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What to get a Male coworker who just had a baby?
A team member of mine just had a baby. Any suggestions for cool gifts for new dads?
What's crazy is that we are in Chicago for a meeting. Tuesday night he got a call his wife's water broke. He got a 6am flight out Wednesday morning and MISSED the birth of his son by 15 minutes.
Re: What to get a Male coworker who just had a baby?
Hmm, nothing really comes to mind. I will have to think about it. Have you done a search on Etsy? Maybe something there will stand out.
And man, that sucks he missed the birth!!! I can't believe he was traveling if she was so close to her due date (unless she went early). I swear, at the end of my pregnancy I was super worried that I would go into labor and my H would be out in the brush somewhere at work with no cell service.
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I can't think of anything either.
And that REALLY sucks!! I had a horrible fear of that happening, since my H travels so much. Actually, he was in Tennessee when I was having issues with pre-term labor at 34 weeks. I was freaking out to say the least.
DH just bought his friend one of these for his yet-to-be-born baby:
http://www.miracleblanket.com/
It was a lifesaver for us. Most babies love to be swaddled and this swaddling blanket is idiot proof.
Not much coming to mind gift wise, but if it were me I think I'd just buy something cute for the baby- maybe an outfit or sleeper that says something Dad-related? (Daddy's Girl or Daddy's Little Slugger or something along those lines.)
And that is awful about missing the birth, especially by mere minutes. That's just sad she had to go through labor without him and that he missed such an amazing experience.
I couldn't imagine if H had missed Lilas birth
That sucks big time!
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Last summer, I sent two Amelia Bedelia books and the DVD of National Lampoon's Vacation to a new dad.
He wrote back that they were swamped with newborn stuff - probably too much to even use all of it by the time she grew out of that size. His wife got a kick out of the AB books, because she remembered loving them when she was a little girl cuddled up with her mom and dad. And he said that Clark Griswold was the perfect "FATHER" role model. I think he was kidding about that part.
Or you could get him a gift card to some restaurant that has take-out, so he can stop there on the way home from work and bring dinner - like Applebees and Chilis have easy takeout.
What you should do is find him an empty office, and stand guard so he can sleep for an hour. ;-) I remember my poor husband going off to work some days and I just don't know how he did it.
I think a gift card for takeout would be perfect. If they are used to dual incomes, they are probably cutting corners where they can, and yet they really need everything else to be as easy as possible.
My silly Lily is almost 4.