What are you giving out to "announce" baby's birth at the hospital

Suparstarz714

I was thinking the "it's a boy" bubble gum cigars they are like $15 for 36 and we will give them to the visitors. 

Other ideas are: cookies, chocolate cigars (these are a little more $), or suckers.  If we do the cookies, I am going to make them so I am going to need a back up, just in case I do unexpectedly go into labor and don't have them made. 

Any other ideas??  What are you doing?

GRKaters

We gave out phone calls...?

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RubyRed1085

Seeing as how everyone knows what we are having already, I'm not doing anything. I don't see the point to it. If we were team green, I might think otherwise.

Temp159135562506975

nothing.... I don't want a lot of visitors - only immediate family - and can't imagine why i should be giving out anything when i have just birthed 2 children.  I think that is a very dated custom.

GypsyEsq

Oh this is cute - I didn't know anyone did this anymore.  We're just calling people.  I can't imagine anyone would be sitting in the waiting room waiting.

Suparstarz714

GypsyEsq:

Oh this is cute - I didn't know anyone did this anymore.  We're just calling people.  I can't imagine anyone would be sitting in the waiting room waiting.

I am sure we will have a waiting room full of people, it is just how our family is.  I thought it would be cute for DH to give something out and celebrate the birth. 

MattysGirl81

We'll be making phone calls since all our family is out of town.  Even if we were expecting visitors, we would just come out and say that so-and-so has arrived.  If everyone knows it's a boy I'm not sure I see the point in giving out boy-related items to announce his birth.

cupcake_queen

Nada

My gift is the cute LO they get to see and cuddle!!

Mrs.Teddy

In a lot of cultures its still very common to hand out chocolates or sweets to anyone who comes to visit. This is especially true of middle eastern groups, usually they have trays or baskets full of chocolates in either pink or blue & they fill the nurses pockets, thats how I know. When we "announce" the birth we will probably just call people. I saw someone do monogramed sugar cookies but we are team green so I cann't havet hat prepared. I have also seen personalized hershey's chocolate bar wrappers that are really cute. I'm not sure we will do anything at all tho, I think we will be pretty busy with the baby.

vik06

Probably nothing.

Chrysallys

Everyone knows we are having a boy so we aren't doing anything.

SAMANTHAGP

I like that "it's a boy" cigar idea. We are team green so I can't imagine buying two sets of celebratory gifts to give out. Honestly, I would probably forget all about them after I go into labor lol.

thequeeenbee

I want to track down and old school polaroid camera and take a picture of everyone when they hold little ian for the first time, and then send it home with them.

Becky262

We're popping a bottle of Perrier-Jouet Belle Epoque champagne.  Rose if it's a girl, Brut for a boy 

suscq

I'm buying "It's a girl" cigars for DH to take to the fire station his first day back.  They'll have fun smoking them outside the fire station and the guys will love telling DH horror stories about when their kids came home from the hospital.  For the hospital, I'm buying bubble gum cigars because our nephew and little cousins will think that it's cool.

MuckDiva

We aren't giving out anything.  I am considering getting 2 bags of Hershey's Kisses- one in pink and one in blue for DH to hand out as he announces the gender and name.

I don't want visitors coming to the hospital.  Only immediate family.  I made that clear to DH and my MIL months ago.  I am not there to entertain and they can wait to see the baby when we get home from the hospital.  DH seems on board with this and MIL said it wasn't a problem so we shall see.

howa0155

We aren't doing anything like this... but it is cute   Maybe you could do some custom colored m&m's....?

robin house

we're not giving out anything... but you could check out Orientaltrading.com

Under the baby shower section they have lots of ideas of stuff to give out..and their cigars are only $12.99 for 36

Britt~Britt

we are giving out "It's A Boy" bubble gum cigars and then sending out announcements when we get home!

PuppyMommy

My H told me today that he wants to get "It's a boy" gum cigars.  Everyone knows what we are having and I am not expecting a lot of visitors, but it will still be a fun little something, so why not?

Idhreniel

Nothing.  Everyone knows it's a boy.

Jen&Joe06

Nothing.

rebus82

People still do this? Not being rude, it just seems very 1956 to me, like fathers in the waiting room. If I have anything baked around the house (I bake a lot) we'll probably take it just to have and our visitors can snack, but I'm not going to specifically make or buy something just to hand out.?