Don’t buy her flowers

Having a baby is hard work… even number four! It take a while to find your new ‘normal’ and in the meantime life can be a little bit stressful. Friends and family visit, laden with endless gifts for the new baby and bunches of flowers for the Mama. Don’t get me wrong, I love having fresh flowers in the house, but after eight bouquets in a week, your house quickly starts to resemble a florists.

After having her first baby, Steph Douglas came up with the idea for ‘Don’t buy her flowers’ – offering thoughtfully put together care packages for new Mama’s.

‘When I had my first baby, I received eight bunches of flowers. We didn’t have a lot of space and we certainly didn’t own multiple vases. I had to give them away or bin the least fresh to make way for the most recent. I also felt completely overwhelmed with everything – the baby, the visitors, the bodily functions – and trying to arrange flowers and then dispose of them was all a bit much, however pathetic that sounds. I found that other parents felt the same and Don’t Buy Her Flowers was born.’
Steph Douglas, creator of dontbuyherflowers.com

With a newborn to care for, three bigger kiddos to look after, a house and a business to run, my life is a little bit totally crazy. Steph kindly sent me ‘The Care Package‘ – full of lovely treats just for me!! The package came with a copy of Living magazine {you get to pick the magazine}, Luxury Caramel and Cranberry Flapjack, Green Tea with Mint and Everyday Brew Tea, some Triple Choc Brownie Truffles and a large printed scarf. A gift like this is so amazing to receive as a new mum… giving you the perfect excuse to escape to the bath for ten minutes of peace and pampering!

As well as a new mama gift, this would make a great gift come Mothers Day for any Mama, after all, we work so hard 365 days of the year I think all Mama’s deserve a little bit of TLC don’t they?!

You can see the Don’t buy her flowers website here and the sisterhood blog here.

Would you have liked to receive a gift like this as a new mama?

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