Hi all, and hello from Gainesville! Sorry I've been a bit delayed in my first posting, but here I am. I saw on Facebook that today is Tara's baby shower, which reminded me about the multiple-shower question from earlier this week. Hope you all had fun at the party!
Generally, I don't think it's a problem for mothers to have a shower for each new baby. Tara brought up a good point that each child deserves to be celebrated, so I think it's great for excited mothers to want to commemorate the occasion. Tara also is a perfect candidate for a second-child shower for several reasons; for one, she was away from family in California for the first baby, and two, boys do need different things than girls.
Perhaps when somebody starts getting into multiple births with multiple showers, not every shower should be as big as the one for the first child. For example, I can imagine it getting out of hand if a mother already had a large number of children and kept expecting more and more gifts. (Especially in extreme situations, like that family on "19 Kids and Counting"-- can you imagine if she wanted huge showers for each baby?) But of course most situations wouldn't be like that. People should keep celebrating each baby, but be cognizant of who they're inviting and whether they expect presents or not. A shower doesn't have to involve any big gifts, like Tara said, but most people would probably be happy to contribute something, even if it's small. And SailMom also had a good idea of giving something parent/family related, rather than just for baby, once the mother has all the baby stuff she needs.
Anyway, my overall opinion is that if you're excited about your new baby and have friends/family who want to celebrate with you, do it!
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