• Get a thoughtful gift for a new mom.baby kiss image by Steve Lovegrove from Fotolia.com
  
  Becoming a mother is one of the most rewarding times in a woman's life. Gifts for new moms can help lower out-of-pocket expenses that the mother must pay for clothing and other necessities for herself and for her newborn baby. Gifts that celebrate the new addition to the family as well as the mother's personal likes can last for years and are relatively easy to find.
  
  

A Day at the Spa

• Purchase a gift certificate for a new mom to spend several hours or an entire day at a spa. Make sure that the gift certificate will be good for at least a year. Treat new moms to a facial, a deep body massage, hot oil treatments and an hour in a cleansing sauna or a cool swimming pool. Get a certificate to a spa that is located in a secluded area surrounded by nature, where it will be easy for the mother to enjoy the outdoors on foot or to meditate and reflect on the events of her life since she conceived and gave birth.
  
  

Photo Albums

• Give new mothers a photo album with slip-in pockets. Decorate the front of the photo album with pictures of the newborn and the mother. Include chapter sections in the photo album that the mother can use to insert pictures of the child as he ages. For example, the first chapter could be titled "First Year" while the next chapter could be titled "Exploring Life on Foot." Slip-in pockets allow new mothers to drop in clips of their newborn daughter's hair, booties that the child has outgrown or the child's favorite rattle that they no longer play with now that they are in school.
  
  

Engraved Jewelry

• Bracelets, earrings and necklaces that are engraved with the new child's name and date of birth allow new mothers to commemorate one of the most joyous occasions in their lives. Silver- and gold-colored pendants and bracelets designed with frames into which mothers can insert photographs of their infant can be kept by new mothers for years. Care for the jewelry is minimal. Mothers can change photographs in the bracelet as the child gets older.
  
  

Car Seat

• Fill a newly purchased car seat with three to four bags of diapers. These basic gifts can save a new mother time and money. Three to four bags of diapers can last two weeks with a newborn, which means more time to rest, rather than hurry out to the store, for new moms. Comfortable car seats that meet industry standards also keep new moms compliant with transportation department regulations while they travel with their infant.