Giving a Gift to Your Husband at the Birth of a Baby

Really? The baby is the gift. You gave it to each other. He put it in the box, and you are taking it out, okay?
Save the gift giving for Mother's and Father's Day, you have plenty of those coming up in your future :)

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Hell no! When he pushes a entire person out of his body, then I will go out and buy him a gift!

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When my son was born, after we left for the hospital, I had a trusted neighbor enter our house and leave a basket I had made for husband and stashed at our neighbor's.

It contained a couple of toys and bibs that said things about daddy (little bibs that said things like "I wanna be just like my dad when I grow up" and other cute sayings). Also a couple of rattles and baby toys that were very boy-ish (rattles shaped like hammers, etc). I also included a gift card for a pizza delivery and a really nice bottle of beer (not just supermarket brand, but a specialty bottle). And attached to the handle of the basket was several mylar balloons that announced "It's a Boy" so my husband could tie them on to the mailbox.

He really enjoyed the pizza and the beer after a long long day in the delivery room!

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Yep - I'd just give him the baby! Maybe pull out a little bow and stick it to his head :)

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Gee NOPE I did not.
If anything, I deserved a gift after both my kids were born!

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If anyone deserves a gift, it is YOU for birthing his 4 kids!!! I have heard of the husband getting his wife a gift, but never heard of the other way around. You went through 4 pregancies, 4 births, breastfeeding (if you did that), went through lots of sleep deprivation, cook for him (most women cook for their men so I am just assming that you do that too), take care of his kids, have to give him sex on a regular basis for the rest of his life, and you want to give HIM a gift???? LOL! His gift is his 4th child and first boy, as well as you for giving him that. How pissed are you going to be when you are breastfeeding his son, getting 2 hours of sleep each night, caring for all 4 during the day on no sleep, yet he still expects sex from you all the time??? How pissed will you be??? VERY! Please, no gift!!!!!

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I gave my husband a really good camera (you could consider a video camera).. My husband loved it and took tons of the most beautiful photos of our daughter.

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name your son after him? give your son your husband's first name as a middle name?

idk...i pushed out 2 10lb babies, so giving a gift was totally not in my mind after that....or before that for that matter. cute idea though.

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hehehe.. that is very sweet! If you feel the need... go ahead and get him a gift. - To me the baby is gift enough for us both LOL! You could get him a cheezy t-shirt?

Wait though- actually I did get my husband a gift.. I got him a "manly" diaper bag. It was a diaper bag by jj-cole that looked more like a sports backpack. He loved it because he didn't look quite as lame as a "purse holder" when we were out with our daughter. So if you must get him a gift, get him baby gear that doesn't look so "cutesy"- men may love babies, but most don't like baby stuff.

Other similar ideas... an eddie bauer or baby bjorn carrier in "guy colors"- or bring a man-kit with you to the hospital... (with shaving cream & a razor, some snacks he likes, and a change of underwear and socks for him in case he can't make it home to change.)

Of course you don't "owe" him a gift... but that isn't why we give them anyways, eh? He is lucky to have a wife who appreciates him so much that she'd feel like giving him a gift other than his fistborn son! Give yourself a big pat on the back and a massage while your at it!!!

Hope this helps!
-M.

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Yep, I gave him our first son! LOL. Seriously though, our 3 1/2yr old was born on DH's birthday, so DS really was his present :) I think giving them a child is enough of a gift to be honest with you. And we just had baby boy #2 a little over 2wks ago, so his present was me getting him home from work early (he's a firefighter) and giving him another son ;)
Congrats on your baby boy!

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Are you kidding? Like the baby itself isn't gift enough?! Tehehe!

(Well maybe since it's his first boy, what about matching dad and child baseball gloves, or something to that effect?)

Congratulations!

:)

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Girl, the baby is the gift! ROTFLMBO!!!!

Seriously, buy matching baseball caps if you absolutely feel you must do something. But I must admit, this is the first time I've ever heard this.

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Damn you American TV! I remember seeing all these movies/shows where the husband gives the wife a present after the baby, Apparently my husband doesn't watch the same TV shows, that is ok, I put it on his tab, lol.
I tink if you want to give him a present that is ok, I like to give presents to my family when they don't even expected and it doesn't have to be big or expensive, a funny dad's shirt would do, or I like Megan said a manly diaper bag, or even a small note with your baby's picture saying: "Look what miracle we have made" or something like that.
I am all pro showing love to our spouse in any way we can/want.

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I think you should give him the gift of time alone with the kids. :)

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I never really thought about anything for my husband. Honestly, after nine months of pregnancy, I've always felt I should get something special! :)

I think it's a wonderful idea, good for you for thinking of it! I didn't really think of them as gifts, but when I was pregnant (I had all boys) if I saw a cute outfit or accessory that I knew he'd get a kick out of, I'd get it and surprise him with it. There were things like a little onesie with a jacket that had little dirtbikes all over them, Boston Bruins hats and clothes, etc. and they were always "daddy's outfits" and he liked them. So maybe clothes, a picture frame, etc. If you don't come across something that strikes you, check out Red Envelope and Personalization Mall. They have great gifts that you can customize.

I think it's very sweet that you are planning something special for him. FWIW, I never expected a push gift or considered the children as "gifts" to him.

I kind of thought I deserved flowers or something--and the baby was enough of a gift--not to mention hours of labor & pushing.

Hi. I did!!! What i did was take several photos of our son and went to walgreens.com (or you can go into any photo store) and I created a photo collage of our son. I put the title of "Daddy's Baby Boy" at the top and framed it for him for his desk at work. It's simple but my husband loved it b/c it had his first pictures of holding our son in the hospital and the first few days home....I also made him one at his first Father's day to update as our son has grown. He still says that is some of his fav. pics and our son is almost 2. Good luck! Boys are fun!

I bought my husband a gift after the birth of our first child. I gave him a digital photo frame (they were just taking off 4 years ago) so that he could "be with" the baby even when he went back to work. He loved it!

my step mom gave my husband a "man bag" when both of my boys were born. It was a "manly" diaper bag- black or dark blue it had burp towels with his favorite team logos, some "boy" toys - baby footballs, soccer balls things like that- bath towels with team logos and matching dad and baby T-shirts. It also had a 6pack of his favorite beer.

He loved it

it's sweet because it's the first boy. maybe a picture frame with 'daddys boy' on it or something. nothing too fancy. i mean...you ARE doing all the work already ;)

Father son baseball gloves? Fishing poles?

matching ball caps for the two of them? or something matching that reflects his interests...