Fun Ways To Announce Your Pregnancy
Whether you just found out you’re expectant or you’ve known for a few months, announcing your pregnancy to family and friends can be a lot of fun. Some may want to wait until a certain time during their pregnancy, while others want to call everyone immediately after finding out themselves.
Telling The Father
Have a fairy-tale dinner for two with candle lights, it may be your last time for a while, between morning sickness and raising your teeny one. Serve up baby carrots, baby back ribs and anything else you can think as baby. At the end, serve apple juice instead of wine and hand him a present. Inside you can have a tiny newborn bib that says, “I Love My Daddy” or a pair of baby booties.
If you can’t tell the dad right away because he’s away on business, or deployed try sending him a care package. Inside the box place a few baby items, everything in blue and pink and a baby naming book in the center. Site a note on top of the book with, “I need a name soon, I’ll be here by June.” Or whenever the infant is due.
You can also see how long it takes him to work it out. Go to the dollar store and pick up a bunch of small baby items, a bib, rattle, bottle, booties, etc. For a week, leave an item laying about the house where he is bound to find them. At the end of the week if he hasn’t figured it out yet, prepare the big gift. Have a big teddy bear sitting at the dinner table in the seat beside him, make sure there is a bib wrapped around him and maybe a note that says “Hi Pop”.
Telling Family And Friends
Show up to a family gathering wearing a shirt that announces your state. These days there are a ton of shirts out there with clever sayings, “Baby on Board,” “A Bun in the Oven,” or something related to the pregnancy. The instant you saunter in or take off your jacket everyone will work it out without you having to say a thing. Now, get ready for the tears and excitement. You’ll be answering a ton of questions.
If you already possess children you may want to call the grandparents up and tell them that the next Christmas they may want to add one more to the list.
If this is the first grandchild, you may want to get a bracelet link for your mom that reads, “#1 Grandma” or grandparent t-shirts. This will not only be a tremendous present for them but something they can cherish and value forever.
No matter when you spread the news it can be a lot of fun, just think creative and let the pieces fall. You may even want to try catching all of it on video, so think in advance and prepare for the BIG moment, and I’m not meaning the birth.
