Looking for inspiration for a 1st Birthday Present please.

Susan56

We bought all the grandchildren a cosy coupe car for their first birthdays.Several different designs to choose from.The oldest car is nearly eight years old and still played with.

Yes, we bought those - they all had great fun with them and they were still good to be passed on to younger siblings or other children.

We bought all the grandchildren a cosy coupe car for their first birthdays.Several different designs to choose from.The oldest car is nearly eight years old and still played with.

I forgot to add that my eldest GS has recently received his at 21 from us and it is surprising how it has accumulated over the years. He has squirrel-ed it away towards what he hopes will eventually be his first property.

Water / bath toys are best generic at this age completely agree with Chardy.

Open a bank account and add to it year on year.

I always give a book to my family members every birthday and Christmas as well as a gift big or small - at 1 it can be very small🙂

I would look at something which can be kept and bought a Steiff Teddy for my gd.

I don't know if you have the money but a climbing pikler with slide or a plastic slide could be a good idea. If you don't have a lot of money you can try having a look on Facebook market place for a second hand one. I picked a slide up for £5! But it will depend on whether they have the space. If you see something you could then ask the family... Or with the season changing you could get a puddle suit if he doesn't have one or teeny wellies? Or mini pots and pans which could be used in a mud kitchen. Lots of ideas!

I'd always ask the parents - as it depends on the child and their interests, as they're so different. My little grandson loved basketball so we got him the toddler version.

If you don't have much contact with the family then you won't know what the baby already has, in this case, I would send a gift card.

I have given a silver coin from the year of their birth.
If they were born in 2022 then you might find a Queen's Platinum Jubilee coin.

Stacking cups, shape sorters, something that makes 'music' like a xylophone, shakers etc (check first).

More expensive, a sit and ride on toy, various prices.

Last present I bought for a 1 yr old was a bath toy - lots of modules that parents ot older siblings could join for little to play with as a water slide, and enjoy breaking up and making into a different configuration as they get older. It was advertised on social media, but I bought it on Amazon and sent it direct.

Montessori stacking pebbles were a hit with my GD - she plays with them for ages each time she is here. Given when she was about one, now fast heading towards her second birthday!

For my grandsons first birthday my daughter suggested we gave him a copy of our favourite childhood book with a short note about why it was so special to us.