Baby showers should be a cut and dry situation: your friend is pregnant, you throw her a shower, invite all her friends to celebrate the upcoming arrival, she gets lots of gifts that she will need for her new bundle of joy, you play a few games, eat some cake, everyone is happy.
Unfortunately, it doesn’t always work like that. There are always issues like:
This is actually your friend’s second child and having a shower for a second child is frowned upon, viewed as greedy for gifts, and considered tacky. (No idea who wrote that rule, but most women are aware of it.)
This is actually your friend’s second child and the upcoming arrival is the same sex as the first child, …
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 …
Baby shower? No thanks. I seriously did not want a baby shower. Call me crazy, but I felt uncomfortable asking people to buy me presents in this terrible economy, especially since most of my friends were from my old school, so the majority of them were jobless like me at the time. I didn’t want to impose or make anyone spend their money on me.
Isaac was a real party animal
I also have a little social anxiety and don’t like being the center of attention or in a crowded area. Luckily I was bullied into submission and not really given a choice in the matter. …
