Do you find yourself spending less for gifts for second baby showers? We bought our friends a Fisher Price swing two years ago when they had their LO...wondering if I can get away with a smaller gift for their second child!
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I ususally do, each baby is special. 2nd babies don't need as expensive stuff though if the mom kept the first child's big things
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I usually spend the same amount... I typically base it on how well I know (and love) the parents-to-be
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I pretty much spend the same amount for all events like this (baby showers, wedding showers, kids' birthdays, etc...) unless it is family or a really close friend.
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It really depends but I find we do spend the same amount. We do buy different types of things though (clothes for a different gender then the first, always a book)
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I've never been to a second shower, but I still bring gifts to the hospital or home when I'm visiting. I will usually still spend the same amount..... I like to think that the first baby is just as special as the first
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I thought that second showers weren't usually done. I just talked a friend into having a diaper shower for her second, just because it's so fun to have a party and give gifts to people you love. But I'd always thought that baby showers were a first baby thing. I won't have a second one, or I guess if people really want to throw me one, I'll ask for no gifts.
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Some of my friends have been having "sprinkles" for their 2nd babies if it's a different gender. Kind of like a scaled down shower, and most of the gifts were smaller items like clothing or diapers. I didn't have another shower.
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We didn't do a second shower since we already were well-appointed.
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Depends on how well I know and care for the parentals.
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I would probably spend the same amount--I just love baby things and usually have trouble staying within a "budget" anyway!
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I've never been to a second shower-- all my friends are just on their firsts, and the few that have more than one have two of the same gender.
But if I did get invited to one, I'd do a smaller gift, I think. For a first time shower I get something practical off their registry, which I assume they would keep for the second, so the second one would get things like clothes or other things that would get worn out after the first. -
I do a smaller gift, usually clothing, because a second shower really is only appropriate if the second child is opposite gender, and even then should be a smaller, more intimate party (IMO). Depending on how close I am to the mom and dad, I spend more or less.
I always bring a small gift when visiting a new baby as well. -
I've never been to a second shower, but I do think all babies deserve a gift regardless of their birth order. I usually don't go overboard on the first shower anyway, so I tend to spend the same amount.
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I admit, I give smaller gifts if it's not the first baby. It wasn't a shower, but I gave my friend a much smaller gift for her newborn vs her first born. For her first, I helped throw her a shower and I think I got her a crib?! For her latest little man, I got her pack of clothes and baby toiletries (when I was in town). It's her 4th son, so I figured she still has quite a few things. But if I was in town for her shower, I'd probably would have gotten her something a little bigger.
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The only second showers I have been to are ones where I didn't go to the first. But I think it would all depend on my relationship with the person if I would spend the same or less.
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I don't go to second showers (sorry, the gift is not really "for" the baby, it's for mom and dad). If I did, I would get a smaller/less expensive gift for sure.
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My DH and I have been discussing this very thing lately! One of his cousins is having a 2nd (opposite gender) and the Mom is inviting 100 people to her shower! I was absolutely flabbergasted when I heard that. We got them a Diaper Genie the first time around, but this time we just got them an nice outfit.
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