You know “the list”. The one you make before you leave for the hospital to have your little one. A list of phone numbers of loved ones that you MUST call to share the good news! In this day and age, though, it’s been years since I’ve gotten “the call”. Now I just get “the text” or “the email”. Which is fine, but I do miss hearing the voice of the excited new mommy or daddy! But who has time to make all those calls when they want to spend those precious first hours with their newborn baby?
Enter Baby’s First Phone Call. Baby’s First Phone Call is an automated call tree that allows new parents to notify friends and family of the arrival of their bundle of joy without the hassle of making dozens of individual phone calls, or leaving some friends and family to find out second- or third-hand. {NOTE: this has happened in our extended family… let’s just say it didn’t end well…}
With Baby’s First Phone Call, the expectant parents set up an account before the baby is born and enter the names and phone numbers of all the people they want to notify when the baby arrives. Then, after the baby is born, they make a single phone call and leave a personal voice-mail message of any length with all the details they want to share – such as hospital, room number, and whether or not the parents would like to receive visitors.
Our system places calls to each of the phone numbers in the account. If the person answers the phone they hear the happy message. If they don’t answer, the message is left on their voicemail or answering machine. In either case, there is an option for them to leave a return message that the new parent can pick up at their convenience!
Doesn’t that sound easy? It is! Packages come in various amounts of numbers you can enter, and gift certificates are available (what a unique shower gift)! But you can win 1 of 2 $50 gift certificates NOW on Making Lemonade {and 2 more will be offered later, along with a review, when Baby Lemonade arrives in May).
BUY IT: You can purchase a calling package at Baby’s First Phone Call.
WIN IT: One of TWO $50 gift certificates!
INITIAL ENTRY: Visit Baby’s First Phone Call and tell me one thing you learned about this unique service.
ADDITIONAL ENTRIES: Leave a comment for each one so I can count all your entries!
- Become a public follower, or if you already are one let me know
- Enter any of the other Stork Report giveaways, and comment below
- Vote for Making Lemonade on Top Mommy Blogs (just click the link: it’s that easy!)
- Tell me how you heard about this giveaway
- Display the Making Lemonade button on your blog (TWO extra entries!)
- Display a Stork Report button (you can choose which one) (TWO extra entries!)
- Blog or Twitter about it, and leave a link in the comments (THREE extra entries!)
- Purchase something from Baby’s First Phone Call during this giveaway (FIVE extra entries!)
As always, you can find the rules here. The contest will end at 11:59 PM on February 22nd. Winner will be chosen using Random.org. Be sure you have a way for me to get in touch with you, either by leaving your email address in the comments or have a link in your profile. Good luck!
If you like this giveaway, check out ALL the Stork Report giveaways this week: YOUR CHOICE of a $25 print from BelliUccelli, YOUR CHOICE of a onesie from Lee Marie, TWO $50 gift certificates to Baby’s First Phone Call, and a $20 gift certificate to Seamingly Possible. Wow, that’s a lot of swag!
Disclosure: This was not a paid post and the review is 100% my opinion and not influenced in any way. I was not compensated for this post. Thank you to Baby’s First Phone Call for sponsoring this giveaway.
This is such a great idea!!!!! I am not pregnant, but I would love to give this as a gift to some of my pregnant friends! So easy for the daddy rather than texting and calling bookoos of people! Thanks for sharing this!
Oh, and I am already a follower!!!
I love this idea! I know we have talked before Carrie, but we are also struggling with IF but are working on trying to build our family, so hopefully I will have a use for this awesome service *soon*! I also have lots of pg friends who would love this as a gift! I like that you can set up groups with the service – such a wonderful idea!
I’m a ML follower!
I have the ML button on my blog!
I have the giveaway button on my blog!
I blogged about the giveaway: http://worldofdennifer.blogspot.com/2010/02/great-giveaway-over-at-making-lemonade.html
Voted again on top Mommy Blogs!
What a great idea!!! Wow and a fantastic shower gift for first or second or third, etc. time mommies!
ML follower 🙂
What a neat idea that is! My sister is expecting and this would be a lovely gift for her!
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I have commented on 1,2& 4 so far! What a great idea!
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