Please don't wrap the gift???

[Burnedout]

As a church group we have showers for all the babies. Depending upon the situation we do gifts, or not. I can't imagine not celebrating every baby.

 

[ten6mom]

I was thrown a small baby shower for my second son by my work friends. There are only about 2.5 years between him and my older son. I received mostly diapers which was perfect!

All the gifts were wrapped.

I asked around at work and so far none of the girls here have ever heard of or been invited to a shower with no gift wrapping.

 

[kamik86]

My thoughts...

I could see not wanting to take the time to unwrap everything... it was pretty long at the last few showers I went to.

I don't mind everyone knowing what I brought I mean if they unwrap the presents that happens too so nothing really changed there. Maybe its because the last two showers I went to were for cousin's I wasn't that close to so no one expected me to be giving the most lavish gifts anyway.

Now I don't haev to realize the day before that I completely forgot to get a gift bag or wrap it or a card etc. I am good at remembering the present but forget all that other stuff.

As for having a shower for a second child, as long as you don't expect as much, mostly diapers and clothes and littler things I think a second one is ok... every baby should be celebrated.

 

[Ciao Mickey]

You laugh but there was a thread on the DIS one year talking about that very thing. Some people don't.

To me, walking into a room with an unwrapped gift is like walking into a room naked.

To each his own.

 

[AlohaKeke]

I just had my shower this past weekend. On Crate and Barrel's registry they ask if you want to 'go green' and not have gifts wrapped. I didn't think much of it at the time since I was thinking of it applying to gifts that are shipped to me.

Only a few people noticed that the registry said that, and even then everything was in boxes so even without the wrapping paper it is still a surprise as to what is inside the box.

 

[aprilpeter]

I like to wrap the gifts whether they are purchased from the gift registry of off the registry. A gift is always meant for surprises and people are always curious about what they are going to receive as a gift.

 

[Aliceacc]

A shower for a SECOND CHILD? I wouldn't even bother to attend that- after the shower for a first child, showers for second or more kids are just greedy.

As each of my sisters and my sister in law got pregant with our 2nd and 3rd kids, my mom planned a 'sisters shower."

We all got some new clothes and odds and ends for the baby. It was a wonderful excuse to get together and ensure that not ALL the clothes would be hand-me-downs. (We did pass a lot of clothes on from one to the next, just as we did maternity clothes.)

But a "real" shower for a 2nd or 3rd child?? No, not under normal circumstances for anyone I know. I see a huge difference between "celebrating the baby"-- we do that with a Christening and both genders get to celebrate-- and another shower.

 

[Burnedout]

Not all christen. Our church doesn't. You had a shower past the first one. So really, what is your point. It is ok for you and your circumstance but not others!

 

[Aliceacc]

Not all christen. Our church doesn't. You had a shower past the first one. So really, what is your point. It is ok for you and your circumstance but not others!

First of all, I'm certainly not the arbiter of "what is OK"... I was just speaking of my own experiences. And mine does include a Christening for each child.

Secondly, as I explained, the "sister's shower" was for my sisters and sister in law. It wasn't for my neighbors or coworkers or cousins. It was for the women in my world with whom I'm closest. We all would have bought a gift anyway. As I explained, the sisters shower merely gave us the excuse to get together.

Do as you choose; I certainly don't care. But the fact that your opinion or experiences don't agree with mine doesn't make mine any less valild, or call for any sort of defensiveness on your part.