September 11, 2009
How many baby showers is it appropriate to have for the same baby?
Mazie asked:
My sister-in-law is having her first baby. My mother-in-law threw her a baby shower 2 days ago and invited the entire family. It was a large shower. Today in the mail I received an invitation for another baby shower for her that is being thrown by a close friend who was in attendance at the first shower. I already bought a gift for the first shower. Do I have to get her another gift or even attend the 2nd shower?
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8:12 pm
No, you do not.
If people have more than one shower for the same baby it’s generally because two totally different groups host one(i.e. one for family and another for coworkers). They shouldn’t be inviting the same people over and over!
1:50 am
haha!! if you can be sneaky about it because it is kinda rude to have 2 baby showers one for family and one for friends
6:53 pm
If you do not want to buy another gift then you do not have to. You can still go to the other one though.
I had 2 baby showers for my first son. My first one was with all my family and friends.
My 2nd one was a surprise one thrown by my co-workers. Some people attended both of them and got me gifts at both of them.
Even if it’s something small- she will appreciate anything
But if you do not want to get another gift, don’t feel bad. You dont have to!
6:17 pm
I had 2 baby showers..one for my close friends and my mom n sister in law which was very small and a HUGE one like 100 pepole of my bfs family/friends that his mom threw..his family and my family dont communicate often so thats why nobody was at both showers though exccept for moi!
1:48 pm
I personally wouldn’t if you have already went to one and bought a gift!!! I had 3 showers my job, my mother and mother in law all had one for me and none of the same people where there!
10:09 am
No, you don’t owe her a gift at all. You don’t even HAVE to get her the first gift, but it’s just nice to give one. And no, you don’t have to attend any showers, not even a first one, but the first one is nice if you could attend(which you did).
I have to question why this close friend who attended the first one..the REAL reason behind her throwing a second one…
12:39 pm
You do not have to give another gift or even attend! It is odd that her friend is giving her another shower after she just attended this unless she means it for like close friends and close family memebers that didnt attend already! I know that my mom is throwing me a shower and then my husbands mom is going to throw one seperate a month later because she will not be able to attend anything for the whole month of july So i guess it just depends. But no you only have to go to one!
4:16 pm
my parents are divorced and I didn’t want to have the awkwardness of having them all at the same place. So I had one with each family. I ended up having a third one too with my ex-step father and his family!
cant ever have too many.. but no, she is definitely not expecting another gift. Just attend to be there for her
5:28 pm
well i had two, one with my fam and friends and the other with my hubbys fam,
i dont think you should take another present, you already gave her one, you already honored her new baby, just go to celebrate and have fun
12:09 am
I had three showers. It’s acceptable to attend any or all showers but you only need to get one gift.
she shouldn’t expect you to get her a gift for all.
12:37 pm
no
2:04 pm
No you don’t have to buy her a gift, and Noah’s mommy answers that perfect.
When I had my baby showers, my fiances mother threw one. (I missed that one because I was trying to have my contractions stopped) but that one was for his family only and friends. A few days before my daughter got out of the NICU my mother threw one strictly for her family. (My grandmother, Aunts, Great aunts and Cousins) it worked out good. I had never been to a baby shower, and I missed my very first.
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