It's an age old argument of etiquette: Do you have a baby shower for your subsequent children or not? I pose this question because DH asked when was I having one and I told him I didn't think we were supposed to. He thought that was rubbish and so did I, but from everything I've read it was a no-no.
I think that since I had a boy the first time and now a girl I'm entitled to another baby shower. I'm not one of those people who expects everyone to give me something--hell just show up drink mimosa's and have a good damn time.
Planning a baby shower is also kind of tricky--because I (as crazy as it sounds) need to plan it around home football games. Silly I know, but tailgating is a southern tradition, college football games are the place to be on a Saturday afternoon--and well, I can't really do that with a frilly girly baby shower now can I?
I've joked that I'm going to have my delivery scheduled for the teams bye week (which is no joke, I'm seriously trying to convince my doctor to make it happen). That way I can be back in action in time for the bigger games in November.
But I digress (as usual)....
Do you think it's polite to have a baby shower, even if you already have a child? Does that make it seem as if you just want to get gifts from people and not really care about the actual shower part? This is a tough one for me because there are really only 2 dates in September that I can have the baby shower and October is just a no-no all the way around (yes, because of football). So as I sit here looking at the all the wonderful invitations and party theme ideas, I can't help but think "damn I really want another baby shower". But on the other hand I don't want to come off as a user. (you know people will always think things and never say it to your face and as paranoid as I get, I would like to avoid that as much as possible.)
Did you or anyone you know have more than one baby shower?
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