Poll results: Babylisters' favorite postpartum presents

We asked Babylist parents for the best postpartum gift(s) they received (if any), and here's a collection of their answers.

FOOD 

• Doordash gift cards

• Multipurpose basket full of snacks (also great for guests coming to visit baby) 

• Meal train arrangements

• Coffee

• Hello Fresh gift certificate

• Cookunity gift card

• A smoothie subscription service

• Groceries delivered to the house

• Homemade bone broth

• Spoonful of Comfort care package

• Huge bags of curry cashews & chocolate covered cashews

• Charcuterie kit for date night at home

• Costco membership

• Fresh cut fruit

• Breakfast foods (“Everyone brings dinner food via meal train. And while that’s appreciated, you can only eat so many casseroles for breakfast. So granola, yogurt, etc. are all appreciated!)

• Frittata bites

• Freezer balls of chocolate chip cookies

• Lactation bites

• A gift card to a local restaurant

• Beer

• Ninja SLUSHi machine

• Bagels

• Harry & David lasagna

• Postpartum tea

• Protein powder 

SELF-CARE

• New pajamas

• Lip balm

• Bombas gripper slippers

• Kindle

• Patchology eye masks

• Shower steamers

• Eye mask

• Dry shampoo

• A yoga class package (“Something very flexible like five classes to be used in six months, so it was easy, but it made me feel amazing!”)

• Flowers

• A Barefoot Dreams robe 

• Back scratcher

• Shark FlexStyle Air system

• 6-month subscription to the Book of the Month Club

*For other pampering ideas, don't miss The Best Self-Care Gifts for the Fourth Trimester That You'll Actually Want*

RECOVERY

• Postpartum massage gift card

• Silverettes

• Tucks

• Frida mom postpartum kit

• A Squatty Potty

• Belly wrap

• Nursing cart

SENTIMENTAL

• Necklace with initials

• Matching mom and baby robe from Etsy

• Chatbooks sub

• Promptly journal

• Personalized blanket

• “I didn’t get any gifts after baby, but I did get some cards. The best was a card from my aunt congratulating the new baby and kind words about having a C-section herself.

PHYSICAL/EMOTIONAL SUPPORT

• House cleaning certificate

• Laundry help 

• “My friend holding my crying baby for two hours so I could get some much-needed sleep”

• Books and activities for older sibling(s)

• Postpartum doula fund

• "A friend writing down my birth story for me."

• Dog walks

• Baby bottle washer

• Disposable plates

• “Compliments on how good I looked or how relaxed I seemed.”

FUN

• Go to Sleep (I Miss You): Cartoons from the Fog of New Parenthood

• An otamatone 😂