when to have a sprinkle?

dande2129 · September 2012

My SIL wants to throw a sprinkle, but she's not sure when to actually throw it. I'd suggest dates otherwise, but I've never had a winter baby. Baby is due Feb. 8th, and while the sprinkle will be a relatively small gathering, this is the first great-grandchild/only the 2nd boy in FI's family. DS is not biologically his. (i.e, he has all aunts, and then all girl cousins on his mom's side, which is the only side that we really spend time with or really know) so there will actually be people there that will more than likely give bigger-than-sprinkle gifts.

Do we have it before Christmas? After Christmas? When would be, in your opinion, the best time to host this shindig?

dande2129 · September 2012

MandJS:
it doesn't sound like you need all that much, anyway.

Yeah, I really don't. Granted, a got rid of a lot of things once he grew out of them because exH and I separated when DS was very young, and I didn't think I'd be meeting someone, much less having a baby anytime soon. But, having gone through this once before, I know that it's not really necessary to have every piece of baby item that's "recommended" on the registry. I've picked up a lot of things on the way, here and there. The sprinkle is more of a party and veerrrry small (hopefully) gifts.

I'd rather not do it after I have the baby. I know how I felt with DS, and I felt so incredibly gross and ugly, but have always felt pretty while pregnant. It will definitely be when I'm pregnant, I just need to figure out when.