For an angel tree baby, start with the Carter's winter snowsuit for cold outings, or the Gerber bodysuit pack when a family needs everyday basics.
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This Burt's Bees Baby pajama set is a simple clothing gift for any baby or toddler.
Buy the size on the tag so the pajamas fit the child receiving them. Once unwrapped, they go straight into use after an evening bath.
Gerber bodysuits give a baby a whole pack of everyday basics rather than a single outfit.
Check the size on the tag before you buy, so the bodysuits fit the baby receiving them. Babies go through outfits fast, so the extras wait in a dresser drawer for busy days.
A Carter's snowsuit gives a baby or toddler something to wear outdoors once winter sets in.
Buy the size printed on the tag, so the snowsuit fits the child who unwraps it. It goes on for every cold walk this winter, with the child bundled up in the stroller.
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From 0 monthsSource: Fisher-Price
A Fisher-Price sensory toy set, rated by the maker for babies from birth onward.
Early on, a newborn can look at the toys during awake time on the play mat. Once the baby starts to grab, from a few months, you can hand over each toy to hold.
From 6 monthsSource: Bright Starts
This Bright Starts Oball rattle is a baby toy labeled by its maker for use from birth.
Early on, a parent can shake it gently nearby while the baby listens. Once grabbing starts, from a few months, small hands can hold it on the play mat and make it rattle themselves.
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This Philips Avent Natural bottle gift set gives a new family feeding basics, ready to hand in wrapped.
Bottles get used at every feed, so your gift goes to work right away. A parent can rinse one after the morning feed while another waits on the counter.
Check your tag or program. Many store and mall trees ask for gifts left unwrapped, so the family can see what came, while other trees ask you to wrap them. If the tag does not say, ask whoever runs the tree.
Spend what you are comfortable with. Many programs suggest an amount on the tag or when you sign up, so follow that guidance. Cover the needs on the tag first, then a wish if you can. A tag is never a promise to buy everything on it.
Buy the size written on the tag, even if it looks big or small for the age. Whoever filled in the tag knows what fits. If a size such as 2T, 10/12 or a youth shoe size is new to you, check the size chart on the store page.
Go by the date on your tag. Each program sets its own drop off date, and some collect weeks before Christmas. Order at least 7 to 10 days ahead and ship it to your home, unless your program runs an online registry that ships to them.
Huggies Snug & Dry diapers go straight into use for an infant, unlike a toy saved for later.
Check the size on the tag and match it to the pack before you buy. Then the family slips them into the diaper bag for the next outing.
Tommee Tippee Natural Start bottles give a new baby's family something to reach for at every feed.
Every new baby needs feeding gear, which makes bottles an easy choice when you have never met the family. Parents fill them with milk, then tuck one in the diaper bag before heading out.
From 3 monthsSource: Baby Einstein
Baby Einstein's Go Opus Go makes a floor-time gift for a baby now and the toddler later.
You simply switch the setting when the baby is ready for something new, instead of hunting for another toy. On the living room rug, it stays out for the next round of floor play.
From 6 monthsSource: HABA
The HABA rainbow ball gives a baby something bright to reach for once those hands start grabbing.
Later, once crawling starts, the baby can roll it away across the floor and go after it. So it stays in play well past those early grabs.
From 12 monthsSource: Baby Einstein
The Baby Einstein Curiosity Table is a play table for a toddler pulling up to stand.
Busy hands get a whole top to pat and explore while wobbly legs lean in close. After breakfast, the toddler can cruise over to it on the playroom rug for some standing play.
Munchkin's sea creature squirters turn an ordinary bath into a splashy game for a baby or toddler.
Once the child can grab, each creature fills underwater and sprays out with a squeeze. Later, a toddler can line them up along the tub edge between squirts.
These Infantino water teethers are an easy pick for a baby nearing the teething months.
Teethers come with no size to guess, so you can wrap them without knowing how big the baby is. From a few months on, a parent can hand one over during time on the play mat.
The Honest Company daytime diapers give a new baby's family a basic from a known brand.
Parents reach for diapers at every daytime change, so this pack skips guesswork about style or taste. Match the size printed on the pack to the one on the tag before you wrap it.
Vehicles
From 6 monthsSource: Fisher-Price
This Fisher-Price Corn Popper car gives a crawling baby something to push off and chase.
Rolling it ahead and crawling after it makes a game the baby can repeat over and over. It stays in use once walking begins, as a car to push along the floor.
Music
This VTech Zoo Jamz tiger guitar hands a music-loving toddler their very own instrument for living-room concerts.
The maker labels it from a year and a half, so choose it for a child that age or older. The child can hold the tiger in both hands and play along while a grown-up sings.
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This Aurora giraffe pairs soft plush with a rattle, so it suits infants and toddlers alike.
The maker labels it for all ages, so you can give it without knowing the child's age. Once the baby starts to grab, small hands can squeeze and shake it on the play mat.
The Aurora Mini Flopsie frog is a plush friend for a baby or toddler to hold close.
The maker labels it suitable for all ages, so you can give it from birth onward. It rides along in the stroller now, and once small hands start to grab, it gets squeezed and carried.
Ages 1+Source: GUND
GUND's Abby Cadabby plush gives a toddler aged one and up a Sesame Street friend to hug.
A familiar character is an easy pick for a child you will never meet. On the play mat, the little one can hug Abby and prop her up beside the toy box.
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Ages 1.5+Source: LEGO
Set 10477, 24 piecesSource: Rebrickable
This LEGO Duplo pets set lets a toddler build several animals from the same bricks.
Its 24 pieces come apart again, so the set becomes a new pet whenever the builder likes. Unwrapped on Christmas morning, it gives a parent and child something to build together.
Ages 2+Source: Melissa & Doug
The Melissa & Doug Geometric Stacker gives a busy toddler a pile of shapes to match and stack.
Small hands sort the pieces by shape, then pile them up in order on the floor. Afterward everything comes off again, so the next round starts right away.
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Ages 2+Source: Melissa & Doug
The Forest Friends puzzle from Melissa & Doug gives a toddler woodland animals to find and place.
Save it for a toddler's tag on the tree rather than a baby's. On the living room rug, the child can name each animal and then find its home on the board.
This Learning Resources color-sorting produce set gives a walking toddler a pretend market stall to run.
Each play fruit or vegetable goes into its color pile, then gets sold to a grown-up shopper. Later, the same pieces can stock a play kitchen shelf for make-believe shopping.
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Babies go through outfits fast, which is why the Gerber bodysuit pack stretches further than an outfit on its own: a whole pack of everyday basics, with the extras waiting in a dresser drawer for busy days, so check the size on the tag before you buy. The HABA rainbow grab ball carries across stages instead, bright enough to reach for once grabbing starts and later rolled across the floor and crawled after, so it stays in play well past those early grabs.
Yes. The Infantino water teethers come with no size to guess, so you can wrap them for a baby nearing the teething months without knowing how big that baby is; from a few months on, a parent hands one over for chewing during time on the play mat. The Aurora giraffe rattle is labeled by its maker for all ages, so it works when the tag tells you little, and once grabbing begins small hands squeeze and shake it.
Save the Forest Friends puzzle for a toddler: woodland animal pieces lift out of the board, and on the living room rug the child names each animal before finding its home again. The Zoo Jamz guitar is a toddler choice as well, since the maker's age label rules out a baby; a music-loving toddler holds the tiger and plays along while a grown-up sings.
Huggies Snug & Dry diapers are used at every change from the day they are opened, unlike a toy saved for later, and the family slips the pack into the diaper bag for the next outing; match the size on the tag to the pack before you buy. The Philips Avent bottle set does the same for feeds, handed over ready in its box, with a parent rinsing a bottle after the morning feed while another waits on the counter.
A crawling baby pushes the Fisher-Price Corn Popper car off across the floor and chases it, a game repeated over and over, and keeps pushing it along once walking begins; a toddler pulling up to stand leans in close to the Curiosity Table workbench instead, patting and exploring the whole top, then cruising over to it on the playroom rug for standing play after breakfast.
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