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Best Friends New born

  • 26-07-2019 12:33pm
    #1
    skinny90
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,488 ✭✭✭skinny90


    Hi All


    My best friend is expecting his first child. This is the first friend in our circle to have a child.



    What would be appropriate here as a gift for a best friend.



    I know his partner received lots of stuff from her own girl friends but from a lads perspective what is expected?


    Any ideas?


    Thanks


Comments

  • #2
    ncmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,852 ✭✭✭ncmc


    Honestly, I would ask them if there is anything they need for the baby, or else give cash or a voucher. I have two young kids and so many people bought commemorative gifts that they obviously thought were lovely and heartfelt, but honestly, with a small house, I just don’t have the space for stuff like that. I don’t mean to sound ungrateful, but there’s so much ‘stuff’ that comes with a new baby, I personally think the last thing people need is more ‘stuff’ that they don’t need.

    Vouchers for somewhere like Boots, Next, M&S etc are lovely to get.


  • #3
    iamwhoiam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,153 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    My daughter got a gift of a voucher for a photo session whenever they felt ready to use it .She loved that idea


  • #4
    CiarraiAbu2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 584 ✭✭✭CiarraiAbu2


    https://preciousmomentskenmare.com/blankets-2/


  • #5
    drunkmonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,330 ✭✭✭✭drunkmonkey


    Giving him an excuse to get away from the house would be present enough. A night away when the mother in law is staying over something like that.


  • #6
    Kailyn Teeny Toupee
    Posts: 13,688 ✭✭✭✭ Kailyn Teeny Toupee


    I'd agree, a voucher. The photoshoot one is a great idea. I must write that one down.

    Vouchers are usually the lazy route but for a newborn, very practical.


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  • #7
    ncmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,852 ✭✭✭ncmc


    CiarraiAbu2 wrote: »
    https://preciousmomentskenmare.com/blankets-2/
    I could have opened a blanket shop when my two were born! I got so many and some where engraved with the babies name or date of birth. It's a lovely idea, but there is a good chance someone else has had the same idea. That's why I think it's a good idea to ask what the parents need or else play it safe with a voucher.


  • #8
    ncmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,852 ✭✭✭ncmc


    What about a restaurant voucher and a promise to babysit when they want to use it! Now that’s a gift I would have absolutely loved!


  • #9
    Darthvadar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 158 ✭✭Darthvadar


    I buy Prize Bonds for the baby....

    Darth...


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