My wife and I are friends here in Thailand with a couple who just had a baby. The wife is Japanese and the husband Thai. We want to follow the tradition in Japan of giving a gift of money for the occasion, but want to have it be an amount that is appropriate (or at least not inappropriate) in Thailand. If any one has any thoughts or information to share about what would be appropriate or inappropriate, including in terms of lucky and unlucky numbers, I would be grateful.

Giving a small gold necklace is wht we usually do - maybe 2000 baht.

Giving a small gold necklace is wht we usually do - maybe 2000 baht.

Thank you, Neeranam. As it happens that is just the amount of cash we ended up giving (which we did before having the benefit of your post).