Prem baby gift ideas

Hi ladies,

My brother's fiancee had her baby yesterday at 27 weeks gestation - Tyreece was 1lb 12oz born. I'm doing up a pack of bits and pieces to send up to them.

I'm going through all my kids knitted clothes and finding all the really little hats, booties, mittens etc, also I'll head out today to buy some premmie bodysuits. I'd like to get a little something for my SIL, someone suggested to hand lotion as she'll be washing her hands constantly.

Does anyone have any other ideas?

TIA

Yeah, the 'snack packs' and handcream sound great for your SIL. And I've seen the teddybears outfits at PP and they really are just like the 'normal' outfits except tiny.

Can premmies that little wear clothes though? Whenever I see pics of them they're just in the humidicribs in their nappies.

You're very thoughtful, I'm sure your SIL will appreciate the effort. It must be so hard having a premmie that tiny.

He won't be able to wear clothes for a couple of months. The hospital also provided the hats as they need to be a special type in order to attach the CPAP tubes to it. But once he is off CPAP and moved into a cot (Ashleigh was about 8 or 9 weeks old when this happened) then they will be able to dress him.

I found the practical gifts the best - petrol vouchers, meals cooked etc. Actually to be totally honest, it was a little upsetting in the first couple of days, being given all these gorgeous baby clothes and knowing I couldn't use them straight away - it is almost impossible to imagine them ever getting big enough to fit them lol! But of course it was awesome when we could finally use them!

The hand lotion sounds nice - although she probably won't be able to use it at the hospital but yes, your hands get very dry and irritated from the constant washing!

a little keepsake album is great. We have a heap of neat little things that mums can cut out and colour and keep explaining each different treatment and step the baby goes thru on the way and we often say that a scrapbooking album is great as they can then attach the first leads and first size nappies, handprints etc to pages... gives them something to do when sitting the unit for days on end and it's neat to look back on!

Pamper stuff for mum sounds cool (hand cream, body lotion, snacks etc.) I got some hand cream and body lotion and I used them heaps, they were so lovely and it was nice to feel treated. Someone also gave me a nice fragrant spray. Something like coffee vouchers or petrol vouchers or anything like that would be thoughtful too.

You could always get some vouchers from a photo printing place too, or something like that, or offer to take her camera and get some shots printed out. She might not have time to do something like that for a while.

What a thoughtful idea ladys. I also had a thought maybe hire a cleaner for a week or two to do the washing ironing cleaning etc.
Just a thought...

Oh yeah, those frames are pretty reasonable at Dick Smith - something like $30 0r $40 last time I saw them. Maybe a good book? I don't know how consumed her time will be, but if she can read and express she might appreciate the break from the boredom.

I saw a few preemie clothes (well, undergarments) in BabyCity, who are having a sale on their clothes right now, in case you want to pick them up for later.