I must be way out of touch, new baby fads...

[TexasCanesFan]

choose wisely!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

E X A C T L Y!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am guessing you did not buy a "push gift" either.

[t100]

Thankful that my wife is NOT like this. "Hey hubby, I woke up next to you today! Where is my get up next to you present and party moon?"

[ExtremeHunter80]

One of my good friend's wife just had a baby, they didn't do all of that, but did have the gender party. It ain't as bad as you think, I think it's more for the guys though. It's a reason to round up all your friends and drink a beer and find out what gender the baby is. They had the cake maker make the inside pink or blue for the gender. He was really let down when he found out it was a girl. Then we all got to give him crap because he was making bets that it would be a boy.

[Russ81]

Huh, What, Somebody call my name?



My brother is about to have a baby and is going through all of this.

Now I am being forced to give a "Man diaper party" for my brother which is something he doesn't even want to do. What is happening?!?!?

Casey, follow the advice the one guy had of beer, bait and ammo with a little bbq on the side and have the cover at the door be pampers. If the women throw a fit tell them this is how the men roll, scram

[rockyraider]

Its been interesting to read through the comments. I hope I didn't give the impression that I hold anything against anyone and honestly, its all a personal decision I guess, if it floats your boat go for it. I've always tried to be anything but a "look at me" kind of person so I just don't get it. I think all of this non-sense probably stems from everyone trying to imulate what the celebrities do and the fact that we live in a world dominated by the Kardashian mindset (or lack thereof mind).

[Russ81]

I agree 100%, if its done right it's a great get together and it helps friends out (I think we brought enough diapers to the one I went to they didnt need any for a year, of course we did drink a ton of alcohol )

But the whole "you WILL do this" mentality... Charlie don't hunt that way homie

[Dirtymike]

I agreeed to the push present, cause I bought myself a DONT PASS THE HELL OUT IN THE DELIVERY ROOM PRESENT. Win win.

[LastHurrah]

Casey, follow the advice the one guy had of beer, bait and ammo with a little bbq on the side and have the cover at the door be pampers. If the women throw a fit tell them this is how the men roll, scram

Good idea Russ. I guess we need to make the best of it. Could be a party of a lifetime

[Russ81]

Like I said when I got invited to one I was hesitant, but then I realized he lived in a subdivision with canals here on the coast. I put the diapers in a dry bag, threw a fishing pole and cooler of beer in the kayak and paddled up to his back yard

The diapers weren't artistically stacked anywhere, there was no decorations and the only game we played was kill the tequila bottle

Oh and fished

[Joshua Flournoy]

I mean, are people honestly this self absorbed, spoiled, and do they really desire to be the center of attention like this? It seems like we are living in a total "look at me" world which is very troubling to me for several reasons.

Short answer=YES. Unfortunately.

I'm the same age as you, with a bunch of children, and the only one of those I've ever heard of is getting professional pics done. We do that, but not until the baby is 2 1/2 months old. Have done it with all our kids, wearing the same pair of camoflauge overalls, for the last 15 years. I've got every one of those framed pics hanging on the wall over my desk where I can see them any time I want.

Sounds like some people just have too much time and money on their hands. I was more worried about the baby and mamma being healthy throughout the pregnancy than silly materialistic things like that. To each their own. My wife got two push presents. Our son and daughter. What more do you need.

Mention to your bud and his wife you want to throw a Placenta Pinata Party.

Where's that retching smilie when you need it...

[casilva43]

this stuff became popular thanks to tv. The silly rich people on those silly tv shows like housewives and kardashians who are all selfish with too much money have created all these names and standardized them. Then our wives watch these shows and see them doing it. Now the expectations are out there. I must have missed it by about a year or so (thank goodness). But my wife still likes to tease me about getting her one. I said, "what about me"? If you saw what i saw you wouldn't say you were the only one who suffered. . Plus, our second child was c section so there was no pushing :d.

this^^^

[MojoTexas]

I have heard of a "push present", and to be honest I think it depends on the couple. If you have a lot of disposable income, and it makes your wife happy, then by all means go for it. My wife isn't very demanding about gifts. I have a hard time each year just trying to figure out what to buy her for Christmas and her birthday. She's just not very materialistic.

[rladner]

Its all silly. The day belongs to and is all about the child. It is his/her birthday. That is what it is about, not the mother. We already invented a day for her that she gets to celebrate simply because she has a child. It's called Mother's day.

[TexAg2002]

Yeah, parents wanting to get closer as a couple and fathers wanting to commemorate the event of their childs birth and let their wives know they love them. How horrible. These people are just ruining our society. Next thing you know they will be wanting to hug their kids and stay married for life.

This stuff has been around forever, now people just have cute names for it. you don't want to go to the shower, give a gift, or take a trip with your wife, fine, but don't think that because we do we are "selfish" or ruining our society. I give my wife a gift because I want a tangible way for her to know that even though the rest of the world is focused on the baby now, she is still number one to me. We are taking a trip before our second comes so we make sure we spend time to reconect as a couple before schedules go nuts and we get caught up in the joy of a new baby.

I don't care what terms are made up for these things, but I do know the emotions and ideas behind them are vital to a healthy and strong marriage. I hope some of you who are so quick to bash these ideas have your own ways of keeping a marriage strong. Those that don't, who is ruining society? Happy marriages and familys are what the society needs.

this may have hit a nerve. I will get off my soapbox now.

[casilva43]

Yeah, parents wanting to get closer as a couple and fathers wanting to commemorate the event of their childs birth and let their wives know they love them. How horrible. These people are just ruining our society. Next thing you know they will be wanting to hug their kids and stay married for life.

This stuff has been around forever, now people just have cute names for it. you don't want to go to the shower, give a gift, or take a trip with your wife, fine, but don't think that because we do we are "selfish" or ruining our society. I give my wife a gift because I want a tangible way for her to know that even though the rest of the world is focused on the baby now, she is still number one to me. We are taking a trip before our second comes so we make sure we spend time to reconect as a couple before schedules go nuts and we get caught up in the joy of a new baby.

I don't care what terms are made up for these things, but I do know the emotions and ideas behind them are vital to a healthy and strong marriage. I hope some of you who are so quick to bash these ideas have your own ways of keeping a marriage strong. Those that don't, who is ruining society? Happy marriages and familys are what the society needs.

this may have hit a nerve. I will get off my soapbox now.

It has been mentioned several times above, expecting these gifts or trips is what is wrong. The "look at me" attitude.