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May 2011 Moms
brandioohoo
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push present for dad?
brandioohoo
member
anyone else getting your husband something for the day she is born? my husband is into watches, so i am getting him a pocket watch. though it's something he will never use, it's something special given to him the day our daughter will be born. just wondering who else is doing this. :-)
together since 7/06
married 10/09
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Re: push present for dad?
i've never heard of push presents. /:
funny thing to call it, though. lol.
aw, that's really sweet. [:
I hear you! I think I'm just bitter because I bought him a really expensive watch as a wedding gift that he LOST on on our honeymoon. Actually, he put the watch in the front of our luggage like an idiot and it got stolen.
I'm not doing anything nor do I expect anything from DH. Pretty sure it will be a special enough day that neither one of us will ever forget.
I don't really believe in push presents although I did tell a friend that he owed his wife a push present after she gave birth to their third 10 pounder!
Yea Im not getting anything for DF either, we are getting a baby so we dont need anything else.
I understand the sweet sentiment I guess but I think they are kinda dumb. I'll be the one pushing, I deserve the present! lol
As a small joke, I'm getting DH a "you got me knocked up" present.
Something sweet and small.
I like this angle.
We're not doing anything, but that's much more our style.
This. I had never heard of this until I came on the Bump. Just like I had never heard of brides and grooms buying each other presents until the Knot.
Places like The Knot make this stuff up to make money and suddenly it becomes a "requirement."
This. Pregnancy has been pretty rough for me. Don't get me wrong, DH has been great through it--helping me feel better and just being sweet and supportive in general, but if you look at what the woman goes through vs what the man goes through in order to have a baby, there is really no comparison. In fact, DH always jokes about what a great deal it is for him because his end pretty much involves having sex and then getting a child (without all the messy/uncomfortable/painful stuff in between). I get him little presents periodically just because he's the best, but in this instance, I definitely think I'm the one (if either of us) that deserves the present!
Well I guess the bump and the knot folks can't stand me because I didn't buy anything they made or did. For the record my father gave my mother a push gift well before the bump was even invented sooo I don't think that the knot or the bump made this up to get our unsuspecting DHs to buy us gifts. I have received push gifts from DH for both of our children and they were sweet. This time I have bought him an iPad 2 as his "thanks for being a great dad keep up the good work gift."
I'm definitely not feeling obligated to buy him baby-related gifts two months in a row. Fortunately, he won't be expecting anything for either occasion.
LMAO!
Me, get my DH a push present? That is the most absurd thing I've heard in awhile. His gift is the baby I carried for 40 weeks and birthed, and will breastfeed.
I'm getting him a Father's Day gift, for sure, since he is the best Dad around and I so appreciate all he does for our family. But no, nothing for the birth of our baby.
Still LOL.
Father's Day is in June. I'll get him something then.
Birthing the baby? All about me and the baby. No one is getting presents. I've got bigger things on my mind.
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We're not really doing push presents.
We did decide to take a "congrats, we got through pregnancy alive" present to ourselves, but that's a vacation with the three of us later in the year.
And I'm sure that the dog and the baby will "get him something" for Father's Day.
He'll be getting a roughly 7 to 9lb baby boy.
I'm not into Hallmark Holidays, nor am I into Bump-encouraged BabyMoons or push presents.
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Both my husband and I will be getting a daughter as our push presents...
ETA: I did buy him a huge coffee mug from Starbucks the other day...I figured he's going to be consuming large amounts of coffee in the next few weeks. I guess that was his early "push present."
I bought my husband a watch- more because he wanted it as a joint Fathers day gift since I know I wont be able to get him much not working...
He has been eyeballing it since we got married so its time. He just also bought us a very nice house, great furniture and stressed me out very little so I appreciate it!
Oy, I am in a rough mood and the replies to this post are totally rubbing me the wrong way.
The OP asked who else was doing this, not for the obnoxious, repeat commentary of "DUH I am giving him a BABY"... If the answer is "no" and the post does not apply to you, why are you responding? Man, I am in a mood today...
OP, funny you mention a pocket watch, because I was thinking of getting an antique one for DH if we had a boy. He is really interested in having something to pass on to LO, since neither of our families really had heirlooms for us. I have yet to figure out what he might want to pass on to his daughter, since we are having a girl. And yes, I will be buying a separate father's day gift, too.
Yeah, apparently if your answer is no then you have no right in answering that thread. You don't want to hurt someone's e-feelings by saying no. Only answer a thread if you are in complete agreement with the OP and want to sprinkle them in kitten kisses.