What Kind of Flowers Do You Give a New Mom?
The birth of a child is such a wonderful event it deserves to celebrate with the best flower arrangements available. Pick up some great tips about choosing new baby flower bouquets that your friends and family will love.
What You Need to Know about New Baby Flower Delivery
Once upon a time, it was perfectly acceptable to turn up at the hospital where the baby was born and present the parents with a beautiful bouquet of flowers. However, many hospitals do not allow flowers into wards as they can be dangerous for people with allergies and also to avoid the risk of any possible infection. Therefore, rather than rushing straight from the florist to the hospital with your flowers, arrange same-day flower delivery when you know the parents and child have arrived home. Alternatively order from the flower shop and have them delivered to your own home so you can present the flowers in person when you visit the parents and baby at home.
Perfect Pastels
No matter how trends change, pastel colours always remain popular when having new baby flowers delivered. Flower arrangements no longer have to correspond to outdated attributions of colour such as blue for a boy and pink for a girl. Feel free to mix things up a little with a bouquet of pretty pink and white carnations accompanied by blue hydrangeas.
Birthday Month Flowers
You may not know that each month has its very own flower, which makes choosing new baby flowers so much simpler. The flowers for each month are as follows: January: carnations and snowdrops, February: violets and primroses, March: daffodils and jonquils, April: daisies and sweet peas, May: lily of the valley and hawthorns, June: roses and honeysuckles, July: larkspurs and water lilies, August: gladiolus and poppies, September: asters and morning glory. October: marigolds and cosmos, November: chrysanthemums, December: narcissus and holly flowers. The parents of the baby may not be aware of the symbolism behind your flower choice and so writing a little explanation that the flowers are the baby’s birthday month blooms will allow them to understand. Choosing flowers based on the baby’s birth month is a lovely gesture and certain to be appreciated by the new parents.
Interesting Presentation
One of the fun things about buying new baby flowers is that you don’t have to just give a bouquet. There are many cute ways flowers can be presented, for example, in a basket alongside a teddy, in a small hatbox, or even with the flowers arranged in the shape of a teddy bear. If you choose to buy a bouquet of flowers, consider buying a soft toy gift to present with it as this could become a keepsake item, the child will keep with them for years to come.
Choosing Safe Flowers
Although a bouquet of flowers can appear innocent enough, there are precautions one should take when gifting flowers in any circumstance. The pollen and petals of some flowers can be extremely dangerous to children, adults and animals. Of course, newborn babies aren’t going to swallow any petals or leaves, but there may be other curious children in the household that could. If you aren’t sure, if the parents or anyone in their household have any allergies, give them a quick phone call or text to make sure it is safe to gift flowers. Also, check if they have any pets that are likely to eat the flowers or inhale the pollen. Some flowers can be dangerous to aquatic life, and so if the parents have pets of this kind, just alert them to keep the flowers away from the tank. Once you have got the all-clear, then you can choose the perfect new baby flowers.