What is a good gift for a newborn baby?

A soft toy sold for 0+ (Jellycat's Bashful range is the one most parents choose), a board book, muslins, and clothes in 6–12 months rather than newborn — the newborn size is over in six weeks and everyone buys it.

What is a good gift for the new parents themselves?

Anything that makes the first month softer: good hand cream, bath things, a proper coffee, a meal delivered, an hour of babysitting. A gift for the mother that is not about the baby is remembered for years.

How much should you spend on a new baby gift?

£15–40 for a friend, more for family. The soft toy plus a book is the classic and sits at the bottom of that range; the parents' gift can be the rest.

Gifts for new parents (and the baby)

A new baby gets forty gifts and needs about four; the parents get none and need a lot. The good new-baby gift is for both of them.

That is this list: the soft toy that becomes the baby's first friend, a board book, and for the parents — hand cream for the person washing bottles, bath things for the first evening off, the small comforts. Real UK prices, in stock.

New parents keep a list already, because everyone asks. Get it, and buy the thing nobody else has.

30 products · prices and stock checked October 2026 · every link goes to the shop

Jellycat Personalized Bashful Black & Cream Puppy Blankie
£75.00
11
Jellycat Amuseables Pencil
£28.00
9
Jellycat Personalized Bashful Giraffe Blankie
£75.00
9
Stanley Messi x Stanley 1913 IceFlow™ Flip Straw 2.0 Tumbler - 0.89L
£52.00
7
Rituals Sport Shampoo & Body Bar
£14.00
6
Stanley Flowstate™ Spring Bottle - 0.59L
£40.00
6
Rituals The Ritual of Hammam Shower Oil
£10.90
6
Stanley IceFlow™ Bottle Flip Straw 2.0 - 1.06L
£50.00
6
Zara Hair Curly Hair Shampoo 300ml
£11.99
5
Zara Hair Curly Hair Mask 200ml
£11.99
5
Dr.Althea 345 Relief Cream
£17.99
5
Rituals Skincare Firming Day Cream
£52.90
4
PIXI Overnight Spot Stickers
£9.60
4
Cicabio Ultra-Repairing Soothing Healing Cream with Hyaluronic Acid SPF50 40ml
£13.00
4
The INKEY List Hyaluronic Acid Serum 30ml
£9.00
4
Charlotte Tilbury Charlotte's Magic Cream (50ml)
£79.00
4
The INKEY List Salicylic Acid Cleanser 150ml
£12.00
4
Dungeon Crawler Carl
£30.00
4
Kiehl's Ultra Barrier Cleanser 150ml
£27.00
4
Garnier Ambre Solaire SPF 50 Sensitive Advanced Sun Protection Cream 175ml
£8.00
4
NEOM Real Luxury Multi-Mineral Body Milk 200ml
£28.80
4
The Ordinary 10% Argireline Solution 30ml
£9.20
4
Joonbyrd Moon Swim Body Wash 350ml
£38.00
4
Elemis Superfood Midnight Facial 50ml
£38.40
4
Pai Skincare Rosehip Bioregenerate Face Oil 10ml
£19.00
4
Color Wow Style on Steroids Performance Enhancing Texture + Finishing Spray 250ml
£28.00
4
OUAI Detox Shampoo 300ml
£30.00
4
eos Vanilla Body Wash
£17.99
3
Mugler Angel Perfuming Body Cream 200ml
£56.95
3
HydroJug Traveler Tumbler 40oz
£37.40
3

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