So, my cousin is pregnant with her second child now, her first is a little girl Mackenzie who is now four. So of course the whole family was so excited to hear about the pregnancy and started getting all hyped up on whether it would be a boy or a girl! My cousin wants a boy being that she plans on only having two kids and would like one of each. I on the other hand am hoping for it to be a girl, just because I love Mackenzie and think it would be fun for her to have a little sister to play with. Well the day finally came last week and my cousin found out she will be having a BOY! She was so happy and I am very happy for her.
Now here is the thing, I guess I really never knew that you normally only have a baby shower for your first child, but apparently thats how it goes. Well I say this, because being that my cousin is now having a boy and needs boy clothes, boy toys, and all the other boy things that come with it she feels she should have a baby shower for him. Granted she does have pretty much everything she would need for a new baby, however, most of that stuff is pink. My Mom of course put her opinion in and said no way you only have a baby shower for your first kid, and will get prensents for the boy when he is born. I feel that is true, but I just don't know what I would do in that position. What do you think?
I have heard about only having a baby shower for your first child and that's it. I remember my roommate and I once were having a discussion about this and I actually googled it and found multiple opinions that swayed both ways. I guess I would only have one baby shower due to the fact that I wouldn't want to be perceived as greedy. But that's just me! : )
ReplyDeleteI've actually never heard anything about how many baby showers a person should have. I think it depends because sometimes women are thrown more than one baby shower by different people; even if they are only having one child. Also, I think if your first child was a girl, and your second a boy, why not have another one? Of course you could use some of the bigger items from your first shower for your newborn, but you would still need clothes and other things. I think that even if a big shower wasn't thrown that friends and family would still be buying gifts for the new baby because people can't seem to resist. I think it's a time to celebrate and that no one should feel bad about having more than one.
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