Did you have a baby shower for baby #2?
I could see having a shower if I was having a girl but since it's a boy, I hAve all boys things already!!
What did you do?
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My friends had a little sprinkle for us. Our babies are opposite genders but everyone just got is diapers for presents.
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I'm having a little sprinkle. Same gender.
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Different sex, no shower.
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What's with sprinkle?! Lol
@Truth Bombs: that's a good idea!
@travellingbee: your are!
do you even do a registry like the first
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Yes, same gender but I had two smaller showers/sprinkles mostly because I didn't have one the first time and people offered.
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opposite sex but no shower. just a girls' dinner party with food and one cute gift.
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Oh wow, sprinkle. Very cute! It took my preggo brain a minute to grasp that
lol
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Not really. I have a group of 4 mom friends. We all had our first within two months of one another. We all had our second within the last year (and all were the same sex as our first). None of us knew one another until we had our first, so we obviously didn't attend first baby showers. We had events ranging from full baby showers to very small (just us) events. I was clear that I only wanted an event with the four of us (well, and my mom was included). I would have felt uncomfortable with a larger event (though I was happy to do it for one of the others.)
I had a large first shower, so asking for more was not okay with me. Plus, I really, really didn't want anything else. I already had everything I needed.
We planned the events through the husbands, and I think the lists the husbands developed really dictated the events. I was last, and I told my husband not to give them a list, haha
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Nope. But if someone had offered to throw me a sprinkle, I would've accepted. All babies deserve to be celebrated!!!
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Pregnant with my second girl, by we were team green with our first so everything I received at my first shower was neutral anyway. No shower or sprinkle planned for this one which is totally fine with me. The only things we need are diapers really and a few small items I could always ask for for Christmas if I don't want to buy them (baby is due in December). I haven't been to or been invited to a second shower. But, now more and more friends have babies so we can share the short term use items anyway (like a friend with a one year old could lend me her bouncer, I lent her our jumperoo when my 2 year old out grew it...).
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Friends wanted to throw me a sprinkle, but I declined and opted for a girls day instead (spa, dinner). Will just be having a small shower at work. I tried to decline that too, but apparently I don't get a say
Eta: I'll be having a second girl
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We had a family BBQ and we got gift cards to go toward a double stroller.
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I threw a sprinkle for my sister (same sex). She and my friends threw a sprinkle for me (different sex).
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@jh524: My SIL wanted to throw me one. No gifts necessary but people will probably bring some diapers.
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No second shower for me. In my circle showers are for the mom welcoming her to motherhood. No second shower needed.
All of mine are the same sex.
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I had a second girl and had casual co-ed shower/BBQ. I never got a shower for #1 because she came 10 weeks early.
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I didn't feel the need for another shower, but my sister & mom really wanted to do something for me. They're hosting a sprinkle when I'm in town for Thanksgiving & it'll be just family & some good girlfriends. I think my sister mostly just likes hosting parties! Plus, #2 is a girl (our first is a boy), so we welcome the cute clothes!
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No, but it's not really done in our area so the only one I have ever been to people complained was tacky.
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No shower, different gender.
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No shower, same gender. My mom asked if I wanted to do something small and I said no! I didn't really need anything at all for our second baby.
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We were TG both times. I feel like showers are celebrating a new mom, so I didn't want one the second go around. I had two cousins pregnant at the same time as me though, and our aunts threw a joint surprise shower while we were at a family reunion. It was very sweet of them, but I felt mildly uncomfortable with everyone getting us presents again, even if it was just diapers.
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No shower for my 2nd or 3rd. I have all girls and they are pretty close in age. 1 & 2 are only 16 months apart!
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No shower and different gender
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In my circle second showers are common even when close in age and same gender. I use "circle" loosely...this is my obligatory circle.
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My coworkers threw a baby shower with cake and a diaper cake and a generous gift card saying that every baby should be celebrated! This is the same team that already threw me a shower for ds1! I was so truly touched as we were also having our second boy.
No personal shower or sprinkle but we were overwhelmed with the gifts sent from friends and family near and far for ds2.
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No shower, different gender. We are getting gifts in the mail now that he is here though! But no registry or anything like that, just outfits and stuff for big sister. I have nothing against anyone who has a shower for #2+ but I do see showers as sort of a first baby thing.
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My work friends are throwing me a shower for baby #2, too! We're team green for the second time, so we have most of what we need. I'm sort of embarrassed about the shower and I tried to decline it, but I also feel touched that they insisted.
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I had a shower for LO2 but it was a boy and LO1 was a girl. I also never had a shower for LO1.
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Different sex, no shower or sprinkle. I'm kinda anti-2nd showers and didn't want one (we were team green for both pregnancies, so we didn't know the sex).
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I had a little sprinkle at work and a family get together/sprinkle it was very casual!
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I will be honest, I really think you can go either way these days. There are so many people who are all "no showers past the first child, no matter what, it is gift grabby" and then eventually, they stop caring about what everyone else is doing.
I personally don't know anyone that has flat out refused to go to a second shower on the grounds of etiquette, lol.
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My plan was nothing for this baby if it was another boy (which it is). For a girl we were going to have a sprinkle.
My husbands family is extremely generous and they love to spoil kids (and the nieces and nephews that are adults). I'm sure we will still receive diapers and some things as they are asking to do a diaper party.
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My friends threw me a shower for my second this past weekend. We were TG with both, but they are different seasons. I had a stillbirth in between these 2 pregnancies, so I think it was as much to celebrate and get excited about this baby as to give gifts. Either way, it was very special and I appreciated it so much.
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No shower, close in age and same sex.
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I'm having a different sex and a really close friend is offering to throw me a sprinkle, even though I said no. We're keeping it strictly to family vs a big ole party like we did for DS.
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Second showers have not been done in my circle and I'm not really a fan anyway. All babies can be celebrated without having an event where it is expected to bring a gift. I love baby clothes so I always give a few outfits and a pack of diapers no matter what number child or sex someone is having but I don't like the obligatory gift giving of a shower.
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@looch: I did! A friend wanted to throw a shower for my second but I don't think it's good etiquette. I am also at a stage in my life where friends have celebrated my wedding and first child while some of them are neither married nor have kids and it makes me uncomfortable to have them always gifting me things. But then, I'm also the type to request no gifts for baptisms/birthdays.
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@meredithNYC: I meant that you, as a guest, refused to attend.
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I did, only because #2 was a different sex and 7 years after #1, so it was like starting all over again.
I would not have had a full blown shower had it been otherwise, but I believe a small sprinkle or sip n see after the baby is born is okay. All babies should be celebrated!
do you even do a registry like the first
lol
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