Gender Neutral- May 6, 2013
The second pregnancy has been different. I feel physically the same most of the time, but the major thing that has made this pregnancy different is our approach to it. The best example of this is a decision we made preconception.
We’re not finding out the sex of the baby until it’s born.
Reaction to this is has been twofold. Some people are like, “What?! What do you mean you’re not going to find out?! How will you know how to decorate, shop, plan and generally gestate if you don’t know if it’s a girl or a boy!?” Others are like, “That is so awesome! It’s such a shame how people find out ahead of time. The surprise is the best part! It’s the way God intended it to be.”
There was no real reason behind it. We just wanted to be different this time around. Why not? We don’t need to buy anything. We have everything. Seriously. Our infant car seat, bouncy seat, swing, Pack ‘N Play, high chair etc. are all in gender neutral colors. My husband said it best when he said, “Even if the chair was pink, my son would be man enough to sit in that pink chair because I remember how much it cost and we’re not buying another one.” We have plenty of yellow and green newborn clothes our son could wear as hand-me-downs from his sister. I’m sure the news that it is a boy would inspire someone to buy a blue little something to bring him home in, knowing we have quite a few pink onesies around here. I’m not too worried about that.
If it’s another girl I want to bring her home from the hospital in the same outfit I brought Charlotte home in and then frame it. It will be the treasured outfit I brought my girls home wearing.
Nov. 4, 2010, the day we brought her home in this adorably foofy outfit I thought would fit my tiny baby.
Will it be hard not to ask when that black and white image comes up on the screen? Yes. It will be tempting to find out, but we won’t. We’re excited either way. This new little person will round out our family no matter what.
Spread it around:
Virtual high fives! I was nodding along to everything you said. I wanted a surprise but caved to the pressure, but we held fast with buying gender-neutral everything, despite lots of eye rolls! Hopefully next time around, we can wait for the big day, too. Looking forward to seeing whether SP Baby 2.0 is a boy or girl!
Virtual high five! Hold out! You can do it!
Yes, virtual high fives from here as well! I agree with Greyson’s sentiment as well!
Congrats again! So happy y’all are expanding your family! 
Virtual high five! Thanks!
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO.
It’s true. It’s not happening. Not this time.
More power to you, but it’s not my style. Strike that, if John had been a girl, we would’ve waited with #3 because we really would’ve had everything. All our gear was/is gender neutral. It’s more clothing/nursery decor that tends toward a specific gender… Sorta… Okay it’s just clothing because our nursery stuff could go either way. So yeah… Clothing… But then again, how hard is it to go to Target and pick out an entire layette in five minutes… Okay, so maybe we could have waited. Alas, that ship has sailed. Can’t wait for the big reveal!