• Storybooks are good gifts for a child's first birthday.Tooga/Digital Vision/Getty Images
  
  Besides the emotional significance, a child's first birthday is an important milestone in her life as by this time she would have made significant physical and mental developments. For example, by the first year, a child is able to crawl. A few children even start walking whereas most imitate those around and convey their needs through various gestures. Hence, you can choose gifts for a child's first birthday that would simply be a celebration of the baby becoming a year old. Or you can also give gifts that would aid in the physical or intellectual development of the child.
  
  

Birthday Album and Poem

• Celebrate the child's first 365 days by making a photo album of pictures that capture moments in the child's life. Select an array of pictures that depict memorable times and important milestones, like her first walk. Write a poem about how wonderful the baby is; include her positive personality traits. Let the poem describe how much joy she brings to you and how much she means to you. Compile the pictures and the poem to make an album that tells the story of the baby's first year.
  
  

Learning Toys

• By the 12th month, babies have greater control over their movements. They can play ball and put their toys back in their containers. A building block would be a good gift for a child's birthday as that would help him further in coordinating her movements. Playing with simple picture puzzles and toys of different shapes and color boosts mental activities in one-year old kids. Musical toys have a calming effect on a baby and they also enhance a baby's brain development by stimulating sense of touch, sight and hearing.
  
  

Growth Chart

• Before her third birthday, a child grows twice in height and weight than that at birth. A growth chart to monitor the rapid growth during her early childhood would be a good first birthday gift for a child. It would also be symbolic of her good health and growth during the early years.
  
  

Books

• By the first year children generally start recognizing people, actively respond to them and also develop an understanding of the environment around them. Reading storybooks with colorful illustrations aid in the mental development of even a year-old child. Other activity books such as coloring books and sticker books can further enhance the development of various faculties in small children.