Why on earth would you need a second changing table? Can you not use the same one? Or a bed or the couch?
Holy judgemental! I'm not using a couch! It's something my aunt wants to get because my sons is attached to his furniture And she asked if I could pick one for her to buy me. U want to know more details or is that ok???? I'm sorry your highness I will include my life story in my next forum thread if I don't delete.
Im from NJ/NY area and i am not having a sprinkle. Before i found out the sex, i absolutely told ppl no shower or sprinkle. Just tacky. We had a reveal with no gifts. Im re-using everything. Yes the babies are the same sex but I said no shower before that. I planned to re-use everything and buy/borrow some pink stuff. Obviously it's your life and I rarely say anything argumentative on here but you did drag the NJ/NY thing in here. We arent all tacky.
I can't reuse anything everything I have my son will continue to use a while or is 100% masculine
Who cares if its masculine? My boy used a pink butterfly bouncer because a friend let me borrow it and I didn't have pay for it.
Well that's your choice wasn't it! I'll buy my daughter as many pink chairs as I damn well please and u can kiss my behind if u don't like it
Why on earth would you need a second changing table? Can you not use the same one? Or a bed or the couch?
Holy judgemental! I'm not using a couch! It's something my aunt wants to get because my sons is attached to his furniture And she asked if I could pick one for her to buy me. U want to know more details or is that ok???? I'm sorry your highness I will include my life story in my next forum thread if I don't delete.
Your little baby is "attached" to his furniture? Wha..?
Im from NJ/NY area and i am not having a sprinkle. Before i found out the sex, i absolutely told ppl no shower or sprinkle. Just tacky. We had a reveal with no gifts. Im re-using everything. Yes the babies are the same sex but I said no shower before that. I planned to re-use everything and buy/borrow some pink stuff. Obviously it's your life and I rarely say anything argumentative on here but you did drag the NJ/NY thing in here. We arent all tacky.
I can't reuse anything everything I have my son will continue to use a while or is 100% masculine
Who cares if its masculine? My boy used a pink butterfly bouncer because a friend let me borrow it and I didn't have pay for it.
Well that's your choice wasn't it! I'll buy my daughter as many pink chairs as I damn well please and u can kiss my behind if u don't like it
Oh, but apparently YOU won't ........ you're asking other people to.
Im from NJ/NY area and i am not having a sprinkle. Before i found out the sex, i absolutely told ppl no shower or sprinkle. Just tacky. We had a reveal with no gifts. Im re-using everything. Yes the babies are the same sex but I said no shower before that. I planned to re-use everything and buy/borrow some pink stuff. Obviously it's your life and I rarely say anything argumentative on here but you did drag the NJ/NY thing in here. We arent all tacky.
I can't reuse anything everything I have my son will continue to use a while or is 100% masculine
And this, FTMs, is why you register for gender neutral big ticket items...
I wasn't supposed to be able to have kids for medical reasons even after the first they said I wouldn't. So I thought id have a boy and that's it. Now I have two miracles and my parents and in laws and aunts all want to celebrate. It's only immediate family 15 people at a house.
Why on earth would you need a second changing table? Can you not use the same one? Or a bed or the couch?
Holy judgemental! I'm not using a couch! It's something my aunt wants to get because my sons is attached to his furniture And she asked if I could pick one for her to buy me. U want to know more details or is that ok???? I'm sorry your highness I will include my life story in my next forum thread if I don't delete.
Physically?
How can a not even 10 month old be attached to furniture? What am I missing?
Im from NJ/NY area and i am not having a sprinkle. Before i found out the sex, i absolutely told ppl no shower or sprinkle. Just tacky. We had a reveal with no gifts. Im re-using everything. Yes the babies are the same sex but I said no shower before that. I planned to re-use everything and buy/borrow some pink stuff. Obviously it's your life and I rarely say anything argumentative on here but you did drag the NJ/NY thing in here. We arent all tacky.
I can't reuse anything everything I have my son will continue to use a while or is 100% masculine
And this, FTMs, is why you register for gender neutral big ticket items...
This is so off subject but I am on the hunt for such things (considering having a second within a couple years) and so far only been able to find a neutral bassinet :-?? Almost all the lil bathtubs are even pink or blue.. Frustrating. Thinkin I need to dig deeper online
If this baby had been a girl, she was going to be wearing. Blue onesies to sleep in with cars and buses on, she wouldn't have known. I don't get your way of thinking it baffles me that you got pregnant so quick and seem to expect other people to provide for it.
First of all I don't expect anything, due to dome serious medical conditions I am super high risk and wasn't even supposed to have OnE kid so the fact that I even got pregnant again when doctors said I would to be able to makes my family so happy and they are generous and they do want to do a lot for me given that we all thought I would never have kids. Need I explain more? I don't expect anything but my mom figured if people want to do something nice she will make up 15 invites for my aunts and cousins and order some good and have a nice family event at the house. Sorry this disappoints you. Jerk.
I have read all the comments. There is nothing wrong with family wanting to celebrate a new life that is about to begin. Does it really matter how close or far apart siblings ages tend to be? Would that make u love any less... Everything happens for a reason and some of the most blessed things aren't planned into a schedule ; ). Let the haters hate....u go girl!
Ugh I can't.
I would politely decline the shower, quietly make a registry of things I needed, mostly for myself or in case a close family member asked, and be prepared to go shopping. Having two baby showers in a year is gift grabby and many people, even if they don't say so, will find this rude and tacky.
It's not a shower it's a "sprinkle" for aunts and cousins only. Maybe 15 people tops. My aunts and cousins are the ones that actually insisted my mom do a "sprinkle"
What exactly do you need duplicates of? LO 1 should be out of any baby contraption aside from the crib and a high chair. No more swing, bouncy, exersaucser, etc., by the time LO2 would need them.
Otherwise you just need diapers and some clothes. amiright?
I have a feeling the arguement might be that those things blue and she's having a girl.
Anyways, I thought a sprinkle was for things like clothes not furniture and big items? I might be confused though.
Yes sprinkles are for clothes and small stuff, it's a small luncheon at my moms house for 15 aunts and cousins that's it.
This Irish Catholic girl is not sure how she feels about the term "irish twin" . . .
Me too. And I'm wondering how you even have babies 10 months apart. I mean, I know how you do, but isn't there that 6 week wait after you give birth?
I waited exactly 6 weeks. Who knew it would happen on the first try! And it was an accident that is welcome. I don't like all the harsh comments I get and judgements and misconceptions for having kids so close
This reminded me of the thread last week/earlier this week asking how soon PP can you start BC.
Sorry OP, but nope. Maybe ask your mom to put the money she was planning to spend on the shower towards stuff for the new baby.
It's not a shower it's a sprinkle at her house for 15 aunts and cousins, not an elaborate party. Where I come from, sprinkles are common when you have a second baby of the opposite sex for clothes and such
I have read all the comments. There is nothing wrong with family wanting to celebrate a new life that is about to begin. Does it really matter how close or far apart siblings ages tend to be? Would that make u love any less... Everything happens for a reason and some of the most blessed things aren't planned into a schedule ; ). Let the haters hate....u go girl!
Thanks for that. Good to know there are some nice ones out there These people actually made me cry. I'm going to delete my account. I'm sorry i joined here. I posted my first thread hoping for ideas and I got tackled.
I'm sorry I posted on here. You people need to research the meaning of sprinkle as opposed to shower. I'm tired of justifying myself and being judged and btw I'm Irish and I do not find the term offensive.
My DS and DD are 15 months apart. Zero chance I would have a second shower. My DD used a blue bouncer, bumbo etc. (gasp).
I would absolutely decline a second shower, or even a tinkle if that's what you want to call it. It is super tacky.
And where are u from? Here in the nj NYC area everyone and their mother has a sprinkle for a second child of the opposite sex. How dare u be so judgmental. I wasn't asking what u thought of my moms idea of having a small party for aunts and cousins only, I was asking for ideas on wording and if u can't say anything nice don't say it at all.
Congrats on #2. I get wanting to celebrate every baby. But nursery duplicates? That sounds like you're expecting your guests to furnish your second baby's room, and those are big ticket items. That's not just tacky, it's plain rude to expect that. Why not have a welcome party shortly after baby arrives? Then people that want to get a little something won't have to buy shower gifts twice in a year, and it's less gift-grabby overall.
No all I'm asking for is a second changing table that my aunt with no kids insists on spoiling me with and my mom and mother in law are buying my crib set that's convertible. All else is just clothes
Im from NJ/NY area and i am not having a sprinkle. Before i found out the sex, i absolutely told ppl no shower or sprinkle. Just tacky. We had a reveal with no gifts. Im re-using everything. Yes the babies are the same sex but I said no shower before that. I planned to re-use everything and buy/borrow some pink stuff. Obviously it's your life and I rarely say anything argumentative on here but you did drag the NJ/NY thing in here. We arent all tacky.
I can't reuse anything everything I have my son will continue to use a while or is 100% masculine
Why on earth would you need a second changing table? Can you not use the same one? Or a bed or the couch?
Holy judgemental! I'm not using a couch! It's something my aunt wants to get because my sons is attached to his furniture And she asked if I could pick one for her to buy me. U want to know more details or is that ok???? I'm sorry your highness I will include my life story in my next forum thread if I don't delete.
Im from NJ/NY area and i am not having a sprinkle. Before i found out the sex, i absolutely told ppl no shower or sprinkle. Just tacky. We had a reveal with no gifts. Im re-using everything. Yes the babies are the same sex but I said no shower before that. I planned to re-use everything and buy/borrow some pink stuff. Obviously it's your life and I rarely say anything argumentative on here but you did drag the NJ/NY thing in here. We arent all tacky.
I can't reuse anything everything I have my son will continue to use a while or is 100% masculine
Who cares if its masculine? My boy used a pink butterfly bouncer because a friend let me borrow it and I didn't have pay for it.
Well that's your choice wasn't it! I'll buy my daughter as many pink chairs as I damn well please and u can kiss my behind if u don't like it
I have read all the comments. There is nothing wrong with family wanting to celebrate a new life that is about to begin. Does it really matter how close or far apart siblings ages tend to be? Would that make u love any less... Everything happens for a reason and some of the most blessed things aren't planned into a schedule ; ). Let the haters hate....u go girl!
Go home, white knight. You're drunk.
Quit being such b*yches. I'm deleting my account! What more do u want!
Im from NJ/NY area and i am not having a sprinkle. Before i found out the sex, i absolutely told ppl no shower or sprinkle. Just tacky. We had a reveal with no gifts. Im re-using everything. Yes the babies are the same sex but I said no shower before that. I planned to re-use everything and buy/borrow some pink stuff. Obviously it's your life and I rarely say anything argumentative on here but you did drag the NJ/NY thing in here. We arent all tacky.
I can't reuse anything everything I have my son will continue to use a while or is 100% masculine
And this, FTMs, is why you register for gender neutral big ticket items...
I wasn't supposed to be able to have kids for medical reasons even after the first they said I wouldn't. So I thought id have a boy and that's it. Now I have two miracles and my parents and in laws and aunts all want to celebrate. It's only immediate family 15 people at a house.
I have read all the comments. There is nothing wrong with family wanting to celebrate a new life that is about to begin. Does it really matter how close or far apart siblings ages tend to be? Would that make u love any less... Everything happens for a reason and some of the most blessed things aren't planned into a schedule ; ). Let the haters hate....u go girl!
Thanks for that. Good to know there are some nice ones out there
These people actually made me cry. I'm going to delete my account. I'm sorry i joined here. I posted my first thread hoping for ideas and I got tackled.
I have read all the comments. There is nothing wrong with family wanting to celebrate a new life that is about to begin. Does it really matter how close or far apart siblings ages tend to be? Would that make u love any less... Everything happens for a reason and some of the most blessed things aren't planned into a schedule ; ). Let the haters hate....u go girl!
Go home, white knight. You're drunk.
Quit being such b*yches. I'm deleting my account! What more do u want!
I have read all the comments. There is nothing wrong with family wanting to celebrate a new life that is about to begin. Does it really matter how close or far apart siblings ages tend to be? Would that make u love any less... Everything happens for a reason and some of the most blessed things aren't planned into a schedule ; ). Let the haters hate....u go girl!
Go home, white knight. You're drunk.
Quit being such b*yches. I'm deleting my account! What more do u want!
I have read all the comments. There is nothing wrong with family wanting to celebrate a new life that is about to begin. Does it really matter how close or far apart siblings ages tend to be? Would that make u love any less... Everything happens for a reason and some of the most blessed things aren't planned into a schedule ; ). Let the haters hate....u go girl!
Go home, white knight. You're drunk.
Quit being such b*yches. I'm deleting my account! What more do u want!
Bingo?
Don't forget to feel bad for our kids and husbands!
I think people mostly have the shower and quick baby thing covered. I'd just like to add that just because you are Irish and don't find the term Irish Twin offensive doesn't mean that it isn't offensive. Some Black people don't find the n-word offensive. Some people of Roma descent don't find the term "gypped" to be offensive. Same with "jew down" and "indian giver."
I'm not super offended by the Irish Twin thing, I just think it's probably not the best/classiest thing to write on an invitation.
Im from NJ/NY area and i am not having a sprinkle. Before i found out the sex, i absolutely told ppl no shower or sprinkle. Just tacky. We had a reveal with no gifts. Im re-using everything. Yes the babies are the same sex but I said no shower before that. I planned to re-use everything and buy/borrow some pink stuff. Obviously it's your life and I rarely say anything argumentative on here but you did drag the NJ/NY thing in here. We arent all tacky.
I can't reuse anything everything I have my son will continue to use a while or is 100% masculine
And this, FTMs, is why you register for gender neutral big ticket items...
This is so off subject but I am on the hunt for such things (considering having a second within a couple years) and so far only been able to find a neutral bassinet :-?? Almost all the lil bathtubs are even pink or blue.. Frustrating. Thinkin I need to dig deeper online
I should add that I'm not against reusing things of the "wrong" color. Gotta do what ya gotta do.
I have read all the comments. There is nothing wrong with family wanting to celebrate a new life that is about to begin. Does it really matter how close or far apart siblings ages tend to be? Would that make u love any less... Everything happens for a reason and some of the most blessed things aren't planned into a schedule ; ). Let the haters hate....u go girl!
Go home, white knight. You're drunk.
Quit being such b*yches. I'm deleting my account! What more do u want!
Bingo?
Go to hell. Hope your kids don't turn out anything like u. My family is thrilled I am having a second miracle baby. Not everyone is easily able to. I've been trying for over ten years and I got one miracle and then another one right after! Doctors said I absolutely would not ever get pregnant. So Is that such an aweful thing for my family to be thrilled now that I got my miracle babies? My aunts want to buy everything I need because I'm in a great financial bind with a husband about to lose his job as well as myself. Sorry my situation doesn't meet your expectations of perfect. But I consider myself lucky to have a very large family that cares.
I think people mostly have the shower and quick baby thing covered. I'd just like to add that just because you are Irish and don't find the term Irish Twin offensive doesn't mean that it isn't offensive. Some Black people don't find the n-word offensive. Some people of Roma descent don't find the term "gypped" to be offensive. Same with "jew down" and "indian giver."
I'm not super offended by the Irish Twin thing, I just think it's probably not the best/classiest thing to write on an invitation.
I have read all the comments. There is nothing wrong with family wanting to celebrate a new life that is about to begin. Does it really matter how close or far apart siblings ages tend to be? Would that make u love any less... Everything happens for a reason and some of the most blessed things aren't planned into a schedule ; ). Let the haters hate....u go girl!
Go home, white knight. You're drunk.
Quit being such b*yches. I'm deleting my account! What more do u want!
Bingo?
Go to hell. Hope your kids don't turn out anything like u. My family is thrilled I am having a second miracle baby. Not everyone is easily able to. I've been trying for over ten years and I got one miracle and then another one right after! Doctors said I absolutely would not ever get pregnant. So Is that such an aweful thing for my family to be thrilled now that I got my miracle babies? My aunts want to buy everything I need because I'm in a great financial bind with a husband about to lose his job as well as myself. Sorry my situation doesn't meet your expectations of perfect. But I consider myself lucky to have a very large family that cares.
I have read all the comments. There is nothing wrong with family wanting to celebrate a new life that is about to begin. Does it really matter how close or far apart siblings ages tend to be? Would that make u love any less... Everything happens for a reason and some of the most blessed things aren't planned into a schedule ; ). Let the haters hate....u go girl!
Go home, white knight. You're drunk.
Quit being such b*yches. I'm deleting my account! What more do u want!
Bingo?
Go to hell. Hope your kids don't turn out anything like u. My family is thrilled I am having a second miracle baby. Not everyone is easily able to. I've been trying for over ten years and I got one miracle and then another one right after! Doctors said I absolutely would not ever get pregnant. So Is that such an aweful thing for my family to be thrilled now that I got my miracle babies? My aunts want to buy everything I need because I'm in a great financial bind with a husband about to lose his job as well as myself. Sorry my situation doesn't meet your expectations of perfect. But I consider myself lucky to have a very large family that cares.
I have read all the comments. There is nothing wrong with family wanting to celebrate a new life that is about to begin. Does it really matter how close or far apart siblings ages tend to be? Would that make u love any less... Everything happens for a reason and some of the most blessed things aren't planned into a schedule ; ). Let the haters hate....u go girl!
Go home, white knight. You're drunk.
Quit being such b*yches. I'm deleting my account! What more do u want!
Bingo?
Go to hell. Hope your kids don't turn out anything like u. My family is thrilled I am having a second miracle baby. Not everyone is easily able to. I've been trying for over ten years and I got one miracle and then another one right after! Doctors said I absolutely would not ever get pregnant. So Is that such an aweful thing for my family to be thrilled now that I got my miracle babies? My aunts want to buy everything I need because I'm in a great financial bind with a husband about to lose his job as well as myself. Sorry my situation doesn't meet your expectations of perfect. But I consider myself lucky to have a very large family that cares.
If you are in the bind maybe you ask that the money be saved and spent directly on the baby and LO instead of shower related items.
@AJIrishMama I pretty much want to quote everything you're saying! My husband is also Hispanic and his family looked at me like I had 3 heads last week when I told them I didn't want a shower. They said "Girl, in our culture we shower for EVERYTHING!" I politely informed them my sons will be 2 years apart and we bought everything sex neutral and I don't need anything but winter clothes and diapers which they are more than welcome to bring when they come visit the baby after he's born.
Second showers or "sprinkles" are tacky to me no matter what sex and how far apart they are, especially within a year!
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Eh, i dont mind sprinkles or showers or whatever you want to call them. I think every baby should be celebrated, i wouldnt mind at all if a friend invited me to a little get together to celebrate her baby. I would side eye a registry or a request for big ticket items but around here we do a couple outfits or diapers and thats about it. Not everyone thinks sprinkles are tacky. I dont know that i'd do invitations for them though, i'd probably keep it as a small family get together.
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Im from NJ/NY area and i am not having a sprinkle. Before i found out the sex, i absolutely told ppl no shower or sprinkle. Just tacky. We had a reveal with no gifts. Im re-using everything. Yes the babies are the same sex but I said no shower before that. I planned to re-use everything and buy/borrow some pink stuff. Obviously it's your life and I rarely say anything argumentative on here but you did drag the NJ/NY thing in here. We arent all tacky.
I can't reuse anything everything I have my son will continue to use a while or is 100% masculine
And this, FTMs, is why you register for gender neutral big ticket items...
This is so off subject but I am on the hunt for such things (considering having a second within a couple years) and so far only been able to find a neutral bassinet :-?? Almost all the lil bathtubs are even pink or blue.. Frustrating. Thinkin I need to dig deeper online
@agsgrrl - I didn't care so much about the bathtub being blue regardless of sex. But the swing, bassinet, bouncer, crib bedding, car seat and all other reusable equipment were easy enough to find in gender neutral creams, browns, greens and yellows. Keep digging
At least I know it is out there! We find out the sex next Friday so I thought I would try to start my registry to help pass time and the bathtub thing made me give up haha. And when it is important color won't matter, my friend was told at her a/s four years ago that her daughter was a boy and I was the first non family to show up with my "it's a boy!" balloon to have my jaw hit the floor! Needless to say she wore a lot of blue .....and she's just fine
I'm confused. So the only way to show love and excitement it to give you gifts you don't need ???
I mean what is going on here? You are in serious financial straits and they think best thing is to give you two changing pads and another bouncer because the one you have now is blue? This doesn't make any sense.
This is why people think the D14 ladies are bitches. She didn't ask if you would have a sprinkle or what anyone thought of her having one. I never read that she asked anyone's opinion how many kids she had and what ages. No one knows her medical condition. How would any of us feel if someone made a comment on why were pregnant. And then someone posts answering her actual question and she is also jumped on. Just because we don't all share the same opinion doesn't make us wrong! If you get invited to a sprinkle and you think it's tacky, DONT GO! I rarely post on here for this exact reason. If someone doesn't share YOUR opinion, the best way to get rid of them is to just shame them off the site for even getting pregnant. Way to be supportive ladies. I feel like this site causes me more stress every day. My husband asks me weekly to just delete it, maybe I should. I try and only read the "safe" posts. I'm s FTM and feel bad for wanting a shower because of the posts on here calling people gift grabby ect. I'm in no way that type of person but I can't wait to celebrate with friends and family they are all excited. I have attented ALL showers happily and bought gifts and loved every second. I know the people I spend time with feel the same way. We LOVE buying things for each other and celebrating. Don't take that excitement away from someone you don't know because you don't like it. It's rude and unfair.
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Baby 2: EDD: 8/06/14 CP: 11/13
How can a not even 10 month old be attached to furniture? What am I missing?
These people actually made me cry. I'm going to delete my account. I'm sorry i joined here. I posted my first thread hoping for ideas and I got tackled.
eTA: and being "super high risk" the last thing I would be concerned about is the wording for the sprinkle invitations.
Perfect!
@AJIrishMama I pretty much want to quote everything you're saying! My husband is also Hispanic and his family looked at me like I had 3 heads last week when I told them I didn't want a shower. They said "Girl, in our culture we shower for EVERYTHING!" I politely informed them my sons will be 2 years apart and we bought everything sex neutral and I don't need anything but winter clothes and diapers which they are more than welcome to bring when they come visit the baby after he's born.
Second showers or "sprinkles" are tacky to me no matter what sex and how far apart they are, especially within a year!
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Owen- April 2011
Olivia- Due December 24th