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Baby Registry when its my 2nd pregnancy???
Okay before I go further first here is a lil about me...
DH and I are due to have twins arrive in January and we already have a 20month old Son. With the twins we are NOT finding out what the sex is of them.
Sadly we do NOT live near any family but have planned to move back before the babies arrive... We decided to move back to where there is family even before we found out that I was carrying twins..
So what I would want to know is this... my family and a few close friends in the other state know we are trying to get to move soon and all and they have now asked me if I want a baby shower when we move there?? Or what do we need for the twins and I really am stumped on the answer... I don't know why, is it b/c of my prego brain is already full of other thoughts for the time being ... ???
With our first son, we kept all his clothing from day one and a good majority of his toys too so with a lot of furniture sort of things, we are thinking both right now with a lot of the furniture we will just need a few "ONE MORE " of some items and for clothing we willl need everything..
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Question to you??
Would you have another baby shower or if you have 1 child and were pregnant again with a set of multiples, did you have another baby shower..
If I do have one, I was thinking of waiting till AFTER the babies were born...?
TIA Ladies for your input!
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Re: Baby Registry when its my 2nd pregnancy???
I know a lot of people that have "sprinkles"---or a smaller version of a baby shower for teh 2nd pregnancy.
Also, since your family and friends seem to want to do this for you, I don't think it'd be so bad if you did. It's up to you!
I know I'd LOVE one, since essentially we have to get another set of most things. But, we aren't.
My family and DH's family and a few friends have all asked us though what we need for the twins and to please let them know b/c they want to get us something/help. I'm considering doing a registry, just for anyone who asks for suggestions, but not advertising that I have it. Does that make sense? Then, at the very, very least I can get the completion coupon at the end and we can get a little discount on the stuff we need to buy.
First off CONGRATS! I didn't know you were on the board now and expecting double
I politely declined 3 different offers of a shower w/these guys. It didn't seem right b/c like you I have a toddler and had 2 showers for him... it seemed grabby.
Than I ended up in the hospital for 2 mos w/PTL and my friends informed me that my baby shower was no longer optional! So now I'm having the Faux Paux 2nd shower.
I can't imagine registering again. My friends asked that I do but I still feel bad about it. I registered at BRU for the completion coupon but I think for the second shower what I will do is if someone asks me what I need I will simply tell them... not them the shopping list.
my friends threw me a "sprinkle" because not only was it twins this time, but i missed my first shower b/c i was in the hospital. If i hadn't missed it- i don't think they would have thrown one (or i would have told them not to) since it was 2 more boys and we really had everything. They told guests to bring diapers/wipes- which we got tons of- and that was VERY helpful- so if someone wants to throw you a party- ask for a diaper/wipe party
i registered- for myself- to have a place to keep a list of what i needed- and to get all the coupons sent to me, etc. I never told anyone about it- though, some people found it and did buy off of it.
We already have 3 yo and 1 yo boys and are having twin girls. Even if the twins had been boys, we still would have needed 2 of almost everything again because most of our baby items were on their last leg... and our 1 yo will still be sleeping in his crib. SO, now we have a list of things totaling around $1,500 to buy before the twins are born, even with $200/each cribs. (I actually just found out that our 2 cribs have arrived site-to-store at Walmart, yay!)
Even though this is an overwhelming amount to spend, I still would have felt weird accepting a shower from someone. I guess I grew up with the belief that you get one shower and you're done. (And I have this odd feeling of "we made our own bed..." etc.)
If a set of grandparents had offered to help buy anything though, I probably would have accepted that just because they're the normal gift-givers to our kids : )
No I would not have a full-blown baby shower for another child/ren, regardless of twins or different sexes. If someone insisted on hosting something for me before the twins arrived I might consider a sprinkle with a very small group and I wouldn't expect big gifts, just diapers and onesies. However, this is how things are done in my social circle.
I would create a modest registry though to give relatives/friends ideas of what I need and want. I also see nothing wrong with celebrating your twins with a "meet the babies" party after they're born.
YES, Modest registry.
If you are worried about expenses, have you checked out your local mothers of multiples club? they usually have sales.
We are not having a 2nd shower since DS is only 2 right now. We have pretty much everything we need still from him. Anything extra, DH and I will be buying. I also did not register.
My cousin wants to throw us a "Diapers N Suds" party instead. Its basically like a BBQ at her house for anyone (husbands, kids, whatever) with alcohol, picnic food and music. Really laid back. And instead of gifts, everyone just brings a pack of diapers.
I thought it was kind of a neat idea.