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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2014 14:45:05 GMT -5
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Post by snippet17 on Jan 12, 2014 20:59:29 GMT -5
I like the idea of having a small, intimate gathering of just the couple, grandparents, and a few close friends. Or hell, now that I think about it, having it in an envelope that we open at a dinner that's just us. I see no way personally to be "fair" about all family finding out at the same time since there is such distance between everyone. I'd want the initial reveal to be just myself and H though. Not blasted all over FB. It's going to be the couple raising this child, so I would want the "firsts" to be just us. My worst nightmare is us having an intimate moment of realizing we found "the" name or gender, only to have someone there make a snarky remark and ruin it. Plus I agree with PP's about being more neutral in the colors and not making it all about them being a boy or girl, it's a precious child and I don't want every single thing to be blue or pink. And can I take a minute to whine about the stupid sexist onesies?? "Mommy is the queen, daddy obeys her if he knows what's good for him" "Future heart breaker" "Future shopping Queen" and so on. Ugg. Yes, you can. They annoy me too. But I saw a cute one that said "Smart like Mommy" on it, so I liked that one. I like Smart like Mommy. But I don't like the ones that say future heart breaker, etc.
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Post by nsweare on Jan 12, 2014 22:22:09 GMT -5
A family friend just had a giant gender reveal party for her second baby. Baby number 1 is a girl. There a whole bunch of pictures of them finding out that baby number 2 is also a girl. The husband/father has a very clear look of disappointment on his face. They probably should've kept the moment they found out the gender a little more private.
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Post by snippet17 on Jan 13, 2014 9:39:30 GMT -5
A family friend just had a giant gender reveal party for her second baby. Baby number 1 is a girl. There a whole bunch of pictures of them finding out that baby number 2 is also a girl. The husband/father has a very clear look of disappointment on his face. They probably should've kept the moment they found out the gender a little more private. Hope baby number 2 never sees those pictures.
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Post by GoneFishing on Jan 13, 2014 9:57:44 GMT -5
Yes, you can. They annoy me too. But I saw a cute one that said "Smart like Mommy" on it, so I liked that one. Awww, that's cute. I really hate the ones that are just dumb stereotypes though. "Future trekkie" heck yes! "Future prom queen" barf. Maternity/baby clothing that WILL happen when I get KU... Maternity/baby clothes that will NOT happen...
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Post by snippet17 on Jan 13, 2014 10:10:41 GMT -5
The ones you want your future child to have is very cute.
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Post by superminty on Jan 13, 2014 10:37:57 GMT -5
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Post by GoneFishing on Jan 13, 2014 10:49:37 GMT -5
True story, there is a decent chance that I may use Baby Stage's first halloween to dress up as Shredder and have Baby be a Mouser. It's possible.
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Post by GoneFishing on Jan 13, 2014 11:47:19 GMT -5
Those. Are. Awesome. I actually bookmarked the WoW one to show H when I get home.
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Post by GoneFishing on Jan 13, 2014 12:03:26 GMT -5
@swimmy1988 - Oh, my kid will totally be dressed as a ninja turtle, starfleet captain, or Zelda regardless of sex. We might swap out Wolverine for a gender neutral option.
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Post by GoneFishing on Jan 13, 2014 12:15:38 GMT -5
That murlock hat is AWESOME!
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Post by snippet17 on Jan 13, 2014 19:36:56 GMT -5
H loves Alice in Wonderland. I will have to show him that tomorrow.
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Post by annathy03 on Jan 14, 2014 1:08:05 GMT -5
This just became a really dangerous thread for my credit card. HARRY POTTER ONESIES? I love the "solemnly swear" and the mad hatter bib. And the "next generation" one GoneFishing posted. I'm only able to hold back by telling myself that my niece is the first grandchild on both sides and so already has all the clothes she could ever spit up on in the first year.
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Post by mrsELF6713 on Jan 21, 2014 14:55:58 GMT -5
I would want to know for sure-- I am a planner.
As for gender reveal parties I think they are pointless. I had to go to one on Saturday for my SIL. It is their second child; we were told Friday about the party for the next day. Husband and I already had lunch plans with our cousins visiting from Washington and yet we were horrible aunt/uncle because we did not want to change our plans to go find out if we were having another nephew or niece in person... we lost the battle and had to go. It was pointless. Cool I had some good cake and yay I have another nephew on the way but I really would have been just as happy with a text and am annoyed we had to change our plans.
My best friend did a reveal for her kids that was cute. She already has a 4 year old and a 2 year old. They did one of those pinata's where you pull the strings to eventually open it up. The boys were so excited and were so into it--they broke the pinata open to a bunch of blue confetti and candy, etc...and then they still did not "get it." So were told you are going to have a brother...and the 4 year old cried because he wanted a sister haha. My friend videoed it and sent it to us. It was fun to watch and appropriate for the young boys.
do something cute for the kids or grandma/grandpa. Other than that, no one is that excited until the baby arrives.
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Post by GoneFishing on Jan 22, 2014 9:23:32 GMT -5
I would want to know for sure-- I am a planner. As for gender reveal parties I think they are pointless. I had to go to one on Saturday for my SIL. It is their second child; we were told Friday about the party for the next day. Husband and I already had lunch plans with our cousins visiting from Washington and yet we were horrible aunt/uncle because we did not want to change our plans to go find out if we were having another nephew or niece in person... we lost the battle and had to go. It was pointless. Cool I had some good cake and yay I have another nephew on the way but I really would have been just as happy with a text and am annoyed we had to change our plans. My best friend did a reveal for her kids that was cute. She already has a 4 year old and a 2 year old. They did one of those pinata's where you pull the strings to eventually open it up. The boys were so excited and were so into it--they broke the pinata open to a bunch of blue confetti and candy, etc...and then they still did not "get it." So were told you are going to have a brother...and the 4 year old cried because he wanted a sister haha. My friend videoed it and sent it to us. It was fun to watch and appropriate for the young boys. do something cute for the kids or grandma/grandpa. Other than that, no one is that excited until the baby arrives. See, I think this is definitely a "know your audience" kind of situation. H could care less about the gender of a sibling's kid, he just wants it to be healthy. I will happily attend your party, eat your food, and squee appropriately over whatever color the cake is, but there isn't a single person in the world that I would be upset if I wasn't told the gender or wasn't invited to the reveal party. My brother and SIL would absolutely lose their shit and be wounded for months or even years if we did a "reveal" with my parents and didn't invite them. They would also be the type of people to note when we are supposed to find out and call that day to ask what the gender would be if we didn't do something like a reveal. Which I guess is a long way of saying, I can totally see some people feeling like mrself and being pissed about being guilted into attending, but I also know others who would be offended or hurt NOT to be included in something like this.
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Post by mrsELF6713 on Jan 23, 2014 13:52:12 GMT -5
I would want to know for sure-- I am a planner. As for gender reveal parties I think they are pointless. I had to go to one on Saturday for my SIL. It is their second child; we were told Friday about the party for the next day. Husband and I already had lunch plans with our cousins visiting from Washington and yet we were horrible aunt/uncle because we did not want to change our plans to go find out if we were having another nephew or niece in person... we lost the battle and had to go. It was pointless. Cool I had some good cake and yay I have another nephew on the way but I really would have been just as happy with a text and am annoyed we had to change our plans. My best friend did a reveal for her kids that was cute. She already has a 4 year old and a 2 year old. They did one of those pinata's where you pull the strings to eventually open it up. The boys were so excited and were so into it--they broke the pinata open to a bunch of blue confetti and candy, etc...and then they still did not "get it." So were told you are going to have a brother...and the 4 year old cried because he wanted a sister haha. My friend videoed it and sent it to us. It was fun to watch and appropriate for the young boys. do something cute for the kids or grandma/grandpa. Other than that, no one is that excited until the baby arrives. See, I think this is definitely a "know your audience" kind of situation. H could care less about the gender of a sibling's kid, he just wants it to be healthy. I will happily attend your party, eat your food, and squee appropriately over whatever color the cake is, but there isn't a single person in the world that I would be upset if I wasn't told the gender or wasn't invited to the reveal party. My brother and SIL would absolutely lose their shit and be wounded for months or even years if we did a "reveal" with my parents and didn't invite them. They would also be the type of people to note when we are supposed to find out and call that day to ask what the gender would be if we didn't do something like a reveal. Which I guess is a long way of saying, I can totally see some people feeling like mrself and being pissed about being guilted into attending, but I also know others who would be offended or hurt NOT to be included in something like this. For sure--and if it was more planned out and we did not have to change plans I would not have been so bitter I think. I am always in for free cake and drinks, lol. End of the day we had fun visiting, but it definitely was not our top priority of things we wanted to do on our day off. Funny thing is SIL and I totally had a conversation about how lame gender reveals were a few weeks back. Timing and know your audience is definitely key. nsweare we totally had that happen at SIL's reveal (her and BIL knew already so safe there) but this was for baby #2, they already have a boy. MIL and her mom are dying for a baby girl. All of a sudden she wants a reveal and makes a big deal about it--so of course we all assumed it was a girl. Our MIL literally buys baby girl clothes ALL THE TIME and SIL kept telling her it "will be so exciting!" So...cut the cake and whah, whah. I though MIL was going to cry and she kept saying "that's ok, you guys will just have to keep trying." It was entertaining seeing the moms try to be excited though. I love my SIL/BIL and am super excited to be an aunt again but the whole spectacle was just silly.
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