Foster Baby Gifts Appreciated By Foster Parents
Foster parents are special people who are devoting a good portion of their lives to raising stranger's kids as their own. They appreciate and need all of the foster baby gifts they can get. Although it is great to see the look on their faces when you surprise them, most foster parents have unlimited love but limited finances. The best foster baby gifts that will be most appreciated by the foster parents are those the foster parents have asked for.
Yes, Ask The Parents
Even if the foster parents protest and say, "Oh, you don't need to do anything," they are lying. If they won't tell you, note what they already have around the home ready for baby. If the baby is already there, note what brand of diapers used or if there is a stroller, toys or various sizes of clothing. If you can't do that, then worse come to worse, you'll have to go shopping and guess.
Clothes And Shoes
Although they seem mundane foster baby gifts, babies grow at a phenomenal rate and finding clothing that fits is always a problem. When you buy clothes or soft-soled shoes as foster baby gifts, make sure they are at least a size too big. Even though they will be too big for the foster baby to use now, they will be sooner than anyone will think. Make sure the baby clothes are fire resistant (there should be very prominent labels on them) with barely any (preferably no) buttons, hooks or other parts that the baby can rip off, stick in the mouth and swallow.
Babysitting Services
Depending on how well you know the foster parents and how well you like babies, you might want to consider offering a weekend night of baby sitting services as a foster baby gift. This gives the chance for the tired and frazzled foster parents a break from always worrying about the baby. This also gives them a chance to talk with adults and remember that adults use different voices than the ones used to talk to babies. Don't offer your services unless you really intend to go through with them. An evening's break to go out to dinner or to the movies will be a great treat for the long-suffering foster parents.
Cash
This is always the perfect foster baby gift. You can never outgrow cash, it's always the right color and rarely fails to elicit smiles. Only give cash if you can place it directly into the foster parents' hands; it's too risky to send cash through the mail. It is safe to send a check through the mail, though.
