New Baby gift guide
Baby showers, new parents, and what they actually use.
The infant industrial complex sells a lot of stuff that gets used once. The gifts new parents actually want: practical items in bulk (diapers, wipes, sleep sacks in the next size up), the bedtime book everyone reads to their kid for two years, a meal-delivery gift card for week 2, a great muslin swaddle pack. Save the keepsake newborn outfits for a 6-month milestone — the newborn-size ones get worn for a week.
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12 picks for New Baby
Curated from our catalog of 1,000+ vetted products
If it's a second or third kid, ask what they're short on — they have the gear, but the consumables run out fast. A coffee subscription is also genuinely better than a baby blanket at this point.
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