Ideas for how to tell parents?

pmac14 · January 2011

When my 1st tri is up, I'd love to have a fun, surprise way of telling my hubby's parents. They will be BEYOND excited (I'm anticipating pure obsession) so if you have any suggestions, let me know! Thanks

Miss Shasta · January 2011

I really wanted to wait until I had a u/s, to tell my mom...so I could give her a framed u/s that had "congratulations nannan!!" on it. But I ended up caving in, and I just handed her my HPT. But, since you are waiting I think the framed u/s is so special.

StrivingArtist · January 2011

With my family, who won't be hearing anything for at least 3 more weeks, I'm going to skype them with my DH and my furbaby. My family has a history of being playfully mean to each other, so, partway through the conversation I'm going to tell them that they are both now, officially old. And when they ask why, I'll tell them that "Anyone that can be called grandma and grandpa, can't get away with being young."

I know it sounds kind of cruel, but that's our humor I guess. When my mom was first pregnant, her mother sent her a card that said, "Wow, you're getting fat."

As for DH's family, it's his decision how we tell. His family is split so we get two chances at it no matter what.

There have been a lot of posts on this subject, since we all love the prospect of announcing, and I bet you could find one you liked just by scrolling through responses.

Trishes · January 2011

I had to tell my mom on the phone since she lives so far away, but DH's parents live pretty close.

We went over for our weekly dinner and claimed that we didn't have enough pictures of them together, so we got them together for a picture. DH goes "Alright, on three! One, two, Trish is pregnant!" and took the picture of the expression on their faces. It was pretty priceless!

annelise k · January 2011

We already told our parents. We put some onesies in a Christmas bag and brought it over. We said we found a present we forgot to give them during the holidays. It took a second to register, but they were ecstatic.

Ritzy19 · January 2011

Frame a picture of the ultrasound

Write a little note from the baby to them (that's how we told them the first time around).

A shirt for the dog that says something about a new baby, assuming you have a dog.

Does the baby's due date fall around any special events in the family? Birthdays? Anniversaries? You could work something out around that and say you're giving them an early gift. If you plan on telling right around any special times, you could work it in at that time too. (We told right around Easter, so I gave a little lamb and a handwritten note to my parents from the baby)

Get them some sort of shirt/mug/gift with Grandpa/Grandma on it.

pmac14 · January 2011

Thanks for all the good ideas, peeps!

CSP83 · January 2011

I just ordered a big brother shirt for our DS to wear. My Mom already knows. We are so close, I could not hide it from her. We will use the shirt to tell my Dad. My in laws live far away but they will be visiting in a couple of weeks so we will use the big brother shirt for them as well.

Last time I made a sign for our dog to wear around his neck - it said "Baby Pate Coming in August". It was really cute. Both sets of parents loved it!

fraglette · January 2011

We're telling our parents on St. Patrick's Day with cards indicating they're grandparents. We're hoping to include a picture from our first ultrasound and I came up with a looney idea of trying to tape the heartbeat at the appointment and getting a recordable card. I don't even know if that's possible, but we'll see.

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