Do you have a new mom in your life you want to spoil this Mother’s Day? Here are 10 great Mother’s Day gifts for new moms!
You’ll find a ton of gift guides for moms this time of the year. They’re mostly filled with comfortable items, boujie items, flowers, or personalized items. And although these are all great Mother’s Day gifts, if you are specifically looking for a gift for a new mom, I’d skip them. Instead, cater to her new mom status. New moms are a whole different beast so gift them one of these Mother’s Day gifts for new moms that satisfies one of her specific new mom needs!
10 Mother’s Day Gifts for New Moms
Food
New moms need food. A lot of food. Unfortunately, they don’t really have time to make much food between the feeding and the changing and the bathing and the rocking and the crying and the occasional sleeping. That’s why food is at the top of my list of Mother’s Day gifts for new moms. The new mom in your life will appreciate any edible gift you want to give. Here are a few ideas.
Dinner
The ultimate edible gift for a new mom is an entire dinner. I’ve done a whole post on meals to bring a mom with a new baby if you want to make a meal from scratch. If you’re tight on time and a store-bought meal is more your speed, meal kits from the grocery store are just as thoughtful. Just make sure you round out the meal kit with a side dish and/or dessert. If you’re sending a meal from afar, order a meal from DoorDash. Just make sure you coordinate really well with the recipient so you know exactly what to order and she knows exactly when to expect the food.
Breakfast
Breakfast is an overlooked meal. Especially for a new mom. It’s so important for a new mom to eat a good breakfast, but it’s really hard for her to fit it in every day. Solve this problem for her this Mother’s Day and deliver ready-made breakfasts that she can lean on for weeks. I highly recommend something she can eat one-handed, if at all possible. Breakfast sandwiches or oatmeal muffins are perfect options!
Treats
Time
Besides food, the other really hot commodity for new moms is time. The good news is that there are some really meaningful Mother’s Day gifts for new moms that give her a little bit of precious time.
Babysit
Hands down the best gift of time for a new mom is the gift of babysitting. Take that baby and let mom take a shower, go to the grocery store by herself, or do whatever the heck she pleases for a few hours.
Visit
If mom isn’t ready to hand over the baby yet, you can still pay her a visit. The new mom life is a pretty lonely life, so your presence might just be the best Mother’s Day gift you can give a new mom. All you need to do is sit and chat. Let her feel like a human being again.
Photos
New moms are just like the rest of us in some ways. One of those ways is that they have a million photos on their phone, but there’s almost zero chance they ever see the light of day. Let her enjoy some of these precious snapshots by giving her a photo gift. Any of these photo options would make tremendous Mother’s Day gifts for new moms.
Photo book
One great photo gift idea is to make her a photo book of all the best pictures she has captured of her little love so far. Steal her phone (or have her significant other steal her phone) to snag the photos and then make her a book with an online service like Snapfish. She’ll cherish this gift forever.
Framed photos
If you think she’d rather have her little angel on display, print a few of the best of the best photos and frame them for the new mom. I love seeing pictures of my kids as I round the corners in my house, and I know every mom feels the same!
Journal
If the new mom in your life likes to write about her life, a journal makes a great gift for a new mom’s first Mother’s Day. Motherhood is a crazy ride, a gift of a place to document this journey on her first Mother’s Day is a thoughtful, practical gesture.
Reason to leave the house
Perhaps an unconventional Mother’s Day gift, I almost can’t think of a better one to give a new mom. If she’s still in the newborn trenches, she probably doesn’t have many reasons to leave the house. Give her one for Mother’s Day – it’s a great gift!
Really any nudge to get her out of the house is a good Mother’s Day gift for a new mom. You know what she likes, give her an excuse to do it! Some ideas include appointments for the spa or the nail salon, a coffee date, or tickets to a show. Bonus points if you can do it with her!
Maintenance
When a new baby arrives, it throws life into a bit of chaos. Babies demand your attention constantly, so the other life stuff tends to slip for a while. If you’re looking for Mother’s Day gifts for new moms that are super impactful, consider helping with some of the life maintenance tasks. Either do-it-yourself or hire it out, depending on your circumstances.
Now, what maintenance tasks can you take off her plate? House cleaning, meal preparation, yard maintenance, and fixing odds and ends around the house are all great options.
Sleep
No new mom is getting good sleep. It doesn’t matter how “well” baby is sleeping, mom is getting interrupted, low-quality sleep at best. Help her catch up a bit by giving her an opportunity to catch up on a little sleep this Mother’s Day. When I had my first kid, my mom came for a little bit to help me. Hands down, the most impactful help she provided was letting me take a nap every evening. I missed this opportunity to get a few winks when she left. This would have been on the top of my list for a Mother’s Day gift when I was a new mom!
Headphones
If you’re more interested in Mother’s Day gifts for new moms that are specific items that you can wrap and present to her, I don’t think you can get much better than a nice pair of headphones. She will use the heck out of a pair of good headphones now (comedy podcasts got me through breastfeeding), but she will continue to use them as long as they last. I can’t tell you how much a good pair of headphones can really make fixing dinner bearable when you’re overstimulated by toddlers.
Water bottle
Another product that makes a great Mother’s Day gift for new moms is a water bottle. Are water bottles overdone? Maybe. But if anyone needs a good water bottle, it’s a new mom. Moms with infants are constantly thirsty, especially if they are breastfeeding. Give her the gift of hydration with my favorite water bottle – the big Owala FreeSip in the color that speaks to her.
Shopping spree
Every mom I know has really struggled with what to wear during the postpartum period. I’m sure the new mom in your life is no different. She’s feeling weird in her new body. It feels alien and like it no longer belongs to her. Throw in the fact that it’s probably bigger than she’s used to it being, and this could be a recipe for disaster.
Avert this disaster by gifting the new mom in your life a bit of a shopping spree for her first Mother’s Day. Letting her pick out a new outfit or two that she feels comfortable and confident in will be huge for her sense of self. She doesn’t just want to be a mom. She wants to be a cool mom!
Where to send her
Never mind that the vast majority of my wardrobe comes from where I buy my groceries (looking at you, Sam’s Club), I can still suggest a few traditional clothing retailers that I’ve had good luck with as a mom. My first in-store stops when I need a new article of clothing are usually Old Navy, Gap Factory, Loft, and T.J. Maxx. You can typically find stylish, mom-appropriate clothes at these stores that make you feel good and won’t cost so much that you’ll be devastated when the baby spits up on your outfit. What are your go-to stores for mom clothes you love?
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Of course, these aren’t the only good Mother’s Day gifts for new moms, but all of these are tremendous! What are you gifting the new mom in your life this Mother’s Day? Share down below or over on Instagram @sarainseason!