A newborn baby gift: a book with the baby's name in it

What is a good newborn baby gift?

When a baby arrives, the gifts are usually clothes, blankets and toys, and every one is welcome. A book adds something you cannot take off a shelf: a story written around the baby's name. That is why a personalised book makes a newborn baby gift that stays on the bookcase and is read again as the child grows.

As a gift for a baby, the book is also practical: there is no size or colour to guess. You need only the baby's name and, if the baby is already born, a few photos from the parents.

Which topics can a newborn baby gift have?

For a baby there are four topics, and each suits a different moment. Whichever you pick, it is a gift for a baby that is read with the child in your arms.

Our team wrote and checked the frame of every topic; the text of your personalised book is written from it for your own people, with the help of AI. The christening has a guide of its own, the christening gift from godparents.

• Welcome to the world: the story of the waiting and of the first day, for a birth or a christening.
• The christening: a candle dressed in ribbons and a name spoken out loud for the first time.
• The first birthday: one candle on the cake and one year in twelve pictures.
• Lullaby: a few words for every night, with the moon up high and a door left open a crack.

A newborn baby gift, and a gift for new parents

For the first years a book for a newborn is read by the parents, with the baby in their arms. So it also works as a gift for new parents: a story about their own family, to leaf through together in the evenings.

They can be in the pages themselves. A personalised book for a baby holds up to 6 people: the baby, mum and dad, older brothers and sisters, grandparents, a godparent, even the family dog or cat, all drawn from their photos.

The pictures are made with artificial intelligence from the photos: they are artistic likenesses, not photographs.

Can I make the book before the baby is born?

Yes. In a baby's book, once you have typed the name, we ask whether the baby is born yet. If you answer “Not yet”, we do not ask for a photo of the baby; if you answer “Yes”, we ask how many months old the baby is.

The topic Welcome to the world tells the story of the waiting and of the first day, so it suits a family that is still expecting.

Only a parent or legal guardian, or someone with their permission, may give a baby's photos; if the gift is a surprise, ask the parents first. The photos are used only for this book and are deleted automatically; there is more on the photos page.

How is a newborn baby gift made, and what does it cost?

You start from a personalised book for a baby: you type the names, choose a topic and a look, and write a dedication, in your own words or from our suggestions. Each topic suggests a look, but every choice can be changed. The full steps are in the guide how to make a personalised book.

A newborn baby gift in digital form costs €12.40 and is read online, in your account; the printed hardcover costs €43.40 and includes the digital book. Prices include VAT. Before it is printed, you see the complete digital book and approve it.

If you want the printed book for a newborn on a particular day, allow time for printing and post; the delivery cost and time are shown before you pay.

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