Distribution of new maternity package begins

The first maternity packages of the 2025 edition have been sent to customers this week. Kela begins the distribution of the new edition at slightly different times each year as the number of applications Kela receives for the maternity grant determines how long stocks of the previous year’s edition will last. Recipients of the maternity grant can choose between a maternity package and a tax-free cash benefit of EUR 170. Approximately two-thirds of all who apply for the maternity grant choose the maternity package.  

Customer feedback affects the contents of the maternity package

This year, the maternity package contains 38 products. While the range of items remains largely the same from year to year, for example the colours of the textiles and the number of products vary.

Kela always seeks to improve the contents of the maternity package based on customer feedback. Every year, customers are asked to vote on the pattern of the sleeping bag and snowsuit included in the maternity package. The package also contains products with features requested by our customers. For example, even the smaller wrap-around bodysuits come with an extender this year, which means that they grow with the baby.

The goal is for the products included in the maternity package to promote engagement between the parents and their babies. For example, the package contains a baby’s first book titled Loruleipuri, which is intended to encourage interaction between the child and the parent.