Maternity Leave Gifts for work colleague? (2024)

I got a "baby cake" made up of nappies, clothes, muslins cloths and toiletries, I loved it. They also gave me some vouchers for Mothercare. How about some nice mum to be bath and massage products for her to relax with before the baby's here? xx

My work gave me a load of vests and babygrows, a towel and bath mitt, a blanket and some chocolates and flowers. The brilliant thing was that the clothes were all in 3-6 month size, and everything else we'd been bought was newborn or 0-3.

A nice cot bedding set, if clothes then definitely the bigger sizes, a cot mobile, Jumperoo, Bottles and steriliser.

The survival kit is nice, but I'm also for the clothes which are too big! If you really want to save her money and be helpful as well as nice then this is brilliant. Something simple like a back of vests and a pack of sleepsuits for each age is £20 so could be really nice to have on stand-by

I got a nappy cake (tiers of newborn nappies with 2x blankets, a babygrow and a teether toy) and I also got vouchers for a spa day which was lovely!!! I think its nice to buy something for the mama aswell as baby x

The vouchers for days out are ok ideas, but if your colleague breastfeeds, she may not feel she can leave the baby for ages after its born. I wouldn't have liked getting something I felt assumed I wouldn't want to be with my LO for an evening. When is she going on mat leave? Maybe a pregnancy massage would be better?

On second thoughts, a rainforest jumperoo might be a really good idea. They certainly aren't the cheapest of things, but so so so many people on here (including myself) rave about them! It does seem to be something which pops up on many people's baby essentials list

Oh how lovely of your team! My colleagues (about 15) didnt do anything (apart from 1), I'm still promised a card and gift nearly 4 months down the line... I just think I will remember it when its one of them!
One did put me together a box of things for me and baby. Baby magazines, nappies, wipes, book for me and little books for baby, wash mitt, teddy, bath stuff. It was really nice and so much appreciated!
OH's team (of 4) got us a £15 gift card for Boots which came in handy when we needed more bottles

I think my boss half bullied the others at work into coughing up generously so I got an Amazon voucher for about £165 (they asked me what I wanted so it wasn't a surprise). This was ideal for me as I was getting the train to work so would have had trouble carrying anything much at 38 weeks pregnant. I used it to buy a decent breast pump (probably would have gone for a cheaper one if I'd been paying!) and some other little bits and then we put the rest towards a Jumperoo, all useful things!

A gift certificate for a prenatal massage or a gift certificate for a manicure/pedicure!

One thing I loved getting done was a massage when I was 34 weeks pregnant that I got for a birthday gift. But I also loved going to get my mani/pedi done before my LO was born so that I knew they would be taken care of for a few weeks while LO was born/newborn so I didn't have to worry about it!

ETA: I don't think it's a good idea to get anything personal for the baby, like a bigger item (swing, bouncer, etc) because your co-worker will probaby want to choose those. It may be a good idea to get a gift voucher for a baby store rather than buy an item.