Hey ladies!! My baby shower is next week-end and I have no clue what to do for hostess gifts - my 2 sisters and a dear friend. Also did you get anything for your parents?? Any ideas or what you did pls. pass this way!! Thanks!!
I didn't give any gifts and until someone posted about it, I hadn't even thought to do it. I did handwrite thank you cards to the hostesses of my showers. My mom didn't host either of the showers but was a big part of both, so I wrote her a nice little note also.
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I am doing something impersonal kinda...Of course I write notes. I gave my mom and sister giftcards.
For my 2nd shower, I am giving giftcards to each host to the coffee bean.
My friend gave me last year a handmade glass dish (she made it) -when I hosted her baby shower. I wish I had time to put more thought in it than just giftcards.
I've always gotten thank you notes when I've hosted showers (bridal/baby) and I've never expected any type of gift, so maybe this is a regional thing. I would far more appreciate a written note or even a special visit, outing, girls day out, than an actual gift. Homemade gifts are a good idea if you really want to give a gift. But that's just me.
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My baby shower is tomorrow. I don't plan on getting any gifts for the hostesses as I've never gotten anything. I think it might be just a regional type thing. I do plan on giving thank you cards though and verbally expressing my thanks over and over.
Maybe it's a regional thing. Around here (NY/NJ/CT), it's pretty common. I got my sister the hostess some Burt's Bees products and a photo frame that says " I My Aunt".
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Re: Baby shower gifts
I am doing something impersonal kinda...Of course I write notes. I gave my mom and sister giftcards.
For my 2nd shower, I am giving giftcards to each host to the coffee bean.
My friend gave me last year a handmade glass dish (she made it) -when I hosted her baby shower. I wish I had time to put more thought in it than just giftcards.
TTC #1 since 2007. Dx: Unexplained infertility. 4 IUIs in 2008 = BFN. IVF #1 07/09. DD #1 born April 2010 (40w5d).
TTC #2 since 2011. Dx: Endometriosis and hypothyroidism. 2 FETs in 2012, BFP 6/12 but m/c @ 7 weeks. IVF #2 06/13. DD #2 born March 2014 (40w1d).