One of the biggest and most momentous occasions in your life is going to be the birth of a newborn baby. It’s an event worthy of recognition, and trying to find the perfect way to celebrate a new arrival is not actually as easy as you think it is.
Whether you’re gifting for somebody else’s newborn child or you want to celebrate your own, you want to be able to memorialize the occasion and keep it Evergreen. There are so many ways that you can celebrate the birth of a new baby in your life, so let’s take a look at some of the best ways that you can do it below.
- A photo shoot. Hiring a newborn photographer to come in and take pictures of your newborn baby and your newborn with the whole family is a great way to commemorate their birth. Not only will you have these pictures for life, but you’ll be able to immortalize your baby in that one moment of their life. Newborn photography is for the whole family, and while it may sound like a stressful thing to do when you’ve just had a baby, but newborn photographers are extremely supportive, understanding how you can all be together and take the most amazing pictures to commemorate the birth is something that they’ll be able to walk you through.
- Donate to a charity. You can ask family members to donate to a charity in lieu of a traditional gift. It’s a good way to celebrate the occasion as many of the family and friends will want to do. Without being overwhelmed with too many gifts, although gifts are very nice, you want everybody to be able to enjoy the fact that there is a new baby around!
- Plant a tree. So many celebrations in life are quite fleeting and a newborn doesn’t stay a newborn for very long. Planting a tree allows something to grow alongside the baby as a memento of their birth. When they’re older, you can pay a visit to the tree to see how much it’s grown VS how much the baby itself has grown. You could either install a plaque with their name and date of birth nearby so that it signifies that this tree was planted the day that they came into the world.
- Get creative with something handmade. A decorative framed poster that is signed by family and friends with welcome messages for the world. Creating a parenting scrapbook with your family and friends providing their best pieces of advice on parenting on each page, and even putting something together like a baby blanket are great ways to commemorate the birth of a newborn baby.
- Put together a hamper. If your friends or family members having newborn babies choose not to have baby showers, you still may want to find a creative way to give them a new gift. The weeks following the arrival of a little one can be extremely hectic and overwhelming, especially for new parents who are first timers. One of the best ways to celebrate the new arrival is to provide that helping. Parents putting together a hamper of nappies, wipes, nappy creams, new clothes and even something in there for the parents to enjoy is a nice way to welcome their new child into the world.
- Put together a potluck. So your best friend or your sister has just come home from the hospital with a newborn baby in their arms. It’s a wonderful moment for everybody, but your best friend or sister is going to be the one that is now dealing with a newborn baby and their demands 24/7. Asking neighbors, friends, relatives and more to bring their favorite dish that is freezer friendly to the house to drop it off when they come to visit the baby is a great way to ensure that the new parents have less off their plate. You could even enlist your community members to go in and do some cleaning if that’s OK with the newborns parents. If you are able to provide practical ways for the parents to just enjoy their baby and not have to worry about the rest of the house, you’re going to be giving them something to remember.
A newborn baby is a blessing and being able to remember the way that they came into the world, as well as the fact that they have a new life ahead of them is exciting. From taking photographs to providing the parents with food, you’re always going to give them a good memory when you are supportive and gentle.
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