Ideas for a Grandma gift bag?

My husband and I (well, lol, it was my idea, and he doesn't know it yet!)
plan to give a small gift bag to each of our mothers on the day they first
visit the baby. It looks like it will be while we are still in the hospital,
I can compromise on that as long as they let us have a "lone" homecoming and
some time to ourselves when we first get home. The only concern I have about
hospital visitors is I will be trying to establish breastfeeding and can't
do that with people milling around. I won't be in the hospital that long
anyway unless I end up having a complication.

So anyway I am looking for some ideas on little things I can put in a gift
bag for each grandma. I have thought of a bib they can keep at their house
that says something about Grandma on it, and a small photo album, one of
those "Grandmas brag book" things. I really also wanted something more of a
keepsake type of thing.....

Any ideas?

Jill wrote:

My husband and I (well, lol, it was my idea, and he doesn't know it yet!)
plan to give a small gift bag to each of our mothers on the day they first
visit the baby. It looks like it will be while we are still in the hospital,
I can compromise on that as long as they let us have a "lone" homecoming and
some time to ourselves when we first get home. The only concern I have about
hospital visitors is I will be trying to establish breastfeeding and can't
do that with people milling around. I won't be in the hospital that long
anyway unless I end up having a complication.

So anyway I am looking for some ideas on little things I can put in a gift
bag for each grandma. I have thought of a bib they can keep at their house
that says something about Grandma on it, and a small photo album, one of
those "Grandmas brag book" things. I really also wanted something more of a
keepsake type of thing.....

Any ideas?

How about a couple of picture frames and some nice fancy paper... ask the
nurse/doctor to make an extra set of baby foot prints on each and frame them for
the Grandmas?

Marion

Jill wibbled

So anyway I am looking for some ideas on little things I can put
in a gift bag for each grandma. I have thought of a bib they can
keep at their house that says something about Grandma on it, and a
small photo album, one of those "Grandmas brag book" things. I
really also wanted something more of a keepsake type of thing.....

We gave each set of grandparents a Grandparents Book which is filled
with questions and prompts so that they can fill it in and eventually
give it back to T - it's things like "What do I remember about my
childhood?" and "The house I grew up in was..." so that the
grandparents can do some reminiscing and the child gets a keepsake of
the grandparents' lives. Both sets really liked these, and we're hoping
they'll finish them for T's first birthday this summer (MIL's done
hers, my mum is inking hers in now, the two grandads still have to
finish their questions).

Jac

I was gonna recommend the footprints too!


"Marion Boulden" wrote in message
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Jill wrote:

My husband and I (well, lol, it was my idea, and he doesn't know it
yet!)
plan to give a small gift bag to each of our mothers on the day they
first
visit the baby. It looks like it will be while we are still in the
hospital,
I can compromise on that as long as they let us have a "lone" homecoming
and
some time to ourselves when we first get home. The only concern I have
about
hospital visitors is I will be trying to establish breastfeeding and
can't
do that with people milling around. I won't be in the hospital that long
anyway unless I end up having a complication.

So anyway I am looking for some ideas on little things I can put in a
gift
bag for each grandma. I have thought of a bib they can keep at their
house
that says something about Grandma on it, and a small photo album, one of
those "Grandmas brag book" things. I really also wanted something more
of a
keepsake type of thing.....

Any ideas?

How about a couple of picture frames and some nice fancy paper... ask the
nurse/doctor to make an extra set of baby foot prints on each and frame
them for
the Grandmas?

Marion

Not really a keepsake, but when I was pg with DS, I
gave my mom some magnet picture frames (shapped like a
train and sunflowers, I think) for her birthday
as "grandma gear".

--
Emily
mom to Toby 5/1/02
Scheherazade, stillborn at 20 weeks, 3/2/04

Things Remembered has some really neat things like that for keepsakes...You
can get them engraved with baby birthdate weight etc.
"Jill" wrote in message
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My husband and I (well, lol, it was my idea, and he doesn't know it yet!)
plan to give a small gift bag to each of our mothers on the day they first
visit the baby. It looks like it will be while we are still in the
hospital,
I can compromise on that as long as they let us have a "lone" homecoming
and
some time to ourselves when we first get home. The only concern I have
about
hospital visitors is I will be trying to establish breastfeeding and can't
do that with people milling around. I won't be in the hospital that long
anyway unless I end up having a complication.

So anyway I am looking for some ideas on little things I can put in a gift
bag for each grandma. I have thought of a bib they can keep at their house
that says something about Grandma on it, and a small photo album, one of
those "Grandmas brag book" things. I really also wanted something more of
a
keepsake type of thing.....

Any ideas?

What an awesome idea - I hope you don't mind if I copy it :-)

Cheers
Camille


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