I recently heard that you are only suppose to have a baby shower for your first child.
2006-07-11 04:52:35 · 28 answers · asked by ♥My 2 Cents♥ 5 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Pregnancy
you can have as many baby showers that you want. i'm having my fourth child and i'm gonna have a baby shower.
2006-07-11 05:06:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 1⤋
A baby shower originally started as a way for the new mother(parents) to get the items they would need to make a home for their first child--cribs, sheets, clothing...etc. Somewhere along the line it has been changed in some circles to be given for the birth of each child, this is not the original intention. I personally think it is presumptuous to expect friends and family to keep giving more and more to the same parents, when clothing is grown out of so quickly and beds, sheets, stollers can be reused. Many people I know host a "diaper only shower"--where everyone just gets together and you must bring at least a package of disposable diapers for the new parents--this cuts back on their expenses and can also be extented to include formula. Hope this helps.
2006-07-11 12:06:08 · answer #2 · answered by dlgrl=me 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot of people seem to think that its wrong or greedy to have a baby shower for a second or third baby, but I happen to think its great. Baby showers are not just to get gifts (thinking that they are is the real greed). They are about celebrating a new life, a new family, and a wonderful time in a woman's life. It is also a great time for a woman to get together with all her friends and family before she is too busy and consumed by her new baby. A friend threw me a baby shower for my second baby and it was so wonderful just to see friends and see how many people are going to love this child. And in fact I never had one for my first baby so it was really special that someone thought to give me one this time even though I have plenty of baby stuff and didn't really need anything (we asked that people just bring diapers if they wanted to bring a gift).
2006-07-11 12:28:44 · answer #3 · answered by cwoo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, the old rule is that it is supposed to be the first one. People nowadays love to party, so they have more.
I had a shower with my first. People at work had a small one and gave me a basket of things with my second. My third barely got a card.
On the other hand, I have a friend that had a baby shower with her first. She had her second almost 12 years later and she needed stuff. No one threw her second baby a shower.
If you have someone that wants to have a shower, let them do it. It's a celebration of the baby. Every baby deserves a celebration.
2006-07-11 11:57:55 · answer #4 · answered by Jessie P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends. Tradition has been the first pregnancy. If you have a large break between chidren and no longer have car seats, cribs etc then your family may want to throw you a shower. If you have a different father of the child his family may throw a shower. Nothing is in stone.
2006-07-11 11:57:39 · answer #5 · answered by mpg1110 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It really depends on your family and friends. Mine only do the shower for the first child. But in my case it was a bit different. When we adopted our (then 9 year old) daughter my co-workers gave me a shower. It was great - some clothes for her and lawn games. Then when our son was born my family gave me a baby shower for him (after he was born because I was admitted to the hospital early). Some people might even have more than one shower for just one baby thrown by different groups of people or centered on different types of items needed (like only clothes or only supplies).
2006-07-11 12:04:58 · answer #6 · answered by AlongthePemi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the size of the shower depends on how close or far apart your children are and if they are the same or different gender. If the kids are close together and both girls, for example you won't need a lot of stuff. But if you had a girl then a boy, you would need new boy stuff. And if you had a kid 11 years after the last one, then chances are you don't have anything stored or if you do it's very old and you would need new stuff.
2006-07-11 12:11:08 · answer #7 · answered by FaerieWhings 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically, I have heard the same thing.
But nowadays, especially with some women having kids so far spaced apart, it's not uncommon for them to have more. Things change a lot over time, including baby products, and some women want the more up-to-date products for their newer kids. Then again, some people just like an excuse to get new things for each child.
2006-07-11 11:57:29 · answer #8 · answered by angelbaby 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, that is a rumor...all the women in my family had a baby shower for each child. I have so much family that I'm getting 4!
2006-07-11 11:55:38 · answer #9 · answered by Huliganjetta 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only have a shower if your children are at least 5 years apart, This is proper etiquette. I am a certified party planner and if you have one shower and a baby soon after then you should use hand me downs from the first baby.
2006-07-11 12:27:06 · answer #10 · answered by Amber D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is true. The only reason you should have a second baby shower is for a "change of life" baby. (Your kids are grown and gone, or at least teenagers. You're pushing 50 and suprise...you're pregnant!) By then, all furniture, clothes, toys, etc. you have will be old, dated, and unsafe, so you need a second shower.
2006-07-11 12:25:14 · answer #11 · answered by brevejunkie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋