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mamagreyx2
My best friend was sooo excited when I told her I was pregnant again and said she was going to throw another baby shower (or sprinkle) for me, but I can’t help but feel like it’s so wrong….my daughter isn’t even a year old yet (she’ll be 11 months on the 25th). I feel like it makes me look like I’m just asking for attention and presents? Anyone else feel this way? What do I tell her?
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lalalousy
I had my first 2 kids 11 months apart, and didn’t have a baby shower with baby #2.. but I honestly wish I did. I just used all her brothers outgrown stuff so she was a lil tomboy baby lol.
I say if she wants to throw it, let her. Having 2 little kids at once isn’t easy and as everyone knows, baby’s are expensive. Take all the help you can get!
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I helped throw a sprinkle for my best friend’s second pregnancy. It was much smaller than her shower, only 10 ladies and we went to a tea house for a tea party. We did a diaper raffle and books for cards. Everyone brought cute small gifts. It was nice to get together and celebrate this pregnancy and baby with her to show our love. I didn’t see anything wrong with it. She made a small registry of some items she needed (more bottles now that she had two using them, some new burp rags, nursing tops, nothing super big).
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morgan2sc
I’m with you on that one. I think it’s a personal choice, but I definitely will not do one. I had a friend offer and I just politely said that it is so thoughtful of her but I believe I have everything I need and I’ll be totally okay without one! :) It wasn’t weird telling her no and she took it just fine! I don’t want to accept gifts from people who JUST gave me gifts 1.5 years ago. I feel that is a lot to ask from family and friends. And honestly, I do have almost everything I need, and if there’s anything more I can think of, I’ll just grab it myself! What else do you really need for another baby? If it’s a different gender, I can understand about clothing, but I’m sure close family and friends are going to buy an outfit anyways because they can’t help themselves hahha. Again, it varies person to person for sure, but if it helps at all I completely agree with you :)
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MimiToThree
@morgan2sc,
Agree!
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lkcaiafa
@morgan2sc,
Agree!
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journey2babys
My friend had a sprinkle for her second baby and it was fun to just get together and celebrate. She specifically put on the invitation to only bring diapers and wipes which you can never have too much of!
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kellyjames0320
I said absolutely not. I just had a shower and just think it’s too much to ask of ppl!
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Saya087
With my second, we reused a lot of the baby gear from our first so I told our family if they wanted to get something for the new baby we'd greatly appreciate any clothing, diapers/wipes, small toys, cute blankets, etc. I tried to make it as low pressure as possible and also "open" so people could have fun shopping for something they thought was cute.
People tend to enjoy shopping for tiny cute baby clothes, blankets, little toys, etc. (especially if their kids are older/grown and/or they don't have any grandkids yet or grandkids are older) and all those things are relatively inexpensive.
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ALmama2020
I’m having a shower with baby #2 since my shower with baby #1 was right in the middle of the COVID lockdowns & had to be cancelled �� if I did have a shower with my 1st, I wouldn’t have one this time (unless my friends threw me a little sprinkle)
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@ALmama2020,
I’m kind of in the same boat, I did a virtual shower though during COVID lockdown. I told my mom and MIL that I’d love to do a sprinkle just to enjoy the fun of having an in person “shower”. We really only need diapers and a new car seat, maybe clothes if we have a boy this time so I think we’ll just do a diaper raffle with a note of small options if people want to purchase a gift. It’ll be small!
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ambtay110
@coloradomama14,
covid mom here too. doing the same thing!
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AGShaf
I think sprinkles are fun and not asking for too much, especially if someone is just offering to throw one for you! You could ask for her to just ask for diapers and wipes from guests if you don’t think you need any more baby things. We threw one for a friend and just had lunch together with a small group and everyone brought a package of diapers. It didn’t seem excessive.
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rachel3017
I have been to a couple sprinkles and literally love it. Who says baby 2 doesn’t deserve attention? I’ve never had a baby shower myself yet
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vbowley
I'm having another shower. We literally gave all of our baby stuff away 4 years ago and have nothing (this was a surprise oops baby). My good friend's daughter who I gave everything to for free, sold it all.
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