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Need gift help for a new mom
Soooo. A few weeks ago, my friend from college had her baby. She is 41, single, and had a friend's gay brother donate his sperm so she could have a baby. It's really pretty impressive of her (in my opinion).
Anyhow-- anyone have a good idea for a baby gift (up to $50 or thereabouts) for a new mom, especially one who is a single mom?
"Once the realization is accepted that even between the closest human beings infinite distances continue, a wonderful living side by side can grow, if they succeed in loving the distance between them which makes it possible for each to see the other whole against the sky." -- Ranier Maria Rilke
Me:37 MH:38
TTC since Oct 2011
BFP/Beta#1: 13 6/20/12; Beta#2: 20 6/22/12;
MC/Beta#3: 9 6/27/12 BFP#2/Beta#1: 9/21/12
S/PAIFW
Me:37 MH:38
TTC since Oct 2011
BFP/Beta#1: 13 6/20/12; Beta#2: 20 6/22/12;
MC/Beta#3: 9 6/27/12 BFP#2/Beta#1: 9/21/12
S/PAIFW
Re: Need gift help for a new mom
I should add, too, that I can't give her food/prepped meals because she has food issues that are pretty extensive (kind of allergies, but not quite).
I was thinking a Moby because she says she can't do anything with her hands full of baby and he's too young yet to go in the Bjorn...
A Moby was the first thing that came to my mind.
Honestly, what I wanted most after DD was born was sleep (not gonna happen!) and someone else to handle food and household chores.
I know you said not food, but are there any restaurants or anything nearby where she could use a gift certificate? Or a gift basket of snacks that she can eat? I used to keep a box of granola bars next to the chair where I fed DD at night because it was a fast and easy one-handed snack.
This! I still wish I had more help at 8 weeks. Maybe offer her a day/night where you come clean her house and run errands or hold baby while she naps, etc. or give her a gift certificate for a cleaning service.
Moby it is, then!
She lives in NJ, so helping her out physically is impossible... but I can definitely send her something to free up her 2 hands and let her wee fella still snuggle!
Good choice!