baby gifts

With our lovely Director Jules due back at Amoralia after having Baby Sacha last year, and a good friend of Amoralia’s about to go on maternity leave, we asked Jules to tell us her favourite and most useful baby gifts – for that ever popular Baby Shower!

So here’s a selection of affordable gifts, which any mama (and daddy) would love to receive and cherish.

1) A retro soft toy, great as they learn to read (much later on!) Alphabet sausage dog by the wonderful JaneFoster.co.uk

2) Selection of indestructible cardboard books, our favourites are HUG by Jez Alborough, and that’s not my Puppy! by Fiona Watt, Rachel Wells

3) Sophie the Giraffe, BPA-free and a ‘must-have’ for teething and distracting – BabyRug.co.uk

4) Rolling shape sorter, environmentally friendly, educational and suitably noisy!  shop.bigjigstoys.co.uk

5) A comfort blanket, made in the UK  – we know you love them, a classic from Raggy-Tag.com

6) A money box – retro 1970’s elephant, from Norsu in Finland perfect for those first savings, not a toy at this stage though! from molly-meg.co.uk

7) High contrast black and white faces mobile, as seen in Peaches Geldof’s bedroom! socialbaby.com

8) We love a bit of crochet…. Adorable Octopus – and it’s Fairtrade from littlehathi.co.uk

9) No baby’s wardrobe is complete without a pair of English-made little leather shoes from daisy-roots.com

10) Eco-friendly beakers and plates – they won’t break when pushed off the table! (don’t panic, weaning is fun) becothings.com

11) Classic babygrow with neutral grey trim from amoralia.com

Let us know what we’ve missed… post your ideas here or on facebook or twitter, and we’ll add them to our Pinterest Board here.