Toys -anything that has sound/light/can move will be good.
Books-Hard cover one word with one picture.
Clothes can be quite useful to the parents as i dun think parents will buy alot of clothes for baby as they out grow it quite quickly.So they may appreciate if people buy clothes for them.
Also can get those nursery rhymes CD.
My son received quite alot of presents on his 1st birthday. Those that he are still using/playing with actively are:
- Walker which can be coverted to rider/car
- Lightning McQueen ride on car
- Hardcover books & board books (honestly, i would love it if someone give us any phonics or readers SERIES -> gotta hint to my mum for my son's 3rd bday!)
- Toy car set (many different types of cars in 1 set)
- Lego
- Construction machine set