Blues Clues Shower

By Elizabeth A Bergin

I found out the sex of my child in a most unusual way. I waited until I was 8 months pregnant and asked a neonatologist friend of mine to take an ultrasound, put it on tape, but NOT tell me the sex. I then delivered the tape to my best friend, two weeks before my first baby shower. As I sat at her dining room table, she put the tape in the VCR and was the second person to know what I was carrying. I didn't peek!

She made the invitations to the shower on her computer and stated that people could call the Friday before the shower and find out the sex. They were instructed not to give it away to me, nor wrap their presents in "telling" paper.

She then arranged a "Blue's Clues" shower.
Clue #1: homemade diaper wipes
Clue #2: a diaper
These were certainly not helping me guess the sex, I protested.
Clue #3: a doll dressed up in a tunic.
I was instructed to sit on the floor with my wipes, diaper, and "baby." I was told to change its diaper.

As I disrobed my doll and removed the diaper, I was gifted with homemade "poop" -- a nasty, thick yellow substance made of mustard and flour. As I wiped it away with my homemade wipes, I was greeted by an anatomically correct "Baby Joey." SURPRISE. My son Aidan is now 4 months old and I doubt that anyone can top that shower!!!!