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wording - gifts optional at baby shower?
Good morning! This is my first time posting here, so hopefully I don't sound like a total moron. My best friends and I are throwing an arrival shower for another girlfriend who had a baby last month. She had a few showers before the baby was born, but wanted to do something small with friends afterward.
She doesn't want people to feel obligated to bring gifts since many of those invited have already done so, but she still needs quite a few things off her registry, along w/ diapers, wipes, clothes, etc. I'm designing an insert to go along with the invitation, but I'm at a loss as to how to word it. We've toyed with the idea of calling it something other than a "shower" since that kind of implies gifts, but I'd still like to put something in here so people know she's certainly not expecting anything.
Do you fabulous ladies have any suggestions?
Re: wording - gifts optional at baby shower?
Nevermind - I figured it out. In case anybody is curious, this is what I came up with. Suggestions are welcome. Thanks!
Baby is here - Mom and Dad are thrilled!
Please join us to celebrate this sweet baby girl.
Gifts are not needed - just come to say Welcome!
But if you must do so, here?s what would be helpful:
Baby girl clothes (ages 3 months and older)
Snuggle Me wraps for when she gets colder
Diapers and wipes to keep tushies dry
A Boppy pillow for snuggles and naptime
We thank you for reading, and hope you can come
to let baby know how much she is loved.
(Mom & Dad are also registered at Babies ?R Us)
She still needs quite a few things off her registry? Then she can send her husband to the store to buy them.
Is her plan to keep having shower after shower after shower until she gets everything that she wants? Kids never stop needing things.........when will she finally give her friends and family a break and, you know, buy things for her child herself?
Anything titled "shower" is immediately considered by many to be a gift-giving event......so if your cheap friend doesn't want people to feel obligated to bring gifts, don't call it a shower. Just call it a party, or a get-together to meet the baby.
Some people will still bring gifts, even if there's no obligation. If they happen to ask you or one of the other party planners if there's something in particular that the new mom wants, feel free to give them the shopping list that you put together.
Consider joining the bone marrow registry