New baby gift ideas parents will actually keep

Parents get a mountain of baby clothes. The gifts they remember are keepsakes and real help:

The sky the night the baby was born
A nursery print with the baby’s name, birth time, weight and length under the real stars. From $14.99 at myskykept.com. See your sky free →
Meals for the first weeks
Cook or order dinners.
A cleaning or laundry service
Practical gold.
Baby’s first-year photo album
With space for monthly photos.
Bigger-size clothes
They’ll need 6–12 months sizes later.
A keepsake box
For the hospital bracelet and first lock of hair.
Hand and footprint kit
Frame-ready.
Books for the nursery
Start their library.
Something for the parents
Coffee, snacks, a massage voucher.
Babysitting coupon
An evening off.

Tip: A gift for the nursery wall gets seen every day — and kept for life.

Questions

A birth-sky star map with the baby’s name and birth details.

Meals, a keepsake print, a cleaning service.

A star map of the night their grandchild was born.