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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Saskia Kemsley

Best gifts for new mums and babies

There’s shortage of well-meaning presents that arrive to welcome a new baby to the world.

Bouquets may wilt before you’ve managed to pop them in a vase, soft toys already destined to join the pile in the nursery and outfits so tiny they’ll fit for all of a week. Lovely gestures, of course, but perhaps not the most useful when mum is surviving on broken sleep and baby is intent on testing the limits of both lungs and laundry.

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