Question #1:
Question about baby shower invitations?
This will be awhile but I am just wondering about something. My husband and I are trying for another child. Our daughter is fourteen months old. When we had her baby shower (and her first birthday actually) ALL we got was clothes. I am worried that if we have a baby shower for this second child and its a girl as well, we will have a repeat of that. We have so many clothes from our first daughter that we really don't need any more clothes. I have plastic cases full, plus all the clothes that she still fits into which is three drawers and a full closet. If and when we have a second child and this one two is a girl, is there anything we could put on the invitation about not needing any more clothes. I would love it if people would give us the stuff we actually need like bottles, formula, diapers, wipes, ect. But I also don't want to be rude either because I appreciate everything that people have given us for our daughter and will give us for our second child. What is the best way to handle this?? And yes, I know, I worry too much considering I am not even pregnant yet ^_^Thanks for all of your answers everybody. Honestly, I am not sure if we would have a second shower or not. I always assumed we would because all of my friends who had more than once child had a baby shower for each child. I am sure my in laws would probably throw it though. I know you don't throw your own, that much etiquette I know lol. And as far as still having the big stuff, most of the stuff we had was hand me down stuff that had to be given back because like I said, all we got was clothes and a few gift cards (which we used the gift cards for diapers and a diaper genie and bottles). I have given a lot of stuff away to friends, like the bottles and stuff, away because once she went on sippy cups, I wanted them out of the house so she wasn't tempted to want them back. I guess I will just have to see how it goes. I know the majority of her stuff, besides clothes, we had to buy ourselves last time.
Question #2:
Should I make a baby shower registery?
I am asking because this is my 3rd baby. I was given a shower with my first (8 years ago) but not with my second. All my family and friends are going to buy me something anyway and my sister-in-law insists on throwing me a shower even though i'm not sure if it's the proper thing to do being my 3rd baby. We got rid of all our baby stuff after we had our second baby cause we thought we were done. So when she sends out the invitations should I be registered somewhere for the baby things we still need?Question #3:
How can I gracefully get out of going to this baby shower?
We are friends with another couple, and over the years we have gotten to know their extended family. The husband of this couple has an older sister we don't like. The older sister has two daughters - Daughter A, and Daughter B.Daughter B has been friendly to us in the past and is young, so when we found out she was pregnant, we gave her hand-me-downs, gift cards, etc, and went to her baby shower.
Now Daughter A is pregnant. Daughter A has never been friendly to us, and frankly, we have zero relationship with her. I just received her baby shower invitation in the mail, and I just really have no interest in going.
How can I gracefully get out of going to this baby shower?
Question #4:
How can I tell my so-called "friend" that I'm sick of buying her presents?
I was friends with this woman for about 5 years then she disappeared for another 5 years, then she calls me out of the blue and asks me to visit her so I went and then shortly after she invites me to her wedding. First there was the engagement party then there was the bridal shower then there was the wedding (She registered at EXPENSIVE places for all 3). Then they moved into a new home so they had a big housewarming party. Then there was the baby shower and then there was the grandmas shower (where her mother throws a party and expects gifts for when the baby visits grandma - ridiculous if you ask me!) and then there was the baby's birth, then there was baby's 1st birthday......This is all in the period of 3 years.
me and my boyfriend are having money problems and then in a fight he said that i spend a lot of money on this woman for her parties so I went to my credit card account online and looked up my previous transactions and calculated how much I've spent on her for those occasions since shes walked back into my life and its basically close to $3,000. I couldn't believe it.
And then just now I got an invitation in the mail for a graduation party for her husband.......and they included where he's registered! I'm definitely not going but she's going to call and ask why. How can I tell her enough with the gifts!
I should add that she hasn't spent a single penny on me
Question #5:
How can I word baby shower invitations with "wear the color pink"? Need some Ideas?
I'm throwing my sister in law a baby shower and we would like the guests to wear pink. I can't think of a unique way to put that into the invitation. Any ideas??? THanks!Question #6:
Planning your own baby shower...?
Okay so now my husband and I have to plan our own baby shower. His brothers wife was the one who was going to do it but now she can't get off work on the day that we are having it. This is the second time that we have changed the date, so we aren't doing that again. Plus the invitations are out. Is that stupid that we have to do our own shower now? None of the family is close by so we are the only ones who could do it. The spot we are having it is already reserved and everything. But I am looking for Ideas online about baby showers and I keep seeing that the mother should never put together her own. Well what if we have no other choice. Is that okay? Has any other mother ever put together her own shower? Now my sister is coming down the day before the shower to help out with the games and everything that way I am not really going to be the host, I am just planning it.Question #7:
How would you feel if you received a shower invitation honoring someone you barely know?
My husband and I were invited to the wedding of one of his semi-close male friends. We were delighted to accept, and we plan to give them a nice wedding present on their wedding day.I was a little surprised, however, to receive an invitation to the bride-to-be's wedding shower. It was addressed just to me (I presume me - they actually got my last name wrong!), not to both of us. I presume I am being invited because all female wedding guests are on the shower list, but my own wedding shower didn't include any of my fiance's friends' wives or girlfriends. It seems like an unreasonable imposition on someone who is only attending because her spouse knows the groom.
What's your take on this? Is a shower something all female guests must participate in, by virtue of being female? Do you think that the reasoning is that my husband, as a semi-close friend, owed the couple an extra gift, but that he should send me as a female representative to give it by proxy?
If I am alone in being offended by this, perhaps I'll drop my position and join the trend. I have a friend who is about to have a baby, and I'd love a bunch of extra gifts for her. Maybe I'll invite a bunch of people she barely knows, including my husbands' friends spouses, to give her presents.
Thanks for the answers so far! Many of them are good.
Whether or not I should actually be offended is open for debate, but there is no question that a wedding shower is anything other than a gift request. It is this by definition. The bride is being "showered" with gifts. It's not like a birthday party, where a gift would be nice, but is not the main point.
Question #8:
Baby Shower Question- Sending Invitations?
If you work in an office with 15+ women would you post one invitation for all or give each lady a personal invitation?And DO YOU send invitations to family out of town who you think probably won't come. Do you invite them ANYWAY??
Question #9:
BABY SHOWER QUESTION: If you've had one please answer- easy 10 points?
1.) How many hostesses did you have for your baby shower?2.) Did YOU ask the hostesses to be a hostess OR the Person who was giving you the shower ask the remaining ladies to also be a hostess?
3.) How soon before EDD did you have your shower?
4.) What did you do for your shower? ie: location, theme, food etc.
5.) IF you work in an office of 15+ women, would you post one invite for all to see, OR give each individual an invitation? What is the proper etiquette when it come to that?
**THANKS**
**EDIT** on #2 I don't mean should I ask for the shower. 2 friends have asked to give me one- very sweet. But they were thinking to have about 5-6 hostesses all together. I was asking if THEY should be the ones to ask the other 4 girls & not me. I would NEVER ask for a shower!! They insisted :) Which is nice. I did one of their showers
Question #10:
Diaper Raffle Prizes?
We are having a baby shower for our first baby and are having a diaper raffle. We handed out 50 invitations, and invited around 60+ people. I assume at least ten-twenty of them will not be able to make it. I was wondering what would be good prizes. This is a co-ed shower, and most guests are age 20-25.A Diaper Raffle is a game at a baby shower in which the guests put a poem or phrase on the invitation basically saying that the new parents would like to recieve diapers and every pack of diapers they bring earns then a chance at winning a pre-determined prize.
Question #11:
I DON'T KNOW WHEN TO HAVE A BABY SHOWER??
This is my first time pregnant, and i am 4 months ( almost 17 weeks along) And I'm not entirely sure on when i'm supposed to have a baby shower..... I'm starting to plan it, and i wanna make invitations but not sure how far a long i'm supposed to be to throw one..... Also some ideas would be great to I'm due in august and if the baby shower is supposed to be in like june or july when i'm 7 or 8 months along then I'm having it at the park.Question #12:
What is a diaper wall at a baby shower?
I am attending a baby shower in a few weeks. At the bottom of the invitation it mentions that there will be a diaper wall. I've never been to a shower and am not sure what that is.Question #13:
Baby shower invitation ettiquette?
I'm having a baby shower in April and my sister is in charge of invitations so I'm gathering all of my friends and co-workers addresses. I asked my boyfriend for his mother's address so we could invite her and he went off saying that it was "too impersonal" to send an invite to his mom and that it should be hand-given to her. I explained that I'm not supposed to have anything to do with planning the shower or the invites and that it's up to my sister.Should the invite be hand-given or just sent to her?
Question #14:
Is it wrong for the mother to be to write and send out her own baby shower invitations?
Question #15:
Lots of Baby Registry questions!?
Ok - I find out the sex of the baby on Thursday, and I planned to go start my baby registry this weekend.*First of all, is that too early to start it at 20 weeks? I have A LOT of family and friends from out of state (and in Canada and Germany) so I figured I should start as soon as I know the sex. But then again, what do I know? :P
*Is it tacky to register at more than one location? Someone said Babies R Us is the best, someone else said do it at WalMart because they're everywhere. (Anyone with lots of family spread out please let me know!)
*What should I buy? I think it's asking a lot for others to buy strollers, carseats, cribs, etc.
*What should I suggest? I am afraid if I put clothes or blankets that I'll end up with a room full of each and nowhere to put them, or that my child will outgrow clothing before they're able to wear it!
*Is it rude to put it on Baby shower invitations? kind of a -hint hint- to the guests? I always try to use registries (for babies or weddings) just to be safe, but I know a lot of people could care less.
Any help is appreciated, and also any other helpful tips :) Thanks!
Question #16:
Which should I attend - baby shower or wedding ceremony?
My boyfriend and I have been dating for three years and have been living together for the past year and a half. During this time we've spent a considerable amount of time with his family, including his cousins that live in New Jersey. We've visited them, and they've visited us at our home. When we heard one of his cousins was getting married, we booked our flights and made hotel accommodations in advance.Then when the invitation arrived, it was addressed to my boyfriend and "guest." Um, hello, you've met me several times and you know we're living together and you can't look up my name? We're Facebook friends, so it's not like they didn't have easy access to the correct spelling! I don't know much about wedding etiquette, but I was very hurt by this oversight and can't help but take it personally. Whether it was laziness or an intentional slight, I'm not sure. We've never had any disagreements, but I do know this cousin and her sisters love my boyfriend as a brother and may not like the idea of their cousin dating a non-Italian (they are very into their heritage).
My brother's wife is pregnant. I just received the invitation to her baby shower, which happens to be the same day as the wedding. This is my first niece/nephew and I would love to attend. The shower is only an hour and a half drive from the wedding location, but I would have to miss the ceremony in order to attend the shower. I would be able to make it back in time for the reception, which is several hours after the ceremony.
Ordinarily I would have gone to the wedding ceremony because we'd already committed to going and I would have followed through on that obligation. However, after the slight with the invitation I'm inclined to skip it and go to the shower, which is what I'd prefer doing anyway.
Do you think I'm justified in skipping the ceremony? I don't want it to look bad and start any drama, but I feel like if they aren't too bothered whether I'm there or not, I should just do what I want to do. I want to support my sister-in-law and my future niece, who want me, over my boyfriend's cousin who didn't even bother to put my name on the invitation.
What do you guys think? Thoughtful responses appreciated!
Question #17:
Is it okay to mention in a wedding invitation that you would prefer money as a gift?
Instead of receiveing things like housewares, towels, pans,....etc. Is it okay to just write "money tree"...i have seen it in many invitations like birthday, baby showers.....etc.what do you all think???
Question #18:
I am having a fourth child baby shower or not to baby shower?
My husband and I are expecting our fourth child. It has been seven years, so in many ways I feel we are starting from square one. We have given all of our stuff away over the past years. So we were wondering if it would seem appropriate to have a baby shower for this pregnancy. All of our children are now in grade school and we have nothing left from there infancy. What do you think? If so how should we word invitations?Question #19:
4 Baby Shower Questions...?
So I’m having my first baby & I am so excited. My 2 close girlfriends are throwing me a shower. I also wanted to host a big shower with friends & family (co-ed). My husband and I didn’t have any kind of wedding reception & we always wanted to have a big baby shower to kind of make up for it.I’ve never had any kind of shower before & I’ve never hosted one either so I’m looking up etiquette on the subject.
1.What should I do for my friends to thank them for throwing me a shower? I’m sure its not expected, but I think it would be nice.
2.Is it rude to provide registry info on your invitation? (This is for the shower I am throwing) Should I just not put it and see if people ask?
3.What’s your thought on not opening gifts at a shower? Personally I would love to, but we are planning on having 50 people (the shower I am throwing)…..that might take a while. Should I have DH help me & have a friend write down the gifts for us so we can get through them faster?
4.Should we have games at the co-ed shower? Or do you think BBQ’ing, hanging out, gifts & cake are enough for a co-ed group?
That’s all I can think of for now….I’m sure other questions will come up! Lol!
I’ve been to many showers that are thrown by the person who is having the baby. My husband and I are not asking for presents. How can it be so tacky to throw your own shower but ok to put your registry on your invitation? If it helps I wont call it a shower I’ll call in a BBQ. Every place I’ve looked online they say its more and more common for the expecting parents to throw a shower. No family has offered & even if they did I wouldn’t want to burden them with that. I’m having a hard enough time letting my friends throw a shower. Its not a party to get presents either. It my husband and I throwing a party in honor of our unborn daughter. I don’t want a wedding reception. We’ve always said he would just have a big baby shower instead so that what I am doing.
Question #20:
Baby Shower Invites? In need of a good Poem?
I am throwing a Baby Shower & it's a Rock Star theme! I need a good poem or something to go on an invitation. If you can help me come up with something cute I would be grateful. It is a little boy if that helps!She is due April 26th :)
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