Baby Shower Etiquette Third Child
Baby Shower Etiquette Third Child
Baby Showers are a beautiful way to celebrate the coming of a baby into the family. The Baby Shower party is thrown by friends or colleagues to get together with the mom-to-be and have a good time while bestowing gifts and good wishes on the mom as well as the baby. It can be a simple affair with a few close friends and family on an afternoon or it can be a big party with all the works including decorations, cakes, and games.
Planning A Baby Shower takes a lot of work. The hostess should ensure that the mom-to-be is as comfortable as possible and should take care that all the important people are invited. During the party, it is the hostess’s duty to ensure that all the guests are comfortable. It is a good idea to serve a few appetizers when the guests start arriving. It is also important to know how the guest is related to the parents-to-be. There can also be a “Guest of Honor” who can be a grandparent or a god parent. The party can be based on a theme like nursery rhymes or anything else relating to babies. The party would be more interesting with a few games like Naming the Baby, Rice Bowl, and Baby Guests. Small prizes like potpourri, candles, and candy can be given to the winners.
The gift opening can also be a grand affair with someone taking down the details of each gift and who it is from. This will make sending “thank-you” notes easier for the mom. Baby Showers also include favors which the mom gives to the guests. These may include small gifts like lotions or balms packed cutely in small bags. These are meant to say “thank you” to the guests for attending the baby shower. There are many websites that offer information as well as products for Baby Showers.
Baby Showers provides detailed information about baby showers, Baby Shower Decorations, Baby Shower Favors, and more. Baby Showers is affiliated with Personalized Baby Gifts.
Having a baby shower for a third child?
My cousin has just announced that she is having a baby shower for her third child (in seven years- siblings are just over 3 years apart). I understand it is to be a rather large affair, hosted by a number of enabling friends. Am I crazy or does this completely defy all etiquette rules?
No, you’re not crazy- just in the minority- which puts you in a very small group of people who actually know how to behave. Miss Manners & Emily Post are quite clear on this: baby showers outside of the first child are only socially acceptable if a- the mother has moved to a new town & has a new set of friends, or b- if there is a significant spread between children, such that the mother has gotten rid of all of her infant-related paraphernalia. Letting friends borrow it or wanting new ones or having a different sex child are not acceptable reasons. They are gauche gift-grabs, but still not acceptable reasons.
