https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:18:13 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-announcement#post-394267 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:46:59 +0000 sarac 394267@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I think it is a southern thing, it's a very sweet tradition. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-announcement#post-394248 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:22:30 +0000 Springtime 394248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>They are very common in my hospital! I had a friend make mine! Here is a pic, it had his name, date, height, and weight.</p> <p>[attach=2326/12/mdepdj.448x600.image.jpg] </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-announcement#post-394242 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 22:16:51 +0000 pl0508 394242@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@highwire: HATE those too. or the ones that are like a soccer ball PLUS your childs name PLUS their number??? um hello, you are asking a stalker to come up and call your child by name - making it believable that they are not a stranger!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-announcement#post-394214 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:49:10 +0000 jedeve 394214@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I want an its a boy or its a girl balloon for our mailbox. DH thought that was weird though. Is that a southern thing too? I moved to Montana from Virginia. Or is it just everyone finds out anymore? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-announcement#post-394200 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:38:40 +0000 T-Mom 394200@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>At my hospital everyone got a standard stork sign on their door but we never even bothered to fill it out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-announcement#post-394154 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 21:07:37 +0000 MamaBehr 394154@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My DD was born in NY and DS was born in TX. The NY hospital didn't have these and the TX hospital did, I had no idea what they were and my door sat naked. I remember wondering what they heck they were when we went on our hospital tour, but I guess it is a thing! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-announcement#post-394144 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:56:39 +0000 JerricaBenton 394144@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Pink Champagne: That's hilarious because my mom say to me out of the blue the other day, 'You're not going to get those little figure stickers for the back of your car are you?!' And I was like, 'Uhh, no, why?' And she told me about the Dexter episode.</p> <p>Never heard of the door decorations but it sounds cute! I don't think people so it around here though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-announcement#post-394109 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 20:28:07 +0000 rachiecakes 394109@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My hospital had Christmas stockings with the hospital name hanging on our doors. I took ours home to put up each year for my Christmas baby. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-announcement#post-394053 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:46:11 +0000 Mrsbells 394053@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never heard of this</p> <p>@Pink Champagne: You were only in the hospital for 24 hours? wow most people I know stay 3 days minimum. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-announcement#post-394051 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 19:44:55 +0000 mamimami 394051@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everyone did this at our hospital. You can buy then in the gift shop! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-announcement#post-393926 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:30:23 +0000 Pink Champagne 393926@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@highwire: omg, ever since a killer on one season of Dexter used those mini van stick people to stalk and kidnap a pair of children, that's all I can think about when I see those things!!</p> <p>I've never heard of something at the hospital... Seems excessive when you're only there for 24 hours. It would be cute for a nursery though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-announcement#post-393903 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 18:19:55 +0000 matador84 393903@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>My SIL had a huge mum made since it was the first football game of the college DH and I are alumni of, it had his weight, length name And all that...super cute. We couldn't hang it on the door though. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-announcement#post-393847 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:42:29 +0000 photojane 393847@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Everyone does this at my hospital. I hope someone remembers to decorate my door! My mom is a teacher, so I'm sure she'll be all over it. :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-announcement#post-393834 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:35:26 +0000 singingbee 393834@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm doing one for a friend. We are definitely southern. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-announcement#post-393818 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:19:54 +0000 DillonLion 393818@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@spaniellove: Ditto! I don't like anything that remotely gives away any personal information to strangers (like those dang little people decals that people put on the back of their minivans) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-announcement#post-393803 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:11:25 +0000 spaniellove 393803@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Is this kind of like the hospital equivalent of the wooden storks that people put in their front yards in my area? I've noticed that when a baby is born these storks mysteriously appear with the baby's name and stats. I'd be afraid to advertise this to the neighborhood! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-announcement#post-393795 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 17:08:47 +0000 BelugaBean 393795@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ours didn't have the stats but my mom bought a wreath/sign that said "Happy Birthday Zoey!" and when my nephew was born they had a simpler decoration that had his name on it. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-announcement#post-393760 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:51:28 +0000 tysonja 393760@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>never heard of it either! interesting :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-announcement#post-393753 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:49:38 +0000 birdofafeather 393753@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>never heard of it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-announcement#post-393747 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:47:59 +0000 junebugmama 393747@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@coacheswife123: I'm up north, so that must be why! </p> <p>I would be afraid that some crazy would take my baby </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-announcement#post-393740 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:45:57 +0000 MrsSPB 393740@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@coacheswife123: Maybe it is a southern thing. I always make them for my friends when they have babies. I make them diaper wreaths and include a stat ribbon that I update with the pertinent stats once baby is born. No one made one for my LO and I opted not to buy one from Etsy because like you the $60 price tag was a little steep in my eyes. My dad did buy an "It's a Girl" door ribbon at the hospital which now hangs on the door to our nursery. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-announcement#post-393738 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:43:55 +0000 loveisstrange 393738@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope, I did hang a sign saying not to ring the doorbell or else. lol </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-announcement#post-393736 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:42:45 +0000 pl0508 393736@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@junebugmama: Hrm - maybe it is a southern thing! sometimes people will put some sort of decorative hanging object on their door that announces the birth stats! </p> <p>There are some cute ones on Etsy - but I don't feel like paying 60.00 for them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-announcement#post-393717 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:36:53 +0000 chopsuey 393717@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Our hospital wouldn't let us for security reasons. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-announcement#post-393713 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:36:14 +0000 DillonLion 393713@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Nope! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-announcement#post-393712 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:36:09 +0000 junebugmama 393712@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I've never heard of this. Is this common? </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/door-announcement#post-393707 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 16:34:14 +0000 pl0508 393707@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Are you putting an announcement wreath, canvas, hanger of some sort, on your hospital door? </p>