Omugwo and Naming Ceremony Gifts for a New Baby
Gifts that a new mother will still be using in six months, grouped by what you want to spend. From ₦20,000 for a carrier or a portable bed, to ₦80,000 for a cot or a stroller.
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Buying for omugwo and the eighth day
Most people reading this are not the mother. You are the grandmother coming to do omugwo, an aunt, or a guest invited to a naming ceremony on the eighth day. That gives you a week between the birth and the ceremony, and one question worth asking before you spend anything.
Ask what they already have. Two cots arriving in the same week is the commonest waste in Nigerian baby gifting. A quick call settles it, and nobody minds being asked.
Under ₦25,000. A baby carrier at ₦20,000 to ₦25,000 is the strongest gift in this band, and it is the one grandmothers doing omugwo end up using themselves. A portable bed that folds into a diaper bag is ₦20,000 and travels between the mother's house and yours.
₦25,000 to ₦80,000. A lightweight stroller is ₦63,000. A cot with net sides and a mosquito net cover is ₦80,000, and so is a 4-in-1 carry cot that works as a car seat, a rocker and a chair. These are the gifts a family would otherwise have had to buy themselves, which is what makes them land well.
Above ₦80,000. Families often pool money for one large gift. A full-size stroller at ₦90,000 or a 2-in-1 with a carry cot at ₦170,000 works well as a joint present from a group, and the parents get one good item instead of five small ones.
On timing. The eighth day comes fast. If the ceremony is at the weekend, order early in the week and choose pickup from our Idumota shop if you are cutting it fine. Delivery times and the pickup address are listed on every product page.
For a fuller list of what a new mother actually runs short of, read what to buy for omugwo.