baby shower etiquette for 2nd baby?

[mickey&minnie04]

Maybe what is different for my family is that there are no registries involved.....the mother to be is thankful for any gift received, but nothing is expected by anyone. I am very thankful to be from a family that wants to celebrate something so beautiful as often as it may occur....now if it was the Duggars then we might have to rethink !!

 

[live4christp1]

My niece didn't have a shower for the 2nd one, about 18 months apart. Her mother-in-law did host a luncheon though just for family and we brought gifts, we would have given them anyway.

 

[K and K's Mommy]

No second showers in this area. I've got friends/family with 2, 3, or 4, and I've only been to one. That was a second marriage with the sibling being 7 years old.

I do bring a gift after the baby is born.

I don't think this has been mentioned, but as a mom of three, I wouldn't have wanted another shower. I had way more than any one baby needed!

 

[Crystal0608]

My ds was born 15 months after my dd and yes I was given two 2nd baby showers- work and my hubby's bf (now deceased) and my mama gave me a small one at my house. I had all the major stuff, but boy clothes and diapers were appreciated!

I'm from the south and from the area I'm from gives showers for baby #2, #3, etc as well. I've been to plenty of them myself.

 

[AKL_Megs]

I have a cousin who went the "Second Baby Shower" route. I believe she got a nice card from us. Hopefully she remembered all of the lovely things we got her OTHER son only 12 months earlier...

 

[pooh4evr]

like others have said I think it depends on the situation- a large gap between kids or a different sex after a few of the same (we have 3 girls, and if we had a boy as our 4th then maybe) but for a second one just 15 months apart i would say No- - now if you are with a new job or something then they might want to give something.