Practical gift for new grandma?

[Anonymous]

Her daughter is having a boy and I'd like to get grandma a gift. It's her first grandbaby.

[Anonymous]

Car seat base for her car? This is assuming she lives close enough to her daughter to occasionally be driving the baby around.

[Anonymous]

It depends how close and involved the new grandma will be. As a grandma, I like having a playpen and change table. Also my own set of baby toys - rattles, Sophie the giraffe, etc. Baby washcloths, bibs, bath toys, board books, baby wipes......

[Anonymous]

a pack and play?

[Anonymous]

If her grandchild is local or is will visit her frequently, useful baby gear. If not local/won't visit (and she can borrow, say, a pack and play from a friend or neighbor), maybe a digital photo frame so she can display lots of pictures in rotation?

[Anonymous]

A baby book so she can brush up on things. She may not know the new guidelines on safe sleep, etc. My parents didn't and it was a real pain as an exhausted new mom to have to persuade them that things had changed since the mid-70s.

[Anonymous]

Depends on how "practical" you want to go. The things I (as a mom) find most helpful to have at the grandparents house is a pack n play and a high chair. A lot of baby gear parents get picky about (car seats etc) so I wouldn't get those, but pack n play and high chair are pretty standard and uncontroversial.

Something more for grandma herself, an album or gift cert for shutterfly or another site where she can make an album.

[Anonymous]

I'm a new grammie and I'd like a babies r us gift card for books and a few new toys as mine are long gone!

[Anonymous]

Gift card for photo printing. All the pics we have are electronic, and it's nice to be able to print some for long-term keepsakes. That plus a photo album to put them in.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A baby book so she can brush up on things. She may not know the new guidelines on safe sleep, etc. My parents didn't and it was a real pain as an exhausted new mom to have to persuade them that things had changed since the mid-70s.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A baby book so she can brush up on things. She may not know the new guidelines on safe sleep, etc. My parents didn't and it was a real pain as an exhausted new mom to have to persuade them that things had changed since the mid-70s.

I tried to do any eye roll.....but maybe should have suggested a book on becoming computer savvy!

[Anonymous]

I gave my mom a leather envelope for pictures. She loved it. She has gotten one for each of her friends as they became grandparents.