Gift Ideas for the New Mom

Once you've recovered from the shock and euphoria of bringing a new life into the world, take a moment with the mother of your beautiful new baby and reflect upon the miraculous experience you both have just shared.

Then go shopping!

You will almost never go wrong with jewelry, since it will fit even before your wife has lost her baby fat.

Vicki Iovine, author of The Girlfriends' Guide to Pregnancy, offers the following advice: "Attention Husbands: The Girlfriends' Guide heartily recommends that you show up with a gift of some sort shortly after the baby is born. You will almost never go wrong with jewelry, since it will fit even before your wife has lost her baby fat. It indicates an appreciation of the value of the chore she has just performed. If people get generous rewards simply for finding lost dogs, your wife is now entitled to the Hope Diamond for the service she has just rendered."

Jewelry

It may seem obvious and cliche, but jewelry is a great choice for new moms. Perhaps because first-time parents are generally older than they were a decade ago, gifts for new moms often come with four C's: Cut, Color, Clarity and Carat. More and more, new dads are opting to surprise their wives with diamond earrings, tennis bracelets or necklaces.

George Rudenauer from Tiffany & Co. in New York noted that today's women are incorporating beautiful, modern diamond jewelry in all aspects of their lifestyle, not just for special occasions and formal events. This increase in popularity has resulted in diamond jewelry becoming a lifetime opportunity to express love and emotion.