Selection of questions
Before all the players arrive, the future parents select 11 questions for the players to answer to win a piece of the puzzle for each correct answer.
Below is a series of questions to which the answers are either ‘he’ or ‘she’. To be taken at face value, of course...
Feel free to use your creativity to create other questions....
1. Who's the best cook for making baby purées?
2. Who is most likely to panic during childbirth?
3. Who's more likely to remember baby's height and birth weight?
4. Who's going to have the hardest time changing baby's nappies?
5. Who will sing the lullabies disastrously?
6. Who has the best nappy-changing skills?
7. Who will cry at children's films?
8. Who will make the best faces to make baby laugh?
9. Who is most likely to not understand how to put clothes on a baby?
10. Who is the best bedtime storyteller?
11. Who could awaken a baby awkwardly by stepping on a noisy toy?
12. Who's the best dancer for calming baby down?
13. Who will exaggerate the stories the most to tell of the baby's exploits?
14. Who will find it easiest to use the baby as an excuse to avoid household chores?
15. Who will be most comfortable giving baby his first bath?
16. Who can resist buying cute but useless clothes for the baby?
17. Who tends to forget where their baby's things are stored?
18. Who will be the most enthusiastic about organising the baby's first birthday?
19. Who's going to find it hard not to over-protect their baby as they begin to explore?
20. Who will take photos of every moment with baby?
21. Who is most likely to forget to take their comforter or dummy with them on an outing?
22. Who will remember to schedule medical appointments for the baby's vaccinations?
23. Who's going to find it hard to resist the urge to hold your baby in your arms, even if he's sleeping peacefully?
24. Who will be tearing their hair out trying to make sense of the plans when the baby's bedroom furniture is being assembled?
25. Who will have the last word on the baby's name?
Creating teams
Divide the players into two teams.
For example:
Team 1, those who think the baby is a girl;
Team 2, those who think the baby is a boy.
Game phase
The parents-to-be ask the questions.
The team that gets the answer right first wins a piece of the puzzle.
So it is with the 11 classic puzzle pieces.
Once all 11 pieces have been won, the teams work together to build the puzzle.
There's just one piece missing...
Discovering your baby's gender
Only the team that won the most coins in the previous stage is entitled to play in this final phase of the game.
The players on the winning team now play individually.
Future parents ask the question ‘On average, how many disposable nappies do young parents use during baby's first year?’
Answer : 1980
The player whose guess is closest to the answer wins the last piece of the puzzle and the privilege of scratching it off.
Find the rules of the game in PDF format with a full example questionnaire below.