Any Ideas for Telling Husband What Gender We Are Having?

When my sil found out that she was having her first boy she got a baseball glove and mit and put it on my brothers pillow with a little not that said.. youd better brush up!
I thought that was really cute.

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After 3 darling boys (who prayed constantly for a "baby sister") my husband and I got the ultrasound results--a little girl! So we had a "Pink Party" ready for the boys when they arrived home from school. The living room and kitchen were strung with pink streamers with a pink dress hanging in the entry, a pink balloon tied to each chair at the table set with pink plates, napkins and cups and pink gum next to each, ready for donuts with a pink candle in each. Of course, we had the cameras ready when they returned and it was a HUGE hit! You could do the same in blue for a boy!

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You could buy a little gender specific gift and wrap it in generic wrapping paper and he could open it when he gets home from work.

fotune cookie you can warm them up take out the fortune put your new one in

well Mea, The way I told my hubby what we were haveing for our son, is I went out and bought a baby boy outfit and a little pair of blue tennis shoes and wrpped them up and when he walked in from work I handed him the gift, I didn't have to tell him anything else, is ole eyes just welled up with tears like a little kid...lol, it was soo cute. Good Luck and I hope this helps alittle. Let me know what you figure out.

one idea is to make cupcakes and depending on the gender, use that color for your frosting!!

I would just telling that the ultrasound went fine. and drop little hints like you can pick up that bat and ball on the way home if it is going to be a boy. if it is a girl, tell him he is going to be the proudest papa at all the events they will bring. They will be the twinkle in his eyes.
Good Luck!

I agree with a few other suggestions on here about having the ultrasound tech not tell you, but put it in a sealed envelope and you & your husband can find out together. I know if it were my husband, that's the way he'd want it. I also would have a VERY hard time not calling him up to tell him...especially if it were a boy and that's what we were really hoping for!
Congratulations on the new baby!

How about sending him either a pink or blue flower?

it may be too late now, if your ultrasound was today, but you can take a pair of blue and pink socks/booties to the ultrasound and NOT find out yourself and then have the doctor put one pair in a box and toss our the other pair (or keep til your next appt) and then you can open the box together when you get home. . . or take two boxes label one "not" and the other "is" and then open it together when you get home. . . so you're both surprised and finding out at the same time!

I had a cousin tell everyone what she was having by buying an out fit in the appropriate color and wrapping it in a present. Then she let everyone take a guess what it would be, and then she unwrapped the present and showed everyone what she had gotten, and thus what she was going to have.

My husband was not able to make it to our youngest ultra sound either. We had a 4 year old boy and was hoping for a girl but like you we didnt care either way. So after the ultrasound I went shopping and bought a pink blanket, pink clothes and had them on the table when he walked through the door, and he was so excited. He said he was more excited than if I would of called him at work to tell him over the phone.

When I told my husband about our third daughter, I couldn't tell him in person and I didn't want to do it over the phone so I sent a dozen pink and white ballons to his office with a little note. Everyone in the office knew before he did by the color of the ballons.

He thought this was a really nice way to find out.

After our third girl, we were blessed with a son. Congratulations!

When he gets home have a small gift for him at his place at the table. If it's a boy maybe a blue bib or a small baseball mitt. Or vice versa if it's another girl. I've seen this before and can be really comical. Hope you and the baby do well and congratulations!

I would stop at the store and by the appropriate colored bibs or little booties and leave them on the counter in the kitchen where he can find them. Or if a boy and he's a big sports fan get a big and little football or baseball...

If you are into crafty stuff you could make a scrapbook page with the ultrasound picture and then baby things like rattles, etc and use the pink or blue for background and decorations. Or You could get a little onsie/romper in plain white and either do a pink or blue handprint or write on it "little sister" or "little brother" or "daddy's little girl" etc... and wrap it up like a gift and give it to him.

The first thing that came to my mind is to send pink or blue flowers to his work.

Good Luck!!

Did you ever think about not finding out until the birth day? It's a lovely surprise and you absolutely cannot be disappointed with the little one in your arms.

How about sending him a helium balloon with the gender on? It's a boy! Or It's a girl! from on of the flower store.
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My sister did this, you could go get some blank plain bibbs and take crafters writing paint and put an inscription that says I'm the big sister of a new little sister or brother. Have your girls wear them when you sit down to dinner that night. It took her husband and inlaws a few minutes and realized what my nephew was wearing and were really excited.

All the other ideas were great too:) Have fun choosing and congrats!
A. M

My mother told her coworkers what gender baby we had by putting a baggie of blueberry jellybeans on each of their desks. If we had had a girl, she was going to put strawberry cheesecake jellybeans on their desks.

I would send five carnations because it is going to be your fifth child. Send blue flowers if it's a boy and if your told it's a girl send pink. Men rarely get sent flowers at work!

I am not so much responding to your request, but just wanted to say congrats on the boy, especially after 4 girls, boys are so much easier then girls and open a whole other world, not to mention cheaper :). I have 4 boys and 3 girls. enjoy!!!!

Hear is a good way to tell him at home. have your girl's take him in the living room and sit him down and play game of shrads and ave him gess what they are trinig to tell him what it is.

Do you have a digital camera?

I made a big poster that said "it's a boy" over and over and over...and took a picture of our daughter standing in front of it holding a doll dressed in boy clothes. I emailed him the picture. He was so excited, he showed the picture to everyone at work.

My friends did this and I think it's a really good idea. Instead of having the doctor tell you what gender it is, have them write it on a piece of paper and seal it in an envelope. Plan a special meal or special time that evening when your hubby is home from work and open the envelope together. If you have the patience to wait until you are both together, it will be that much more special and include your husband in that special moment. Plus, who wants to find out what they are having in the cold sterility of an exam room? Granted, it will take a lot of self-control on your part, but it will be something that you will both share forever.

Congrats on your baby! When you find out, go and get some decorations in the appropriate color. Decorate the nursery and when he comes home tell him you need his opinion on something (they always like that). Take him to the nursery and see how long it takes him to catch on. Don't use anything with words, just colors.

My hubby is one of 5 boys, so when we found out that our first born was a girl he thought of a clever way to tell his mom. He told her "I just found out that I can do something that dad can't." "What's that", she said. He responds "produce female offspring!" She could barely contain herself. It was super cute.

Just some ideas. Let us know how it goes!

Once you find out you could cook a dinner with foods colored red or pink or blue and set out either pink or blue napkins. Or you could wait until dessert and have a cake decorated saying what it is? With my second (a girl) I took a picture of my son in a shirt that said "I'm the big brother." You could put your girls in these shirts and have them hold colored balloons. I think you can buy them at any hospital gift shop. Good luck!

I just had to say Congratulations on the little boy. It sure is nice to get what you want!

I was trying to think how would I like to get the news...I do like the envelope and wait until he gets home... however I would not wait. I know myself too well.
So, then I was trying to think what would be fun is if it is a boy send him a dozen tools. little things like wrenches and screwdrivers... oooh or even the baloons with a tool as the weight...
I am sure your local flourist can help you out... or even a person in his office. Do you know anyone in his office that you could call and ask them to help you?
If is a girl... I think I would have someone deliver something "girly" like flowers and chocolate... he is going good luck let us all know

A room full of balloons in either pink or blue

If it's a girl, send him flowers... If it's a boy a catchers mit or fishing pole with candy...

If he parks in the garage, you could always make a big sign on posterboard or something with "It's a BOY" or "it's a GIRL" and balloons attached. Good luck on today!
L.

I am also pregnant with a baby due in June and my husband wasn't able to come with me to the ultrasound either. The ultrasound tech gave me this idea. I didn't look at the ultrasound (so I found out the same time my husband did). The ultrasound tech printed off several labelled pictures (labelling is important, I don't know what I'm looking at in those things) and put them in an envelope, sealed and signed it. I brought the envelope home and we opened it up together and found out together! It was a lot of fun. How and when you open the envelope is up to you, but at least this way you can still find out together! Congratulations and good luck!

Hi M.
Congratulations on #5. What I did (cause my husband couldn't be there either.) I bought a card For Daddy and signed it from your Daughter. I gave it to him at dinner. He was so happy that to this day he still carries the card with him in his truck (he's an over the road truck driver) and my daughter is now 17 months.
Good luck
L.

How about sending him a balloon gram to his work and have the balloons either be pink or blue! Or you could have a nice dinner ready for him and get some fancy "country china" (paper plates from the Dollar Tree) in baby blue or pink to set the table with? See if he can figure it out!

I like the idea of having the ultrasound tech seal the gender in an envelope and wait til hubby gets home. Then you can find out together!
~L.

Decorate the house with colored balloons and special products (a girly doll or cars/tools) depending on if its a boy or a girl.

For a girl--watch Pride and Predjudice or Fiddler on the roof (both have 5 daughters), order candy from fivesisters.net (that may take longer than you have)
For a boy--put little boy shoes inside or next to his in the morning, or a football or whatever "manliness" he is into...
Make and frame a picture "Five little ducks went out to play" with baby duckies in all pink or make the last one blue.

I had fun posting the appropriate color balloons outside of our house for my hubby (and any other interested neighbors) to see when he got home.