Gift to toddler from baby 🥹

I’m due to give birth in 9wks and we would like to get a gift for our 2yr old from the baby! Does anyone have any suggestions what this could be? Was thinking maybe something sentimental/ keepsake related and also something practical like a new toy to occupy him for the first 2 days…..

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My daughter is 11 and When we were telling her about her sibling we got her a teddy with the baby's heartbeat inside. She still takes it to bed with her.

When my 2nd was born th 1st got cranes and trucks a train set he kept asking for, when we had the 3rd we got the kids a play set kitchen, a shop till and a tonne of books ... To this day the eldest tells me which sibling got him what! And th books helped massively for th early bfeeding days

If you haven't already, a baby doll is a good idea so your older child can mimic you taking care of a baby and feel involved.

I'm putting together a little box of things, new toy, colouring, big bro T-shirt and a sweet treat like a gingerbread treat. I like the sound of a keepsake gift too though. I'm also going to take him to go and choose a gift to bring to the hospital when he meets baby (or pick a teddy to give to her) so they can exchange gifts when they meet

We got my daugther her first "big sister" t shirt and a fairy tree house building set.

Our youngest “gifted” big sister a stuffed animal, a music/jewelry box, and a coloring book!

Our baby gifted our oldest a unicorn digital camera which she absolutely loves, the photos aren't the best quality but its beautiful to see the world through her eyes, there are some lovely photos! She also got gifts from other members of our family like her own baby to feed, change and care for, and activity books which helped when we were hanging around at the hospital and over the first few days.
We also got her to choose a toy for her new baby brother

We got a car garage and dad built it wirh him for some bonding time . A book and a teddy too

We where planning on a Tickle me Elmo. Nice and simple

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