A little early to be thinking about baby showers. But is anyone NOT having one? I'm talking first pregnancy no baby shower .The thought of one makes me sick. Lol . I don't have a lot of close girlfriend's and I'm not in touch with my mom at all. Would feel bad for my dad not being there and would rather opt out. Did anyone else do this or plan to do this?
Re: Baby showers
Ultimately, it's up to you! This is what worked for us, and I'm glad that we did it that way.
Im going to get a lot of hate for this but with this one I think I want another one. Boy or girl. We got rid of EVERYTHING! We have nothing.. so a baby shower would be extremely nice. Hoping it’s a girl so I don’t feel as guilty about it.
Now with a third I won’t be having one obviously, but I’m enjoying planning a baby shower I’m throwing for a girlfriend who is due in March.
No second shower here. We have most of what we need, the grandparents were pretty generous with M. If it's a girl, I may go get some clothing. Most of our stuff is gender neutral, but things like "handsome like daddy" I wouldn't want to use. We'll need a double stroller.
So I guess I'm saying I'll definitely register for a whole buncha stuff cause I want the discounts. But no party.
Which makes it easier bc my family will be most of everyone at the baby shower and his family won’t add too much lore. Lol
My office, out of respect for Jewish employees, holds showers after the baby is born. I will probably have an office shower once I am back at work. I assume this time, I won't have a sprinkle.
I really really really want a baby shower for this little mouse. My youngest is 9, will be almost 10 when this mouse is born. We have NO baby stuff, but sadly we also have few friends and my close girlfriends are hundreds and thousands of miles away. For me it is more that I want the reassurance after all our struggles that other people love and want this baby in the world too. Sounds weird, but I feel like my youngest is the forgotten grandson (on my husband's side) because of the baby shower thing plus a number of other factors.
ETS: I can be an attention whore, no doubt. But it has to be in a situation where I feel comfortable and confident. A baby shower with only girls, few close friends, very little family, stupid games, and shit would make me want to hide in a corner and start signing dirty songs or talking about my sex life.
If she doesn't tho I think I'd just skip it all together my family would understand because they know who I am and that I'm shy and hate that stuff. I think my husband can deal with his and explain it.
Only issue is we eloped also, we had no one at our wedding but witnesses so I'm not sure if anyone holds resentment about that and this will just add to the pile .I don't want to seem like an anti social bitch but I kind of am
I will say that as much as I didn't want a shower (and actually turned SO's sister down when she offered to throw me one) I did love having a family get together once DD was a few months old. And despite being told not to bring any gifts, everyone brought something. If your family gives you a hard time about not wanting a shower then you can always tell them they can host a family get together next year;)
Everyone is just so excited and I don’t even know where to start! 😳
That said, I’m looking forward to this one being even more casual and less gift centric. The presents really helped the first time, but we kept most of the big stuff and are team green (for now), so really our needs are minimal. But if someone wants to buy me a dockatot, haaka pump or a Tula, I’m not complaining 😂
I’m really enjoying the product spotlight forums here. It’s super helpful for FTM’s!! Hopefully I’ll be able to use them as a cheat sheet 😂