Gifts for new parents can vary from the typical baby shower gifts to special and fun gifts. Some gifts you choose will last them for years. Give them something they will cherish.
New moms love the help and gifts they receive from friends and family, but they also really want more sleep and not have to think too much for the first 6 weeks about cooking or cleaning! Gifts to help their daily life run smoothly are a great option.
Sometimes giving new parents gifts that are a thoughtful non-baby gift can be more beneficial to their health and happiness than another toy or blanket.
Here is a list of gift suggestions that aren’t for the baby except for one or two! Baby will be happy with all the new presents they get too, but if you want to include a special gift for the parents take a look at this list.
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Great Gifts For New Parents
A Personalized Calendar With Cute Family Photos
This Baby’s First Year Memory Book and Journal is something a new mother will love to use to keep and treasure all her baby’s firsts. This gift for new parents will help them keep track of all the milestones every month of the baby’s first year. They can also add the baby’s handprint, footprints, and much more.
Related: Creative Ways to Document Baby’s First Year
A Cleaning Service
Other great gifts for new parents are gifts of service. For example, giving them a home cleaning service package.
A new mother needs time to relax and rest with her new baby. She needs to sleep whenever she can during the day. But mothers don’t want to let their home get too out of order, so they tend to worry about when they’re going to get all the housework done.
I’m pretty sure a new mom will love you for this gift!
A Coffee Machine
A coffee machine that can make everything from lattes to cappuccinos, to plain drip coffee. This gift for new parents is a great treat!
New parents still want to enjoy their favorite coffee blends. And they don’t have much time to wait around for their coffee to brew. This coffee maker heats and brews in one simple process. And if someone forgets to shut the coffee machine off, it will automatically shut off after 2 hours.
An Instant Pot For Speedy Dinners
A new mother will find an Instant Pot the best solution for cooking meals.
There are so many ways you can use an Instant Pot. You can use them as a rice cooker, a slow cooker, a yogurt maker, and a pressure cooker.
If new parents need a quick meal, the pressure cooker setting will be a tremendous help. It will cook your favorite recipes 70% faster than any other method. It’s way better to cook healthy foods fast, than ordering unhealthy fast food take-out!
The pressure cooker option can cook any type of food fast, like rice, beans, or tough cuts of meat. You just throw everything you want in the Instapot and walk away.
This is the perfect hands-off cooking method for new parents.
Related: The Healthy Meal Planning Bundle
Related: Instant Pot-Italian Tomato Chicken Penne
Comfortable Sweet Crib Sheets
A perfect gift for baby’s first night home is this set of pure cotton crib sheets.
New parents want their little ones to feel comfortable and cozy while they sleep. These high-quality Egyptian cotton sheets are naturally grown and have no additives. New parents will love that these crib sheets are also eco-friendly and so natural feeling for their baby.
Of all the possible gifts for new parents, restful sleep for them and the baby may be the most important!
A Scented Bubble Bath
A scented bubble bath is something a new mom will love to relax with. But this lavender-scented bubble bath is gentle enough for baby too! It’s gentle enough for daily use and won’t dry out baby’s skin. It’s also tear-free.
Bathtime with baby will be relaxing and calming with this lavender-scented gentle cleansing bubble bath.
Use this list of special and useful gifts for new parents. Some of these gifts will help new parents get back into running their household more smoothly. And others are just for pure pleasure.
That bubble bath smells so good. That will help me relax and put to sleep.
I do agree with you bubble bath smells wonderful. Yes, very relaxing!
Any new parent would loves these I’m sure especially an updated coffee machine! Great gift guide.
Hello Catherine, Yes, I agree! Thank you, Thanks for stopping by!
These are amazing, wow!!! Get me the instant pot, i heard soooo much about it, I want it.
Hey Mosaic, Yes, they are fabulous. I have great recipes for instant pot. Check them out. Thank you for coming by!
These are such great ideas for new parents. I never know what to get my friends and know these would be so useful.
Hello Melanie, Me too! That’s exactly why I did this one. Thanks for coming by!