Push presents post

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+layout: "../layouts/BlogPost.astro"
+title: "Non-traditional push presents"
+slug: gifts-for-new-parents
+description: "New parents often are given very baby-oriented gifts, and here's some that are more about them."
+added: "Apr 06 2024"
+tags: [advice, personal]
+---
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+Now that I'm a bit more out of the "brand new parent" phase, I've been thinking about gifts people got me after giving birth (AKA "push presents"), and things I give new parents now. Nearly all of these things are not ones you'd normally see on a baby registry, but they're really, really nice/useful.
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+- A microwavable heat pad
+- A water bottle with a straw (specifically a straw, so it can be hands-free)
+- Getting their house deep cleaned
+- A bidet
+- A really nice soap/lotion set from Lush or something
+- A postpartum massage
+- A hands-free book/e-reader holder
+- A Theragun
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+All of these were so dang helpful to me, and it's nice to give/receive something that sees a new parent as "an adult that happens to have a baby now," and offers convenience and comfort, rather than, "your entire life is baby now, baby baby baby." We love baby, of course. But we gotta love the parent, too.