Is this the norm now?

shoegal77 · September 2010

Friend is having a baby shower for her new baby which is due soon her first is about 2 now. Are people having multiple baby showers, just wondering?

6fsn · September 2010

Unfortunately it is becoming more common. I think it's tacky and uncalled for under normal circumstances- a different gender is not a qualifying event either.

LittleLoveMonkey · September 2010

I totally think it's acceptable! And a different gender is extra reason to have one! I went to a shower for a woman who is on her third and I didn't think it was strange at all!

wejustwant2:) · September 2010

There was a whole discussion of this nature...

http://community.thenest.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/41355235.aspx

Jim&Jaime · September 2010

Well, how else are the parents going to get the things they need to care for their child? Oh, and don't forget to tack $30 worth of diapers onto your gift too!

shoegal77 · September 2010

thanks for all the opinions just wondering what others thought.

kimnelson09 · September 2010

6fsn:
Unfortunately it is becoming more common. I think it's tacky and uncalled for under normal circumstances- a different gender is not a qualifying event either.

This. My sister's first was a girl and her second was a boy and we didn't do a shower. We just thought that it's in poor taste. I still got him a gift, but there was no obligation to do so.

Katelynn86 · September 2010

I think it is in poor taste as well, unless if their children are more than ten years apart. Most would assume and agree that all of the baby stuff one might have had would be outdated and probably not up to date on safety precautions.

Maybride2 · September 2010

Tacky, but lots of people don't mind being tacky.

lsgarver · September 2010

We're doing the Miss Manners Exception for our friend. A small celebration of no more than 12 close friends and family, gifts completely optional. I haven't committed to calling it a sprinkle but it's really just a chance to get together and celebrate my friend and her growing family. She won't register so if people want to bring gifts, it will likely be shampoo, diapers, outfits, or other small stuff.

kjewell · October 2010

I think generally it is tacky. My mom and I gave SIL a shower for her 2nd but we felt is was not so tacky for 2 reasons.

1. There was 10 years between child 1 and child 2 and she had gotten rid of all her baby stuff in between

2. Her first child she had while in high school and is not my brother's biologically. The shower was for his first child. Therefore none of the family members on our side were at her first shower so no one was being asked to give a second gift.

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