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Baby Shower Advice Needed: Babyproofing!!

katies1213katies1213 member
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Advice Needed!! Im a FTM and myfriends have been kind enough to host me/my husband a very low-key friends-only cocktail party/“baby shower” at their rowhouse in DC as a last “hurrah” for us before baby comes. We’re inviting all of our friends in the area (of both genders - the hosts are men, etc.). Of course we have many friends with babies, toddlers, young children - and many have asked if kids are welcome (or just messaged the host that they are bringing their kids 😂). 

The hosts (and we) are MORE than happy to welcome kids - we almost feel like it is expected for a co-gender late afternoon party - but the house is not baby proofed. While it’s not like there will be intentionally unsafe things in the house, they do have staircases, open shelving low to the ground with glass flatware, bar cart, etc. that would be too heavy a burden to try to “baby-proof” (we live in a city - so storage space is challenging). 

Is it rude (or helpful) for me to message guests with kids to let them know we’ve been getting a lot of questions about kid-friendliness and that a) kids are 100% welcome and b) the house isn’t “baby proofed” (just for awareness)?

Some of our friends messaged the hosts informing them that they’re bringing their toddler who is “a tornado” - so it just made me a bit nervous. I just want to make sure parents know what they’re getting in to, but don’t know the etiquette here. 

Again - my hope is to help inform, but definitely don’t want to be rude. In an informal convo with another couple, I mentioned that the place wasn’t baby proofed and they were like “oh - good to know, we might try to get a sitter then…”, so I thought it might be helpful! 

Thank you for your advice!!
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Re: Baby Shower Advice Needed: Babyproofing!!

  • virtaurvirtaur member
    I think it would be good to let people know. As a parent of a 3 yo tornado, I expect places to not be baby proofed so i literally follow him around everywhere or try to keep him entertained with a show or his tablet. Some kids might not be used to things being out and want to touch everything. So it’s really the parents decision but to help avoid accidents/things getting broken I’d give people a heads up. I find I can’t really enjoy parties as much because my main focus is on my child so he doesn’t get into everything. 
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  • katies1213katies1213 member
    Thank you for this!! I really appreciate it. 🙏🙂
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