How do I tell my parents that my wife and I are expecting a child?
My wife is pregnant with our first child, and we want to find a unique and fun way to tell our parents.
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We mailed my Mom the pregnancy test, nothing else in the envelope, just the positive pregnancy test.
The funny thing is that she didn't get it. She said, "What on earth would I do with a pregnancy test. I'm past menopause."
You can choose a holiday or special occasion, and then after dinner time, you can give them the ultrasound result, placed on a baby stuff. They could easily guess that. :) Congratulations!
In this answer, I am assuming this pregnancy will be seen as good news by your parents.
My sister announced her pregnancy at Christmas Time by simply adding a stocking to the mantel that said "baby (last name)" and then the due date. When we all got up in the morning, there it was hanging there with a few of the baby items they'd already purchased in preparation.
My Husband and I wrapped up "away" packages with things like a bib, a few diapers and the like as a "gift" to each set of parents for use when we and the baby visited. The packages contained a note that said, "for when I visit my grandparents. Love, baby (last name)"
Both ways seemed like they were really fun for my parents (although in both cases they had their guesses anyway - we're pretty close). The gift with the baby stuff in it confused my in-laws.
Congratulations!
A couple of suggestions:
What I did, inspired in a proffesional photographer's idea (I can't find it right now, but it's on internet): I grabbed my Reflex camera and started shooting photos in burst mode while my couple told them the new. The changes in their faces from stranged/worried to ultra happines is priceless.
I did it with all our relatives and friends. Now I'm making an album with the before/after pictures, so when my kid will grow up will see how happy got the people who are important for him/her when they first knew of her/him.
My sibling gave the news on Christmas season: hanged the pregnancy test from the christmas tree with a big red bow (so it would be noticeable).
On Christmas day, when all the family came to the house, "saw" the news.
A "grandma/grandpa" picture frame with a sonogram picture in it.
Some of my favourite suggestions I've seen:
Send pictures of the wife barefoot in the kitchen. It's subtle enough that it might require some prodding to get the hint
Since it's the Christmas season, get some Christmas cards targeted as being from a grandchild to grandparents (this works especially well for if it's near a birthday or Mother's/Father's Day as well)
You can e. g. invite the grandparents for afternoon tee
and then put place cards with "Grandpa John", "Grandma Hilary", .... on the desk.
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