Home › Forums › General Forum › Baby due in residency

Viewing 9 posts - 1 through 9 (of 9 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • March 12, 2026 at 1:18 pm #8868
    Joan Graesch
    Participant

    Hi All-

    For my first time in 6+ years- I have a female resident who will deliver her first baby in April.  Thinking we would like to do something for her, but with mostly men in the residency program– do any of you have a good idea of what we can do instead of a normal ‘baby shower’?  Or maybe a different sort of gift for an ‘ortho baby’?  thanks- good to see you all in Jax!

    March 12, 2026 at 1:26 pm #8869
    Audrey Bell
    Participant

    I have found some cute ortho gifts at cafepress.com. Cute onsies, “future orthopedic surgeon”, “orthopedic surgeon in training”, etc. I found one with a medical diagram of a hand for one of our hand surgeon’s baby.

    March 12, 2026 at 1:27 pm #8870
    Joan Graesch
    Participant

    thx Audrey!

    March 12, 2026 at 1:42 pm #8871
    Lee Ann Finno
    Participant

    Co-ed showers are just as fun.  I have gotten my fellows/attendings who are expecting baby scrubs in the past makes for a cute gift as well as a skeleton baby halloween costume (always about bones)!

     

    Enjoy and congrats!

    Lee Ann

    March 12, 2026 at 1:51 pm #8872
    Kim Reising
    Keymaster

    Hi Joan,

    When one of our residents is having their first baby, we usually host a diaper party. We collect a ton of diapers, and everyone decorates them or writes a cute message on them. The idea is that when mom or dad is up during the night and more than a little sleep-deprived, the diapers provide a bit of humor and a small pick-me-up.

    Kim

     

    March 12, 2026 at 1:52 pm #8873
    Kim Reising
    Keymaster

    Hi Joan,

    When one of our residents is having their first baby, we usually host a diaper party. We collect a ton of diapers, and everyone decorates them or writes a cute message on them. The idea is that when mom or dad is up during the night and more than a little sleep-deprived, the diapers provide a bit of humor and a small pick-me-up.

    Kim

     

    March 12, 2026 at 1:54 pm #8874
    Joan Graesch
    Participant

    thanks for the great ideas!  :  )

    March 13, 2026 at 8:04 am #8878
    Lisa Hernandez
    Participant

    These are such cute ideas! Thank you for sharing.

    March 13, 2026 at 2:56 pm #8879
    Laurel Lewis
    Keymaster

    All great ideas!!!

    I don’t go that fancy; I just get the baby’s details and pictures of baby and family and make a poster for my door.  The problem is, I hate taking them down!  I also make a poster for new pets!

    ~Laurel

  • Author
    Posts
Viewing 9 posts - 1 through 9 (of 9 total)
  • You must be logged in to reply to this topic.