Jellycat My Mom and Me Bashful Lamb Board Book for Newborns

Jellycat's My Mom and Me Bashful Lamb Board Book is built for day one — sturdy enough for newborns to mouth, crinkle, and wave without losing a page. The 8.3-inch square format fits naturally against a small chest before fine motor skills have arrived, and the central character is Bashful Lamb, one of Jellycat's most recognizable faces. If there's already a Bashful Lamb plush in the nursery, this board book makes an easy, cohesive gift pairing that actually gets read.

The story itself follows a gentle mom-and-me theme, which makes it just as comfortable for a parent reading aloud at 2 a.m. as it is for a more formal story-time routine. Twenty pages gives it enough length to feel like a real book without overstaying its welcome with a newborn's attention span.

• 20 sturdy board pages built to survive the chewing, bending, and dropping that come standard with newborn ownership
• 8.3-inch square format sized to sit naturally in small hands and laps from birth
• Bashful Lamb as the central character — the same beloved design that anchors Jellycat's plush line, giving it instant familiarity for families already in the collection
• Mom-and-me narrative designed to feel warm and low-key, readable in any order without losing the thread
• From-birth age rating — no small parts, no sharp edges, no loose elements
• Pairs naturally with Jellycat Bashful Lamb plush toys for a gift set that works at baby showers, newborn visits, or first birthdays

Board books don't need much — but they do need to be kept dry and free of anything sticky that can warp the pages or blur the illustrations. If the cover or pages pick up surface grime, wipe them down with a barely damp cloth and let the book air dry flat before closing it. Avoid submerging or running it under water. Keeping the Jellycat My Mom and Me Bashful Lamb Board Book dry and stored upright will preserve both the illustrations and the page integrity so it stays readable well into the toddler years — long past the newborn stage it was designed for.