chocolate dipped fruit arrangement when I got home from the hospital.
I think it's a great idea to get something for the older sibling. It's easy to coo over the adorable new baby, but you don't want the older kids to feel left out. 🙂