Comments on: The Perfect Gift For A Newborn Baby http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/the-perfect-gift-for-a-newborn-baby/ Investing and Personal Finance Sat, 31 Jul 2010 15:45:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Four Pillars http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/the-perfect-gift-for-a-newborn-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-5573 Four Pillars Thu, 01 May 2008 02:46:04 +0000 http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/the-perfect-gift-for-a-newborn-baby/#comment-5573 CJB - that's a really good idea! Mike CJB – that’s a really good idea!

Mike

]]> By: CJB http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/the-perfect-gift-for-a-newborn-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-5563 CJB Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:50:46 +0000 http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/the-perfect-gift-for-a-newborn-baby/#comment-5563 I'm giving the gift of photos. There is a local photographer that will go to the new mom's house and take photos of her and the new baby. Prints are also included in this gift. Babies grow up so quickly - I think they will treasure this gift forever. I’m giving the gift of photos.

There is a local photographer that will go to the new mom’s house and take photos of her and the new baby. Prints are also included in this gift.

Babies grow up so quickly – I think they will treasure this gift forever.

]]> By: Carnival of Family Life | On the Horizon http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/the-perfect-gift-for-a-newborn-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-5349 Carnival of Family Life | On the Horizon Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:01:46 +0000 http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/the-perfect-gift-for-a-newborn-baby/#comment-5349 [...] Pillars shares The Perfect Gift For A Newborn Baby published at Quest For Four [...] [...] Pillars shares The Perfect Gift For A Newborn Baby published at Quest For Four [...]

]]> By: JHS http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/the-perfect-gift-for-a-newborn-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-5153 JHS Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:40:51 +0000 http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/the-perfect-gift-for-a-newborn-baby/#comment-5153 Great suggestions. Thanks for participating in this week's Carnival of Family Life, hosted at <a href="http://www.hopefulspirit.com" rel="nofollow">On the Horizon</a> tomorrow, April 14, 2008! Be sure to drop by and check out all of the other excellent entries this week! Great suggestions. Thanks for participating in this week’s Carnival of Family Life, hosted at On the Horizon tomorrow, April 14, 2008! Be sure to drop by and check out all of the other excellent entries this week!

]]> By: Four Pillars http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/the-perfect-gift-for-a-newborn-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-4988 Four Pillars Sun, 06 Apr 2008 17:26:58 +0000 http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/the-perfect-gift-for-a-newborn-baby/#comment-4988 Gates - you are doing some really good things for those people. I agree that some new parents need the basics, such as clothes etc. The key is communication to make sure that your gift will be useful. Mike Gates – you are doing some really good things for those people.

I agree that some new parents need the basics, such as clothes etc. The key is communication to make sure that your gift will be useful.

Mike

]]> By: Gates VP http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/the-perfect-gift-for-a-newborn-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-4978 Gates VP Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:34:07 +0000 http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/the-perfect-gift-for-a-newborn-baby/#comment-4978 Funny thing is, most of the parents in my life right now are actually in cash straights, so the wife and I are actually doing two things: 1. Buying specific gifts to open up bottlenecks <i>and</i> 2. Putting money aside for when the kid inevitably needs to go to college and the parents can't afford it. For example, one mother is a single 17-year old niece who needs driving lessons. Thanks to help from various levels of government, the best gift for this baby right now is a mother than can drive. Another set of parents live in a home that's fading very fast. They'll find a way to cover the monthly necessities, but simply can't afford the "larger catastrophes". So when they need money to fix the mold in bathroom or to simply to rent a moving truck for greener pastures we'll cover the move as a gift for the baby. What the parents don't know is that we're socking away money for both of these kids' futures. (No special RESPs yet, the amounts are still small and the babies still young) Of course, for the "well-off" parents, the above list is great, but I'd jump on with <b>BeThisWay</b>: <i>The services are terrific, especially the housecleaning. Anytime. Please.</i> If you can afford all of the physical necessities, the most valuable thing is definitely someone's time. (on all kinds of levels :) Funny thing is, most of the parents in my life right now are actually in cash straights, so the wife and I are actually doing two things:
1. Buying specific gifts to open up bottlenecks and
2. Putting money aside for when the kid inevitably needs to go to college and the parents can’t afford it.

For example, one mother is a single 17-year old niece who needs driving lessons. Thanks to help from various levels of government, the best gift for this baby right now is a mother than can drive.

Another set of parents live in a home that’s fading very fast. They’ll find a way to cover the monthly necessities, but simply can’t afford the “larger catastrophes”. So when they need money to fix the mold in bathroom or to simply to rent a moving truck for greener pastures we’ll cover the move as a gift for the baby.

What the parents don’t know is that we’re socking away money for both of these kids’ futures. (No special RESPs yet, the amounts are still small and the babies still young)

Of course, for the “well-off” parents, the above list is great, but I’d jump on with BeThisWay: The services are terrific, especially the housecleaning. Anytime. Please.

If you can afford all of the physical necessities, the most valuable thing is definitely someone’s time. (on all kinds of levels :)

]]> By: » Festival of Frugality #119: The Quitting My Day Job to Blog Full Time Edition on Consumerism Commentary: A Personal Finance Blog http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/the-perfect-gift-for-a-newborn-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-4860 » Festival of Frugality #119: The Quitting My Day Job to Blog Full Time Edition on Consumerism Commentary: A Personal Finance Blog Tue, 01 Apr 2008 10:19:05 +0000 http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/the-perfect-gift-for-a-newborn-baby/#comment-4860 [...] some frugal gift ideas for kids, check out The Perfect Gift For A Newborn Baby at Quest For Four [...] [...] some frugal gift ideas for kids, check out The Perfect Gift For A Newborn Baby at Quest For Four [...]

]]> By: Four Pillars http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/the-perfect-gift-for-a-newborn-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-4839 Four Pillars Sun, 30 Mar 2008 22:58:12 +0000 http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/the-perfect-gift-for-a-newborn-baby/#comment-4839 DRIPpy Chick - great handle! lol. Those are all great suggestions. Mike DRIPpy Chick – great handle! lol.

Those are all great suggestions.

Mike

]]> By: DRIPpy Chick http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/the-perfect-gift-for-a-newborn-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-4837 DRIPpy Chick Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:18:13 +0000 http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/the-perfect-gift-for-a-newborn-baby/#comment-4837 I avoid giving clothes and toys altogether for newborns (although I agree that they are fun to shop for!)... kids get so many of each, and often the gently-used (outgrown long before any wear can be detected) hand-me-downs from friends and relatives provide more than a little fashionista can possibly wear. If gifting a couple's first child, I have been known to give the parents a digital thermometer... the kind that you put in the ear. Kids get sick at the most inconvenient times, and you can't always dash off to a 24 hour Shoppers Drug Mart in the middle of the night. Portable playpens or zip-up clamshell carseat bags (think sleeping bags that stay in the carseat... you don't have to bundle them up quite as much in the wintertime if you have these!) are also usually well appreciated. Another thing I try to do every January/February is to pick up a stack of the special issue "Year of the " stamps from Canada Post. They are inexpensive, but make a nice addition to the baby card for babies born that year. This year's Year of the Rat special issue is particularly beautiful. I avoid giving clothes and toys altogether for newborns (although I agree that they are fun to shop for!)… kids get so many of each, and often the gently-used (outgrown long before any wear can be detected) hand-me-downs from friends and relatives provide more than a little fashionista can possibly wear.

If gifting a couple’s first child, I have been known to give the parents a digital thermometer… the kind that you put in the ear. Kids get sick at the most inconvenient times, and you can’t always dash off to a 24 hour Shoppers Drug Mart in the middle of the night. Portable playpens or zip-up clamshell carseat bags (think sleeping bags that stay in the carseat… you don’t have to bundle them up quite as much in the wintertime if you have these!) are also usually well appreciated.

Another thing I try to do every January/February is to pick up a stack of the special issue “Year of the ” stamps from Canada Post. They are inexpensive, but make a nice addition to the baby card for babies born that year. This year’s Year of the Rat special issue is particularly beautiful.

]]> By: Four Pillars http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/the-perfect-gift-for-a-newborn-baby/comment-page-1/#comment-4836 Four Pillars Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:10:43 +0000 http://www.moneysmartsblog.com/the-perfect-gift-for-a-newborn-baby/#comment-4836 BeThisWay - thanks very much. You're right about the alcohol - it really depends on the new parents. In my case it's a perfectly acceptable gift!! :) Mike BeThisWay – thanks very much.

You’re right about the alcohol – it really depends on the new parents. In my case it’s a perfectly acceptable gift!! :)

Mike

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