Celebrate Each Baby!
So I said it…I believe every baby coming into this world should be celebrated! I don’t care if it is baby #1 or baby #6 – the new Mom/Baby should have some type of celebration!
I think the “proper etiquette” says a Mother should only have a baby shower for her first baby!! It doesn’t have to be a fancy baby shower…….a lunch out with friends or casual dinner will do!! A baby is a gift and should be celebrated!!
When I was pregnant with my oldest……he was born early so my baby shower was postponed until after he was born. It was a special day to me. I was surrounded by friends and family supporting me and celebrating me and my sweet premature baby who was still in the hospital. I was emotional, sad and this whole ‘baby’ thing wasn’t going at all how I had planned. That baby shower lifted my spirits and made me feel loved and happy!!
With baby #2 I lived in a different state and spent an afternoon at a restaurant surrounded again by friends and family celebrating myself and my little girl I was pregnant with. It is another highlight in my life!!
Finally, with baby #3, I had just moved to another state…..again!! I was surprised by a sweet baby shower given by a darling friend. I was again showered by new friends that didn’t even know me very well but celebrated the new baby I was pregnant with!!!
Those three moments are sparkles in my life…….every Mother and every baby should most definitely be CELEBRATED!!
AGREE!! i love parties. maybe that’s why i had so many kids!
So true, Heidi! Babies are a gift from God (:
Maybe we should have mother’s day once a month, or even once a week!
Amen to that! All babies are blessings and thankfully there are people like you who bless the lives of many with showers of love and friends.