When considering gifts for a new baby, flowers are always a great idea. This is more for the benefit of the mother more than anything else. After all, she has been through a traumatic and stressful time and needs all the cheering up she can get, especially with all of those sleepless nights. Flowers can make any room look much better and can make the room smell lovely as well. Not only that, but certain fragrances of flowers have feel good factors which can act as aromatherapy in a sense.

When you are thinking of gifts for the baby, you should think about hampers. These hampers can have whatever you like stored within it, from cute little teddy bears and clothes, to luxury baby food that he or she can eat when they get a little bit older. You can also add things that can be kept as keepsakes for the baby, such as little silver money boxes or personalized and engraved items that make perfect gifts to show the little baby when they get a little older.

These hampers can also be perfect for the parents as well as the baby. You can add a bottle of champagne for the parents or flowers for the mother, and if they choose not to drink the champagne and save it for the child when he or she hits the legal age. This is a fantastic idea, and champagne always tastes better when it has matured for a few years!

If the baby has been born around Christmas time, Christmas hampers are a fantastic idea for a gift for both the parents and the child. These Christmas hampers will generally contain nice bottles of alcohol that can be drunk by the parent or again, kept for when the child is old enough, alongside luxury food items and also items associated with Christmas such as mince pies and mulled wine or Christmas puddings. Once the items within the Christmas hampers have been consumed or used, you can always keep the baskets that they were held in for later use of more presents. This is a great way of recycling and doing something for the environment as well as making the receiver of the hampers smile!

If you are planning on buying a gift for new babies and their parents, why not try combining hampers and flowers to make the perfect thoughtful gifts. You should also try and take around teddies and suchlike, but these can be added to the hampers when and if you decide to. Flowers are great for any new mother, and with all of the stresses and strains that accompany having a new born child, any mother needs an excuse to smile every once in a while. Also, hampers are perfect as you can put food items in there that can be consumed when the mother doesn't have the time or energy to make herself food, and also chocolate, which everyone already knows has feel good factors about it!