KDENISE977
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:shrug: Do you bring a gift? food? I'm so out of the loop?
No way in hell a "gender revealing" party should be a gifting affair. That is what a baby shower is for... and for that matter a baby shower should only ever be expected for your first child... not each time you decide to breed. There... hope that helps.:shrug: Do you bring a gift? food? I'm so out of the loop?
No way in hell a "gender revealing" party should be a gifting affair. That is what a baby shower is for... and for that matter a baby shower should only ever be expected for your first child... not each time you decide to breed. There... hope that helps.
No way in hell a "gender revealing" party should be a gifting affair. That is what a baby shower is for... and for that matter a baby shower should only ever be expected for your first child... not each time you decide to breed. There... hope that helps.
No way in hell a "gender revealing" party should be a gifting affair. That is what a baby shower is for... and for that matter a baby shower should only ever be expected for your first child... not each time you decide to breed. There... hope that helps.
I feel there are some exceptions to this rule. Say, if your children are not close in age (kid #1 is 13 and you are expecting #2) or if you got re-married. If your oldest is 2 and you are expecting another baby shower, don't plan on me being there.
Well this is the 2nd one I've been invited to in the past year. This one is for a friend of mine whose currenlty got an 18 month old, so I'm guessing the shower for the new baby is out of the question :shrug: IDK?? So when do you give a gift if there is no shower?
Well this is the 2nd one I've been invited to in the past year. This one is for a friend of mine whose currenlty got an 18 month old, so I'm guessing the shower for the new baby is out of the question :shrug: IDK?? So when do you give a gift if there is no shower?
I thought a gender reveal party also doubled as a baby shower? No?
I feel there are some exceptions to this rule. Say, if your children are not close in age (kid #1 is 13 and you are expecting #2) or if you got re-married. If your oldest is 2 and you are expecting another baby shower, don't plan on me being there.
I believe the purpose of the first shower is to help with the big ticket items by doing group presents or the things folks know the new parents will need even if the new parents don't yet know they need them. For additional babies beyond the first, I believe that typically friends and family can CHOSE to bring or send the new baby a gift upon arrival and typically it's gender specific like clothes or something useful like diapers. But I think it is tacky for folks to throw showers expecting gifts for every subsequent birth.Well this is the 2nd one I've been invited to in the past year. This one is for a friend of mine whose currenlty got an 18 month old, so I'm guessing the shower for the new baby is out of the question :shrug: IDK?? So when do you give a gift if there is no shower?
I believe the purpose of the first shower is to help with the big ticket items by doing group presents or the things folks know the new parents will need even if the new parents don't yet know they need them. I believe that typically friends and family CHOSE to bring or send the new baby a gift upon arrival and typically it's gender specific like clothes or something useful like diapers. But I think it is tacky for folks to throw showers expecting gifts for every subsequent birth.
As for gifting at a "gender reveal" party... again, I stated I don't believe gifts should be expected but that doesn't mean you couldn't bring a hostess gift as one would do for any other dinner party... so if you want to do something for the mom make it something personal like soothing candles or soaps, etc. :shrug:
:shrug: Do you bring a gift? food? I'm so out of the loop?
:shrug: Do you bring a gift? food? I'm so out of the loop?
Hot dogs or tacos?
Hot dogs or tacos?