Push Gift??

Re: Push Gift??

• suprsuz member

  June 2014

  I know a few people that have received push presents...  I don't get it, but whatever.  I agree with the sentiment that when you're recovering from surgery or an illness, people give flowers, teddy bears, and that sort of thing, so yeah flowers would maybe be nice - but I'm pretty sure I will be way too busy with a new baby to water flowers.  Some of my friends (my sister in law included) got designer hand bags, jewelry.  Seriously, it's a baby.  Women have been pushing babies out forever, why does it suddenly mean you "earned" a present?    Shoot.  let me clarify.  Asking for a push present seems weird.  If your SO chooses to give you a gift that's different, but expecting your so to spend money on you that you will probably need for baby anyway...  I don't agree with. 

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• megaroo64 member

  June 2014

  My H got me a charm for my bracelet and gave it to me right after B was born. The OB saw the box and said "oh what was your push present?"- my H looked at him like he was from Mars! He had never heard of a push present! I certainly wasn't expecting anything except a baby and a high five, so that was a huge surprise and really thoughtful. Expecting a present or asking for a present is tacky IMO.

   

  Bennett Andrew- 6/4/13      Nora Elizabeth - 10/3/14

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• slsl509 member

  June 2014

  DH got me a stackable ring with DD's birthstone for either my birthday or Christmas that year. I hope he will get me another one with this LO's birthstone at some point.

  The idea of a push gift is weird to me but I won't turn down a present from DH.

   
  
  

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• TheOtherJacobsons member

  June 2014

  I want to preface this with the fact that I don't want a push gift and I don't think they should be a thing. However, I do not feel like the baby is our gift. His involvement in this equation is sperm, 9 months of helping out around the house (which is really a gift to us for all the crap we go through while pregnant), a hand to crush during delivery, but that's it. The baby is our gift to him via the pushing. I think the idea behind the gift is to be sentimental about what it is you did for him. 

  
  

  FTM - BFP: 1/23/14 - EDD: 10/5/14 - DD Born 9/13/14

  
  

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• Slapdashalice member

  June 2014

  I think it's a nice idea and have mentioned to my husband that I would like some kind of jewelry with the baby's birthstone that I can pass down to her when she grows up.  So it's sort of a gift for the baby... but I get to wear it for a while! lol

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