Dinner, delivered, several times
The best new-parent gift, and it is not close. A card that covers four dinners at the specific moment cooking becomes impossible.
Have a look →Gifts for new parents (not for the baby)
Everyone buys for the baby. The baby cannot read, does not care, and has already received nine muslin blankets.
Buy for the adults. Specifically, buy them time, food, or sleep — in that order.
A very large insulated water bottle
Feeding a baby makes you astonishingly thirsty, usually while pinned to a sofa. One-handed lid, straw, holds a litre.
Have a look →A cleaning service, once
Slightly awkward to offer and enormously appreciated. Frame it as "I booked this, cancel if you hate it" so it does not become another task.
Have a look →A good sound machine
Ostensibly for the baby, genuinely for the parents, who can then move around the house after seven in the evening.
Have a look →A photo print of the first week
They took nine hundred photos and printed none. One framed print, chosen for them, is the gift they will still have when the child leaves home.
Have a look →Stop guessing next year
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