Save Mama
The ultimate present for any new mom? Wisdom from those who've been there. We gave Kendra and Rachel each a felt toy basket ($145 each, nettocollection.com) full of things that other Blueprint mothers have grown to know and love.

Clockwise from front corner: The Vibrant Rings dish set ($22, egiggle.com) makes meals a bit more fun. Soft seersucker shoes ($6, pearlriver.com) won't come flying off should someone start kicking and screaming. A multipronged teether by IQ Baby ($5, Heights Kids, 718-222-4271) is vanilla-laced and easy to grasp. Kapla blocks ($32, kidonyc.com) are cool creativity-builders that will entertain for years. Since there's no such thing as too many newborn body-suits, we bought a bunch ($15, buybuybaby.com). Haba's Hugging Sheep teething toy ($16, Heights Kids, 718-222-4271) engages a baby with its movable wooden limbs. The beautifully illustrated "Bruno Munari's ABC" and "The Soles of Your Feet," by Genichiro Yagyu ($12 each, amazon.com), are required reading. These washcloths ($6, Heights Kids, 718-222-4271) are as soft as a baby's face and complement Erba Organics' gently formulated natural skin-care products (from $12, target.com for stores), for babies and moms. The Medi-cube first-aid kit ($25, egiggle.com) is compact enough for a diaper bag.