Good gift for single mom of adopted child?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just found out my good childhood friend adopted a little boy. We exchange emails but haven’t seen each other in years / are across the country from one another. I have ideas of baby presents I could send that I appreciated when I was a new mom, but I didn’t know if there was anything that was especially helpful as either a single mother or adoptive mother? My budget is probably in the $40 range, more or less.

Adoptive (though not single) mom here. I'd give her the same thing you'd give any other parent whom you just learned is a parent of a little boy.

Exactly (another adoptive mom here, how is single). Adoption does not alter the child or family, it is just an alternative way to form a family.

I would give the same gift you would give any young child/new mom.

If she does not have the child yet, watch clothes because sometimes you are not sure of the size. Other than that, it is nice that you want to help celebrate their joy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But if you're buying books, be thoughtful about it. There are great books for all parents, great books for special situations, and some that just don't work in for adoptive and/or single parent families. (My mom kept insisting that we needed to read Are You My Mother? which is a fun book but is really focused on the fact that the bird is looking for a mom that looks like it--and, you know, I don't look like my kid. But my mom also knocked it out of the park with Mother Bruce, which is one of my all time favorites.)

There are many great books for different families nowadays, but I would let the mom make those choices. Some are a bit heavy handed or too religious. If the baby is an actual baby, books may be premature anyway. (Unless you get one that has all spaces for family photos, so the child can learn their new family members. But as stated above, make sure they don't talk about the father.)

[Anonymous]

I love this book, for any mom who has to leave a young child and go to work:

https://www.amazon.com/Oh-My-Baby-Little-One/dp/0152060316

[Anonymous]

I got this for my daughter. I love this book.

https://www.wonderbly.com/personalized-products/lost-my-name-v2-book

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I got this for my daughter. I love this book.

https://www.wonderbly.com/personalized-products/lost-my-name-v2-book

I would have been very upset but this gift.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I got this for my daughter. I love this book.

https://www.wonderbly.com/personalized-products/lost-my-name-v2-book

I would have been very upset but this gift.

Why? Did you even look at it? It's nice for any kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got this for my daughter. I love this book.

https://www.wonderbly.com/personalized-products/lost-my-name-v2-book

I would have been very upset but this gift.

Why? Did you even look at it? It's nice for any kid.

Not for a kid who is adopted. It would go in a drawer never touched.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got this for my daughter. I love this book.

https://www.wonderbly.com/personalized-products/lost-my-name-v2-book

I would have been very upset but this gift.

Why? Did you even look at it? It's nice for any kid.

Not for a kid who is adopted. It would go in a drawer never touched.

Exactly. They LITERALLY lose their name--often--when they come into another family.

People who do not have firsthand experience with adoption should really proceed with care here...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got this for my daughter. I love this book.

https://www.wonderbly.com/personalized-products/lost-my-name-v2-book

I would have been very upset but this gift.

Why? Did you even look at it? It's nice for any kid.

Not for a kid who is adopted. It would go in a drawer never touched.

Exactly. They LITERALLY lose their name--often--when they come into another family.

People who do not have firsthand experience with adoption should really proceed with care here...

Maybe your kids, but that wasn't the situation for my kids.

[Anonymous]

When I adopted my daughter, I purchased "Born in my heart." (Storybook). Highly recommend!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got this for my daughter. I love this book.

https://www.wonderbly.com/personalized-products/lost-my-name-v2-book

I would have been very upset but this gift.

Why? Did you even look at it? It's nice for any kid.

Not for a kid who is adopted. It would go in a drawer never touched.

Exactly. They LITERALLY lose their name--often--when they come into another family.

People who do not have firsthand experience with adoption should really proceed with care here...

So then all the previous responses of "any gift for new mom" is not true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got this for my daughter. I love this book.

https://www.wonderbly.com/personalized-products/lost-my-name-v2-book

I would have been very upset but this gift.

Why? Did you even look at it? It's nice for any kid.

Not for a kid who is adopted. It would go in a drawer never touched.

Exactly. They LITERALLY lose their name--often--when they come into another family.

People who do not have firsthand experience with adoption should really proceed with care here...

I doubt you even read the pages inside the book and instead making a knee jerk reaction to the title.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got this for my daughter. I love this book.

https://www.wonderbly.com/personalized-products/lost-my-name-v2-book

I would have been very upset but this gift.

Why? Did you even look at it? It's nice for any kid.

Not for a kid who is adopted. It would go in a drawer never touched.

Exactly. They LITERALLY lose their name--often--when they come into another family.

People who do not have firsthand experience with adoption should really proceed with care here...

my adopted kid had this book. We love it.