Anyone who knows or lives with a baby sees how much they learn and take in, almost from day one it seems. From a tiny baby who can’t do more than cry, eat and sleep, they soon become a toddler who can crawl, maybe walk, laugh at jokes and try to talk. They know their own name and may even have gained the ability to speak.

So, as they are at the stage of learning so much, what a happy choice it can be to give first birthday gifts that are personalised and have the birthday girl or boy’s name on them. We at Born Gifted have Alphabet cushions that can have the child’s name embroidered on them, so that as they learn to recognise the letters that spell their name. With such personalised birthday gifts, they will see that the cushion really belongs to them and them alone. Or to be even more educational, a personalised encyclopaedia uses their name to find other words beginning with the same letters.

First birthday gifts that include the name of the girl or boy give so much pleasure as small children are finding their place in the world and are discovering the importance of their own name and of everyone else’s. Receiving first birthday gifts that reinforce all this learning help to confirm for them their identity and how much they are loved and cherished by the family and friends around them. Small children will often want to keep such personalised birthday gifts with them all the time and will take them out and about as well as taking them to bed.