Five Ways to Announce Your Baby’s Gender
Posted by Kelly Voelker in October 12th 2009
Is it a BOY? Or a GIRL? It might be one of the most anticipated announcements. When my cousin, Rachel, was pregnant for the first time a year ago, we were so excited to find out the baby’s gender. Everyone was making bets, checking the “signs,” (She’s carrying high, right? Is she craving sweets? How about morning sickness?!) When she told us little Kaitlyn was a girl, we were ecstatic! Now that she’s expecting her second, we started that game all over again. We recently found out that Rachel and Dan are having a little boy and they are thrilled!
They found out the baby’s gender together, but if you want to make it a surprise for your friends and family, here are five cute ways to say “It’s a Boy!” or “It’s a Girl!”:
- Order custom fortune cookies with the gender inside. Reveal your good fortune by having everyone over to open them at once (with takeout of course!)
- Put the doctor on the phone with your local bakery to secretly tell them the sex – no one finds out until the cake is cut to show bright blue or pink filling inside
- Have the doctor write the gender on a slip of paper for you and your partner to take home and open together to privately celebrate
- Invite friends and family over and fill the house with blue or pink helium ballons to cheerfully spread the news when guests arrive
- Put together a mix of music to play in the background – for a girl, choose songs like “My Girl” and “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun,” for a boy, try “Let’s Hear it for the Boy” or “Bad Boys.” See if people pick up on the hint – if not, share the news at the end of the night!
How did you announce your baby’s gender?
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Is is terrible that I’m racking my brain to remember?
With Kaydee we announced to our grandparents with a little blue gift bag and green tissue…inside were two pink bibs that said “I love my Grandma” and “I love my Grandpa”.
It was funny seeing their faces looking at the blue and them just assuming we were having a boy. My inlaws looked really disappointed thinking they had another grandson on the way….until the opened the bag of course.
That’s cute, Cat! These are all some great ideas.
My husband is in Afghanistan so I had the doc write it down in an envelope (a thick one, otherwise I definitely would have peeked!) so we’d find out together when he called. We’re getting another little boy! I’m bad at secrets though, so I started telling people immediately, no cute story. =)
I LOVE these stories! Too cute.
I love the pink or blue cake idea – brilliant! Wish I would have thought of that!
Great ideas! I’ve also heard, if you live out of town and away from your family, of sending your parents “Baby on Board” pictures in a Grandparents picture frame. More of a fun surprise than just telling them over the phone.
I love tip #3. I think I’m definitely going to do that for baby #3 (there is no baby #3 yet, by the way…but maybe in another year…). It would be so much more special to celebrate privately rather than to hear the news in that impersonal ultrasound room.
Thanks for the ideas!
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