Things do do before becoming a dad

Gigglepig

We recently found out we are expecting our first, and I am thinking of a nice surprise / holiday / special days out / treats for my lovely OH to enjoy before he becomes a dad.

I have asked him for example if there is a non-child friendly holiday he'd like to take, or any activities, but he did not really have any ideas.

So, for those of you who have kids, in hindsight what would you have loved to do in the last 6 months before becoming parents?

shortdog

Slept, slept, and slept a bit more.

go_cat

Saved,saved and saved a bit more:)

Gigglepig

haha I have been thinking as well perhaps it is best not to go on holiday, and to instead save the money and the annual leave days, and take a 'staycation' to just rest. But then I reckon perhaps we'll do more than enough of hanging about the house as soon as we have a small child.

Fizzpop

Would loved to have had a dream holiday, but we bought a dream house instead.

rachbc

when we had first the only thing we stopped doing was going to the cinema as often - we still went out for meals, weekends away, holidays so don't feel there was anything we wished we'd done. TBH littlies are very portable and we did more travelling when DS was under 2 than now he's older. My friend spent her entirely mat leave jet setting about as she had the time and babys don't pay for seats on planes!

If OH hasn't xpressed a burning desire to do anything then don't foce the issue - just enjoy the last few months of couple time

raven83

Never mind your OH what about you? You are the one going through all the physical changes etc and are the one that will have to go through the labour and will probably be the one doing the majority of the nights feeds. He should be rubbing your feet and doing nice things for you. But the best thing like someone else said to do is sleep sleep sleep oh and save. Maybe have a lil break when baby is older and it can be your first family holiday together.

Gigglepig

raven83, As a treat for myself, I have saved up lots of annual leave so I can take a day off a week the last few weeks, in case I'm tired and uncomfortable.
I am also thinking I may have a special treat day just before I'm due, to get my hair and nails done and look after myself a bit.

rachbc, My OH does love special days out when we have them, he just doesn't always have the ideas in the first place. Cinema does sound nice though, he does like that.

Spendless

We had a couple of nights away at a town where hubby lived as a child. Though interesting to us seeing his old school etc, it's the kind of place where our kids wouldn't be overly 'fascinated' by even now (they are 9 and 12) and though you can easily push a baby around who has no opinion on the matter, it was nice to go away with no thought to taking baby paraphenalia with you, nappies, pushchair, baby clothes etc.

My other thoughts would be sort out the family finances if you haven't already done so and do any odd jobs that need completing around the house.

Alikay

Maybe go to a festival, or see one of his favourite bands live? Long walks across rough non-pushchair-friendly terrain followed by lunch in a pub which doesn't feature chicken nuggets on it's menu?

dizziblonde

We went for a long weekend in London, caught a concert at the Albert Hall we'd been desperate to see and blew my tax rebate basically.