Should you give a woman a baby shower for a fourth baby?
Posted May 3rd, 2009 by admin 14 Comments »
LittleMermaid asked:
My best friend had 2 children with her first husband and he died when her youngest was 3. She remarried and had a third child about 8 years later. I had told her that I would give her a shower, but her sister wanted to be the one to give her a shower, so I stepped back and let her do the planning and I gave her a bunch of gifts instead. Well now, less than a year later, she is pregnant with her fourth child. I don’t really think it is necessary to give her a shower, because I know that she has all or at least most of the nessecities from her last baby, like a stroller, swing, bouncy seat, etc. I do plan on getting her a gift, like I have before, but I don’t know if I should give her a shower. I have read in some parenting magazines that after the first or second baby, it is not customary to give a woman a shower, but I had planned on giving her one with the 3rd child, since it had been 8 years inbetween that one and her 2nd. Should I give her one for this baby?
I think at least one person got confussed. It has not been 8 years since her last one. It was 8 years between her 2nd and her 3rd. This is her 4th and her 3rd is not even 1 yet.
My best friend had 2 children with her first husband and he died when her youngest was 3. She remarried and had a third child about 8 years later. I had told her that I would give her a shower, but her sister wanted to be the one to give her a shower, so I stepped back and let her do the planning and I gave her a bunch of gifts instead. Well now, less than a year later, she is pregnant with her fourth child. I don’t really think it is necessary to give her a shower, because I know that she has all or at least most of the nessecities from her last baby, like a stroller, swing, bouncy seat, etc. I do plan on getting her a gift, like I have before, but I don’t know if I should give her a shower. I have read in some parenting magazines that after the first or second baby, it is not customary to give a woman a shower, but I had planned on giving her one with the 3rd child, since it had been 8 years inbetween that one and her 2nd. Should I give her one for this baby?
I think at least one person got confussed. It has not been 8 years since her last one. It was 8 years between her 2nd and her 3rd. This is her 4th and her 3rd is not even 1 yet.