A close personal friend of 30 years has recently had a baby girl. What would be a really memorable present?

Answer 1

My best friend bought my new daughter her first diamond. It is a pendant that she can wear on a necklace when she gets old enough. I found that to be very thoughtful and sweet because a girl NEVER forgets where or who she got her first diamond from! Good Luck!

Answer 2

Depends on thier social outlook really.

A few people bought my daughter things like personalised silver baby cup's and framed pictures of her in her cot, and gave things just to be the first, like a baby bank account and a bottle of some posh fizz or other...

What she really needed was toys and baby equipment, I remember all the people who bought us things like a second babygate... to keep her out of the kitchen as well as off the stairs, and then bought us a third one, for the top of the stairs too.... A brilliant and well recieved gift and i will alwyas know who bought it and it will always mean a lot to us. My mum... No baby toys, no trinkets... but she did buy a pushchair and the best babyseat system she could afford for us. my aunt bouth us a cat net to keep the cat out of the cot.... More usefull to my daughter than a framed picture telling her she's an astrological fish !

My daugher is three, she has no need for memorable toys or meanignfull gifts, the ones she has been given are just a box of items in the loft now.... and will be sittijng there for god knows how long before she ever see's them, and I wonder how much they will actually mean to her when she's 18. Not much I suspect.

That said... I have plenty of friends who genuinley appreciate all the things like dated newspapers and silver spoons and new baby scrap books and that years vintage wine.... and for them, it' means so much !!

I'd say, talk to the parents and see what they need, or figure out what thier social background is and buy accordingley, and buy carefully.

Answer 3

If you want to give her something material, then go ahead and listen to the many good advice you are getting. But as a mother of a 2 yr old, I tell you that what I remember the most was the help I got from relatives after giving birth. My father-in-law slept in the sofa one night to watch the baby so I could have a full night sleep. My sister-in-law clean the house and cooked for us one weekend. Yes, they also brough us presents, but I vaguely remeber them. When you have just given birth, you are so exausted, overwhelmed and with so much on your plate. And if she is anything like me, too shy to ask for help. Even from my best friend. If you have lots of money, pay for a night nurse for a week. Trust me, she will never forget that! Or pay for a home cleaning crew to come and clean her house once a week for a month or two.

Answer 4

Get her a photograph package. Those photos will stay on the wall for years. Maybe even buy the little girl an outfit to wear at the first sitting.

We used Olan Mills, and they do a package of 4 sittings in 1 year called Watch Me Grow. See http://www.olanmills.co.uk/

Answer 5

You could buy a portrait package for them, from a really great photgrapher. Good photos are always cherished.

If you set up a meal train, the new Mum would never forget that either, it would be so helpful! get a group of people to drop off dinner every other night, a lifesaver.

A great baby carrier like this one http://www.ergobabycarrier.com
looks pricey, but SO worthwhile.

Answer 6

If you can afford it open a savings account for her and pay somthing like £5 a month or whatever you can afford. It might not seem like much now but by the time she reaches 18 there will be a nice amount to help her out with somthing she wants to do like driving lessons and a car.

Answer 7

If you have a few bobs, a Stokke high chair.

Your friend's little girl would get to keep it for ever and she would always be confortable doing those long homework hours.
Might sound lame, but that present isn't likely to get tossed aside in a box and get dusty or moth eaten. They would think about you regularly too. Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah ;)

Congratulations to your friend.

Answer 8

A scrap book/album of the family before baby, with space to update. My nieces and nephews loved theirs, esp the pics of mum and dad on their wedding day. As the baby grows up, she'll love to look at the dodgy clothes mum was wearing...

Answer 9

if you go to any catalogue shop (e.g. Argos) you can get these really cute "my first year" photo frames with room for 12 small photo s and 1 big for her first birthday!
this has to be the nicest my son got when he was born, and its memorable because i look at it every day!
you can also get events cards from birthdays, where you write in all the events that happened on the day she was born (e.g. news, films, music ect) you could also ask them what they need!

good luck!

Answer 10

Why not buy her a beautiful yellow or pink rose bush to plant in the garden and name it after her daughter. Everytime she looks at the plant and admires at how it grows and thrives with the correct care she will be reminded of her daughter and how she has blossomed over the years.