Hellobee Boards

First off, how incredibly sweet of your husband Mine is a great guy but he’d never think to do something like that.

For the mom, I don’t know that it’s necessarily “mom of 3” specific but I put together the following basket for my sister in law when she had her first in Feb:

- nice nipple cream
- a swell water bottle
- mothers milk tea
- kiehls hand lotion, body lotion and lip balm
- dry shampoo
- kind bars variety pack
- wine
- a bag of nice locally roasted coffee (got one decaf and one regular)
- I didn’t include but maybe fuzzy socks or something like that.
- also didn’t include but if she doesn’t already have Netflix or Hulu or something a few months subscription could be nice.
- Birchbox? Though not sure she’d have time to play with the products. I know with one baby I did but not so sure with more than 1 (I’ll know in a few months I guess! )

For the kids, off the top of my head:
- matchbox cars, dinosaur figures, coloring books, nice new crayons maybe in cool/non-traditional colors, maybe a game theycan play together or independently like a matching card game, lacing cards, a few things of play doh with tools, a look & find book, sticker book, if they use iPads maybe an Apple gift card so she can get them a new app or two...I’ll keep thinking.

For the kids, what about Melissa and Doug reusable sticker books? My son is 3 and he has loved playing with them for the past year so it would be good for her 2.5yo. I saw a great trick on Pinterest to get an 11x14 art portfolio book on amazon and put the individual pages in them so they don’t get lost (they rip apart super easily).

A nice tumbler cup (straw cup with lid or water bottle)
A nice mug or travel mug to really keep coffee warm
Starbucks gift card
A great pair of leggings (LLR may be easy here)
A comfortable blanket or even a fun throw pillow to help prop her up while nursing or resting?
Special snacks for mom like lactation cookies or fancy granola bars
Nice face wipes for mornings when you are too tired to wash your face or no time to shower
Journal or planner

Gift cards for places accessible by drive-thru or with an indoor play area for the other kids. Starbucks, McDonalds, Chik Fil A, Taco Bell, etc. Or a gift card to Chuck E. Cheese or some indoor play gym.

@MrsF: Alex toys makes kits for things like monster puppets, sea creatures, etc. They're all contained and actually pretty easy for 5 year olds to do on their own. I like to have a few in my bag for restaurants and things when kids start to get bored.