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For all those who have already had their shower, what did you mainly receive? I am trying to convince DH that you get a lot clothes at showers, but maybe I am wrong. Thanks!
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Re: Baby Shower Gifts - Clicky Poll
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DS dx with celiac disease 5/28/10
I got a lot of the things I registered for (PNP, Highchair, Exersaucer, bottles, swaddles, bath things etc) but I also got a lot of clothes.
Most people got me something from the registry and a cute outfit or a gift card and a cute outfit. Another person got me the diaper bag I registered for and stuffed with a clothes line filled with about 10 outfits.
He was all set with clothes from newborn until 3 months where most the outfits people bought were this size.
After 7 years trying to concieve, 3 failed IUIs and 2 failed IVFs, my third IVF was a success!
My Christmas baby turned into a turkey bird! Dillon Richard was born at 34 weeks, 5 days on November 28, 2009 after 10 weeks on bedrest for preeclampsia.
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Food Allergies to Eggs, Milk, Peanuts, Tree Nuts & Beef
Challenged Soy and tolerated it.
This...totally a mixed bag.
I got mostly smaller stuff...except a high chair. People in my family do not get pricey gifts for some reason...they just don't. I can't imagine someone (other than a grandparent) spending more than $50 (and that would be the most) on a shower gift. Registries were not done when I had my first baby 25+ years ago.
My DD's shower was much the same...although she did get a few larger items. It was really a mixed bag...registry item and an outfit or gift card and an outfit. Fortunately, a lot of her clothes were larger sizes (6 months and up)!
I was traveling by plane to see family and friends for my shower so we did ask that people considered shipping or gift cards. We did get most of the necessities from our registry (mostly shipped directly to our house), a ton of gift cards that will be very useful to fill in the gaps, a few Visa/AE gift cards, and a ton of onsies. The clothing (mostly cute onsies) was almost exclusively in 0-3 months. I did return and exchange a good number of those onsies since based on friends' recommendations and checklists I've seen suggest that I had about 4 times than I would be able to use during the first three months. Although no one gave us gift receipts I was able to work with Target, BRU, and Kohl's for merchendise credit for either future or immediate use. It worked out really well.
Again, people were very generous and I think we've covered all we could possibly need during the first six months.
TTC #2 since April 2012
Year 1 - nothing
Year 2 - two m/c
Year 3 - unexplained diagnosis & 4 failed IUIs with Clomid/Letrozole
Year 4 - still unexplained & 3 failed IUIs with Follistim & Ovidral
Year 5 - trying on our own
One of the several reasons we are Team Green was to avoid the overabundance of clothes at my showers. We were truly blessed to recieve practically everything from both of our registries (so it was a mix of everything listed in the poll). We got a few gender neutral outfits, but not alot.
However, I have been to many showers where the sex of the baby is known and there were ALOT of clothes given and not much else practical.
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M/C Dec 2010 - 5w5d Missing my sweet angel baby.
My shower is months away, but already I'm kind of dreading it.
First of all, I'm a control freak, artist, and lover of planning parties so letting go of the control on this one is going to hurt me. I'll suck it up, of course, but lets be honest -- my poor husband will probably get whined at in private.
Secondly, when we got married last summer, those from his side basically ignored our registry and us in general. I think we got two tiny things that we registered for, a lot of random stuff that I'm still confused how anyone who knows us could have purchased, and odd re-gifts. So I can just imagine the gifts we'll end up with this time around.
Also, I'm kind of nervous that if we have a girl we'll get loaded down with pink, purple and pastel items, which is kind of the opposite of what we want. His family is well aware of this, but I can guarantee they'll do it in spite of our wishes.