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Interesting gift ideas for a newborn

Purchasing gifts for newborn babies can be fun but overwhelming at the same time. One of the most important things to consider when buying newborn gifts is that the baby is more of a passive recipient; it is the parents you are really trying to make an impression on.

 

If you do not want to go for the usual gifts off of a baby registry, consider customized newborn gift baskets. Be a little creative and thoughtful when purchasing a newborn gift basket so that your gift stands out. These baskets can include items that are both attractive and useful.  The best baskets contain a group of items that go together under a common theme, so they have an added element of fun that takes the gift from being ordinary to extraordinary. When you give that special baby gift that the parent can relate to, they'll appreciate the level of thought you put into the gift, as well as the level of understanding you have for the recipient's personality or lifestyle.

 

Readymade baby gift baskets are quite popular on internet stores, as they are prepackaged, beautifully wrapped and ready to be delivered.  You no longer have to spend time at a retail store searching for, assembling and wrapping the gift yourself.  In fact, many online retail sites of new baby gift baskets will include a free gift message for you as well, so you can literally spend minutes sending a newborn gift compared with the hours it can take at a retail store.

 

When it comes to newborn gifts or gifts in general, it's all about the presentation.  Although you can pick items like blankets, diapers, onesies or dolls off of a registry, they don't have the complete look that a baby gift set offers.  Many great baby gift sets come with a special hangtag or packaging that is unique to that set, which make them even more unique and special.  There are high quality newborn gift sets in the market which contain highly rated and popular items, like Trumpette baby socks, which are shoe-like socks, 3 Sprouts hooded towel, Babymel diaper bags, baby items from Munchkin and Angel Dear, skincare products from Noodle & Boo and Glowology, organic onesies from Under the Nile, hooded towels from 3 Sprouts, as well as Aden & Anais swaddle blankets.  When a parent receives new baby gift baskets that contain any of these items, they will immediately recognize and appreciate the quality of the baby gift.

 

There are a wide variety of themes when it comes to baby gift sets, making it even easier to personalize the baby gift to the recipient.  If you want to get a gender-specific gift, there are baby girl gift baskets for the princess, baby boy gift baskets for the rock star-to-be, as well as unisex gift baskets.  There are also many great newborn gifts that are designed for the moms-to-be.  If you are looking for gifts for new moms, it's easy to pamper a mom with skincare products. There are unique gift sets offering items like stretch mark oil, stretch mark cream as well as baby lotion to indulge both mom and baby.  Oftentimes when it comes to baby gifts, dads can feel a bit left out.  In today's modern world, it is easy to recognize dads with a gift that is made just for him, with a gift bundle containing a masculine diaper bag and other dad-friendly baby accessories.  Additionally, with the growing number multiple births, you can now find baby gifts for twins and baby gifts for triplets.  Imagine the delight as a parent expecting multiples to get a gift set designed specifically for the duo or the trio.

 

With such a wide variety of new baby gift sets and newborn gift baskets that are available online, it's easy to send a personalized baby gift that includes a free gift message and free gift-wrapping.  These newborn gift sets are presented in a modern  way that items off of a registry just cannot compete with.  Best of all, you can send the most unique baby gift in just a matter of minutes, and the recipient will believe you spent countless hours searching for that perfect baby gift.

 

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We want to set up an account for our first newborn child, where we pay into once a month and the amount grows?

Hi there, this may see like a simple question and answer to you, but we have no idea about the world of finance! So if you could explain to a pair of dummies how this works, that would be fantastic.

We basically want to pay £30 a month into an account where the money will increase over time (16 year period), what is that account called?

How does it work?

How do you know you're getting the best deals, what percentages etc?

Could you give us any tips and advice on any knowledge that you know which you think could help?

Or anything you think we need to know?

Thank you for your time, hope all is well.

OK, firstly you need to ignore most of the other answers because they are either misleading or plain wrong.

You don't need an account that is "specifically" for children, at least not for tax purposes. This is because any account held by anyone who does not need to pay income tax can register for the interest to be paid tax free. Although children can also only earn up to £100 a year interest tax free on money given by each parent. At your levels its unlikely that you will go over this limit, but you need to bear it in mind. Similarly, you cannot open an ISA for anyone aged under 16, although a new children's ISA is being introduced (more on this in a bit).

What you need to do is find the account that pays the best interest and choose that. But the key thing is to keep reviewing the account you choose. Its rate may go down and others may go up. So you might need to close the account and open a new one occassionally. You never know for certain that you are getting the best rate, but there are websites such as http://www.moneysavingexpert.com that keep track and offer good advice.

You may find that some accounts require a minimum deposit or are otherwise unsuitable, but most accounts will fit your requirements. Most banks have specific accounts for regular savers (where you start off with nothing and save a small amount each month). Often these do have good interest rates, but not necessarily. You may also find that you will get higher rates on accounts that need a notice period before you can withdraw money, or where the money is locked away for a fixed period. In your circumstances all these account types are options. Evem though I said that you did not need to specifically consider "children's" accounts, its likely that the best accounts will be one of these.

Make sure you consider the National Savings and Investments accounts available via the post office. These generally have good rates, especially on accounts where you are locking the money away.

As far as I am aware the only advantage of the new children's ISA will be that it will automatically convert to an adult ISA when the child comes of age. This means whatever balance has built up will continue to earn interest tax free. Unlike normal accounts where the interest will be subject to tax as soon as the child starts working. But this is only an issue if the total balance at age 16 or 18 would be well over the ISA investment limit (if its under the limit the child could open a normal ISA with the money when they are old enough). In your case £30 a month for 16 years would be £5,760 in total plus interest. Its likely that the entire sum could be invested into an ISA in one go in 16 years time, so there is no need to consider a children's ISA unless its by far the best interest rate.

Another decision you have to make is whose name to put the account into. You could put it in your name, but then you will pay tax on the interest. An alternative would be to put it into your child's name, but held on trust by you (so you are in control). In this case the interest is paid tax free, but the account is in the child's name so they are free to take control of the money when they hit the age of 18 - whether you like it or not.

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