Baby Showers!

[pandorica]

I didn't see another baby shower thread, so hopefully this is ok.

I love seeing/hearing about everyone's baby showers!

Are you having one (or more)? Is this your first baby?
Is there a theme? What did you/will you wear? Did people purchase off of your registry?

Share pictures and details!

[pooh8402]

Okay I'll answer for my first.

I had 2 showers for my first.

One was hosted by my moms, sister, and a friend, and it was the friends/family shower. It was held at my friend's house. The theme was a secret from me, but it was a storybook theme. I loved it. Especially since we requested no cards, just books. I wore a cute maxi dress from Anthropologie that I had purchased years before and it was perfect for a spring baby shower, and it still fit, lol.

The second was a smaller shower given by my coworkers, held at a local restaurant. It was Aggie themed, lol. I wore a maroon dress from Pink Blush Maternity (bonus, it still looks good even without a belly).

Both were around 32 ish weeks. People purchased from the registry mostly, but I did get plenty of items that I didnt register for (mostly handmade or sentimental type items, many of which I loved).


This time around, a local friend is doing a small diapers and gift cards shower. I'll be 36w3d then and now I'm just hoping to make it that far, lol. I have a black maxi dress that I'm planning to wear, nothing fancy. I have a registry, but only for the completion discount and I haven't shared it with anyone unless they specifically ask (so my mom, an aunt, and my sisters).

[icedcoffee]

I had a shower for my first. It was hosted by my mom and sister at my house. The theme was "Finding Nemo/Dory". The only things really in theme were the napkins, diaper cake and regular cake. I wore this dress in pink: www.seraphine.com/en-us/knot-front-cap-sleeved-dress-pink.html

Almost 95% of the gifts we received were from the registry. We were so lucky and I think it's related to having a good registry with a lot of options in various price points and being team Green.

It was held at 30w3d which I felt was a little early, but we had limited choices for weekends and it worked out great. I felt great and had plenty of time to get stuff organized after.

As far as I know there will be no shower/sprinkle/etc. for me this time around and I'm A-OK with it. I will register, but not share it with anyone unless specifically asked about it. Most of my friends are Jewish and never even had 1 shower so 2 showers would probably be super scandalous! LOL

[Susie]

I'm on my 2nd baby but don't think I'll ever get a baby shower.  My SIL's bridal shower and my SIL/brother's wedding both fell between about 24 and 34 weeks in my first pregnancy, and at the same time my mom was in the final year of a 6 year battle with ovarian cancer.  Our family has some geographic spread, and it was like the family's collective time and attention for that period was spent on the wedding and no one thought of doing a shower for me.  I registered, but it was mostly for my own completion discount.  A couple people sent gifts.

The dress I wore to SIL's bridal shower is still available:

www.seraphine.com/en-us/emerald-sleeveless-maxi-knot-dress.html

It was very forgiving and comfortable, although I had to hem it because I'm short.  I wore a heavily altered BM dress for the wedding.

No plans for a shower this time either since it's my 2nd, and only 3.5 years later.  I'm doing a registry again; I actually debated whether it was gauche to not set it to "private" this time but I figure no one will know about it unless they go looking, and if they went looking, it's probably helpful.  I expect it's just for the completion discount again though.  It's mostly smaller stuff:  clothes, bedding, cute swaddles, replacement pump parts/bottle nipples, new pacis.  I'm having the opposite sex this time.

I won't lie, I don't really need a whole lot but I do feel a little sad that my family hasn't wanted to celebrate my babies.

[scm1011]

I had 3 showers with my 1st (my family, dh's family out of state, and local friends). 95% of people used the registry, which I was thankful for. There were no official themes, unless you count the "lets go against steph's wishes and make her really uncomfortable" theme that my inlaws took by inviting people I asked them no to and then ending the day telling me I was a mean and cold person and making me cry. But I digress, lol.

There will be no showers this time around. DS is only 2 and we're pretty well set up.

[cherryvalance]

I had three showers for DS. The main shower was hosted by my mom at a restaurant. Her theme was "boy" lol. She just basically decorated with baby blue and "It's a boy" stuff. It was cute and we had great food.

Another was an informal backyard barbeque my in laws threw for us when we were visiting. It was nice to be able to celebrate with both sides since we live about 800 miles apart.

Both showers were MDW and the week after, so I think I was about 31 weeks or so. I wore the same dress to both--navy blue maxi with bright pink flower pattern.

My job always throws a nice little shower and a bunch of people bring in gifts. It's very sweet. They did the same for me this time, but that will be my only shower.

[latte]

This is my first, but I am unsure about a shower. My mom said she would throw me one if no one else did, which sounds funny, but she is the type to buy presents, not throw showers. I don’t really want one under those circumstances, haha! My husband said my SIL was planning one, but no one has said anything, so I am not expecting that to happen. And with my friends that live here, it’s weird, because my one group of friends, who would usually throw the shower, have kind of fallen apart since I got pregnant (my IVF worked, and someone else’s didn’t, so she hasn’t talked to me since). My best friends all live about 6 hours away, so that also won’t happen.

So long story short, I plan on not having one. I don’t even necessarily want one, I just wished I had someone who wanted to throw me one. That sounds so “Oh poor me 🙄,” which is not how I mean it, it’s just kind of hard to explain.

[namasteak]

I had a small family shower before DS1, nothing for DS2 (totally fine because it was my second boy) and I am hoping that I'll get one for DS3. Everyone knows that we lost everything but our favorite clothes so we have to rebuy a lot.

[jade]

I had a shower with my first that my friend hosted. It was small, around 12 people, but fun. Most people bought off the registry. I can't really remember what I wore, but I think my mom got that outfit for me. I don't remember how far along I was but I do remember it snowed really hard the day before and everyone had to get super creative about where to park at my friend's house. No theme that I remember.

No idea if anyone is planning anything this time around. I probably won't register because I don't want very much stuff.

My knitting group also has a shower for all babies so we have a reason to knit cute baby things. Last time there were 4 us all due within 5 months so I think mine was held when DS was a month old or so? This time they are planning another one, but not till the fall so they can knit sweaters and hats and things for the winter.

[dreamcrisp1]

My mom and sister are throwing me a shower when I go home to visit. It’ll be early - 25 weeks - but it’s the only time I’ll be home. My MBA friends have talked about throwing me a shower as well but I have no idea.

My sister is doing a floral theme. I have asked for books instead of cards. I don’t know any other details. I can’t really register as I love abroad so I don’t really understand how a shower works lol.

I haven’t found a dress yet as I hate most maternity dresses since they’re so frumpy looking. I want a nice, fitted lace dress. I may just get a regular dress a size up and see if that works.

[brooklyn]

My mom and MIL co-hosted a shower for me last time. My MIL insisted on serving cold cuts, which I couldn’t eat. 🙄 Thankfully my mom provided bagels because she loves me at least. We got a lot of great stuff for DS1, and other than the MIL drama (she also yelled at me for throwing away garbage in the garbage bag closest to me instead of in the one she was holding) I had a great time with friends and family.

Now I’m pregnant again 5.5 years later, and it’s unclear if I get another shower. I’d love one since we’ve donated most of DS’s baby stuff, but I’m now 32 weeks and haven’t heard of any planning yet, so who knows. I made an amazon registry for our personal use, and I’m hoping family stumbles upon it to help us out, but I’m trying to be mature and not beg, lol. We no longer talk to crazy MIL for a variety of other reasons, so she’s definitely not hosting again!

[poppyseed]

I had a baby bird theme with my DD. We got mostly stuff from our registry and really didn’t need much else, which was great.

I am having a shower for this baby, because of the age gap and him being a boy. We did save some big items like the crib, dresser, swing and pack and play but need some basics and two of my friends approached us and offered to throw a shower which was super nice. Theme is Adventure Awaits! Looks super cute so far, I’m very excited and very grateful.

I think I’m going to order a dress to wear today from Pink Blush because their dresses are 30% off today.

[pandorica]

This is our first child. I was supposed to have 4 showers (yikes!) but the one my ILs planned was supposed to happen during a big snow storm and so we didn't feel comfortable driving the 5 hours through that for it (cue the drama 🙄).

I just had a work one last week for work at 31 weeks. It was great! We got lots of stuff off of our registry and everyone was so nice and generous.

I may be having another work one with a different department, but it's supposed to be next week and apparently no one has heard anything about it, so I'm not sure what's happening there.

My mom is throwing me a shower for family/friends at 34 weeks. I think the theme is woodland/animals. The invites were super cute, but that's all I know! Oh, and she requested books instead of cards, so that's nice.

I currently have 2 maternity dresses that I need to try on again, because I'm not sure how I feel about either one and which I should wear. I wish I could wear some of the pretty maxi maternity dresses I'm seeing (especially in February!) but it seems I'm too tall and they always look way too short on me.

I haven't gotten any clothes from people yet and don't expect to get a ton, so I used that as an excuse to buy too many over the weekend 🤣 baby clothes are too cute!

[pooh8402]

pandorica, try Wren and Ivory for dresses. They run super long, and are designed to look good with and without a belly.

[kellikans]

For my first I had two showers - one that my coworkers threw, another that my MIL and SIL planned.

The shower with my coworkers was a fox/woodland theme. One of my friends/coworkers is a great party planner as well, so it was done really well. I wore a black maxi dress with a jean jacket. Gifts were a mix of registry items and other things. Everyone was actually so incredibly generous and I actually got most of my big ticket items from my coworkers. It was mostly women, except one male coworker and the husband of the girl whose house it was at. DH showed up in the middle of it.

The second shower was at my MIL's house a few hours away. It was a dual shower (co-ed) with my other SIL (she was 25 weeks I think and I was 31 weeks). It was a vintage circus theme. I actually wasn't even able to go since 2 days before I wound up in the hospital overnight with bleeding and my OB put me on bedrest and didn't want me traveling 3 hours away (I had a pretty high-risk pregnancy with DS). So DH went down to represent and just brought all the gifts home the next day. Again, it was a mix of registry/non-registry items. I had this great dress I never got to wear, so that was a little sad. (www.amazon.com/gp/product/B077GFWL8R/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00__o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1)

With this baby, I'm not sure if I'll have a shower or not. MIL said something about it, but I'd rather not have one.

[oliviapope]

My sister is throwing my shower. We're liking an April Showers or a book theme. I can't decide.

No idea what I will wear but something with flowers and possibly some mint and pink as that is the theme of the baby's room.

I hope people buy off the registry. I don't need much and I added clothes because I know people love to gift those even though I won't really need any.

[jennistarr1]

I got SO many non-registry gifts. It was annoying. I really don't know how to avoid it. I basically had had 2 totes of stuff that I took to babies r us first (not an options now), then target, then walmart. I think between those 3 I was able to rid myself of most of it and had some sizeable gift cards that I used down the line which was nice. My husband fought me a bit on that, but i pressed on. For example, we had like a dozen baby washes. He was like "we'll use them eventually" and i was like "i'd rather not give up my house space". There was a good amount of things I was straight up stuck with. A few of those things were useful, most just got donated.

[gastro]

I’ve had no showers and have never shared my registry.
Baby #1 - we were living abroad and baby showers weren’t really a thing. I was not at all disappointed.
Baby #2 - I had a lovely lunch hosted by my closet friends. No games, etc. I asked for no gifts but did a receive a few small things like books, outfits, and a few handmade things.
Baby #3 - A few close friends have mentioned they’d like to host a brunch or lunch - I’m okay with that as long as no games and no gifts.

I love to host and attend showers just never wanted one for myself.

[zarapipe]

I had a small shower for dd1, 9 years ago this month!!! Ahh time flies
Nothing for dd2 and likely nothing for this one. My work may do cake a punch with people bringing a pack of diapers or wipes, but that would be it.

[shauni27]

Jan 28, 2019 13:31:31 GMT -5 melmaria said:

My mom, sister, and SIL are hosting a coed shower for us which is going to be rather large - my H has a big family. But I’m excited because it will be a very untraditional shower - more like a relaxed hangout with family and friends and food/booze, and no dumb games. I’m not even going to open gifts (honestly, there will be too many people there to sit through that process). The only theme is that people are being asked to bring a baby/board book instead of a card, to build the baby’s library.

My coworkers have also mentioned throwing me a small work shower but I don’t know for sure that’s happening yet.

ETA: yes this is my first baby.

I don't go here any more, but I cannot stop lurking, lol. So I thought I would chime in.

This is what we did as well. There were probably over 100 people? My in laws and BFF and sister hosted it at the ski area we run. There were yard games (corn hole, volley ball), kegs and cocktails. Tons of BBQ. Swimming in the creek (it was friggin 100 stupid degrees). It was super casual, a ton of people, lots of fun and enjoyable. There was no theme and no gift opening (we asked people not to wrap their gifts so everyone could ooh and aw on their own looking at them--but most people did wrap them anyway).

Other than how stupid hot it was, it was a great event.

[hazel]

This is my first. I will have two showers. My family/friend shower is next weekend when I'll be 32 weeks. It looks like people are starting to buy off the registry. Yay! I bought a dress from Pink Blush, but it hasn't arrived yet. I hope I like it in person as well. I don't think there is a theme.

I'll have another shower at work. That date has not been chosen, although I expect it will be in March so I'll be at least 36 weeks.

[woowoo]

My big shower will be early (25 weeks) since I'll be in town already for work and it was easiest to do then. Since I live far away, a lot of people are ordering off the amazon or target registries and shipping, which is so nice. It will be loosely travel themed.

My friends in my new city will be throwing me a very small (like 5 people) shower here so my MIL can attend one (she won't fly to the Midwest in the winter). Work may also end up throwing me a small one too, we'll see.

I bought a fitted dress off pink blush.

[pinkalicious]

I will be having 2 showers. My mom and sister are throwing one, which is for my family and friends. It will be nautical themed. Shower is March 10, I’m due April 1. Cutting it close! So far, we’ve gotten some gifts shipped to us, all off our registry, including high chair, travel system, and extra car seat base. I know I’m wearing an adorable navy blue with white polka dots dress from pink blush to this shower.

My MIL is also throwing a shower for DH’s family and her friends. That one is 2 weeks before my mom’s shower, and is “a little man is on the way” themed with bow ties and mustaches. I don’t know that they will shop off the registry(s), but whatever. It’s the thought that counts. No idea what to wear to this shower, nothing too nice though, because the family will show up in jeans and hoodies.