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Originally Posted by Lead543
When I was born a baby shower was thrown for me and I'm the third child. But, my mom had also moved about 10 times by then, had no baby gear and was new in town. If you have a lot of "stuff" from the first child still just have a meet the baby event. Everyone wants to see a new baby and a lot of people don't get a chance to.
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Generally showers occur 1 -3 months before the baby is born... so it's not really about meeting the baby.
Personal Rant:
In the past month, I have received 3 bridal shower invitations, 2 baby shower invitations, and 2 wedding invites. All from people I may have said hello to i the workplace once. The baby showers are all second babies, I was not invited to the first baby shower. I barely know these people, in fact one of the wedding invites I had to ask someone else who this person was because I didn't know them. Showers -- called showers - and an excuse to get stuff from people. I have no intention of attending any of these events, but etiquette tells me I still should send a small gift with my regrets.
Wetting the babies head at the local pub is a nice tradition... getting crap from every woman you have ever met in your life is a tradition that needs to stop.