gender reveals | pad patter 4.16.18

My daughter is almost 10 and gender reveal parties were definitely not a thing when I was pregnant. We just went to the doctor, had an ultrasound and found out the gender, and called our close friends and family to tell them (we lived out of state at the time). But, if they had been a thing, I am pretty sure I would have been all over it!

I've also never been to a gender reveal. We're mid-30's and most all of our close friends are past the age of having babies or others are a bit younger and haven't started yet.

 

I've never been to a gender reveal party, but I see pictures of them on Instagram a lot. People have come up with some really creative ways to announce the gender. When I was pregnant, we had the gender reveal when the baby was born. Bwahahahaha

 

I've never been to a gender reveal party- but I have made cupcakes for one! It was super fun because only I knew what color the filling was inside the cupcakes! It was PINK!

My kids are older too- so it wasn't really a thing then. We did surprise our families with wrapped frames of a pic of my daughter announcing her big sis status at Christmas. That was fun!

 

I've never been to a gender reveal, all my friends are done having babies and they weren't a think when I was pregnant with my girls. I've seen some fun ones and some that have gone wrong online though!

 

It's not something we do, particularly as most of us in the UK don't know the baby's gender until birth. However it's becoming popular for those who can afford it, to pay for a private scan to find out. Maybe when it's my children's turn there will be gender reveals as the norm.

 

My oldest is 21 and my youngest is 11 (will be 12 in Sept). We didn't do gender reveals then haha. My oldest niece did one with her baby last year and it was a lot of fun. We had both pink and blue decor and we put out beaded necklaces (like Mardi Gras style) that were pink or blue. You picked the necklace color of which gender you thought the baby will be and wore it. Then when it was time her and her husband opened a giant box that was decorated in baby stuff, question marks etc. and out popped blue balloons. The first boy on that side of the family haha (my sister had 3 daughters, then her middle daughter had a girl, so Amy's was the first boy for them).

 

That’s so neat, Kayla! I wish Callan had the patience to do that at her shower this weekend. Instead, she sent me a text with his VERY DESCRIPTIVE ultrasound picture and said that she KNEW it was going to be a boy!

 

Nope, never been to one. We are either too old or too curmudgeonly? The friends we have who have had a baby recently haven't done one.

 

my oldest is 30 and youngest is turning 19 in a week, so no we never did those type of parties then............. I don't know if I'm being a poor sport but with everything that couples do now from engagements/weddings/baby reveal parties it just seems like a lot of pressure, 'Keeping up with the Joneses' along with the amount of money that is spent.... It is one thing if you can afford it but another if your doing it because that is what everyone is doing...
Seems like it can be a lot of fun but what has happened to the days of visiting your loved ones and just telling them the news in person.
I do know of a person that goes along with all these new type of traditions and her mother has been hurt many times because she finds out all the news the same time as everyone else.

 

Thanks so much! Yes, it’s our first grandbaby, and it’s breaking my heart that she’s living in Arkansas currently and will likely move to Kansas City, Missouri, sometime in the next few months once Derek graduates in May. That’s where his family is, and he already has job offers.

 

Question: Are you supposed to bring a gift to these things? On top of the baby shower gift and the gift you give once the baby is born? What's next: a "watch me pee on a stick to see if I'm pregnant" party? (How old do I sound right now? 95? )

 

My kiddos are almost 27, 23, and 13, so no gender reveal parties for me. Aaron's was revealed at birth lol, the other 2 we knew but just went out and told people. My daughter did one with paint and my niece did one with the exhaust from her hubby's motorcycle (blue smoke). I guess I'm just old, but I think it's all getting a little out of hand. I'm pretty much 95, too, @Tree City LOL

 

Nope, never been to one. Actually hope I don't ever get invited to one because I agree with a couple other posters that things are just getting out of hand. Just my honest opinion.

Heck I have a friend that found out she was having twins as she was giving birth 36 years ago! Some general practitioners still delivered babies and that is who she went to. The doctor never ordered an US even though my friend had taken fertility pills. The doctor also only ever heard 1 heartbeat because of how the babies were positioned. We live in a small town and actually to this day still do not have a OB/GYN specialist (heck we don't even have a hospital). We have to go 15-20 miles to a larger city to see one.

 

Nope- never been. But I think its pretty cool- could be combined with the Baby Shower(<<yawn!) That would liven up the shower!! Our son and DIL didnt do one, they didnt know about second child’s gender in advance.

 

Never been to one...they all look so cute on videos!!!

 

I think they are cute, but haven't done one and haven't been to one. My babies are getting ready to leave the roost! Some of the ideas for how to reveal are so dang creative.

But LOL to @Tree City 's comment. I have no idea what protocol is there!