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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don't have a problem with shower for #2, but when I was invited to my friend's baby shower for #4, I had to decline. That is TACKY. After you have had 3 babies and you are on your THIRD boy, there is no reason what so ever to have another shower.  I'd be so embarrassed.[/quote]

Ever hear of a shower just for consumable items? Things like diapers, diaper cream, baby shampoo, etc. All of the 2d and 3d showers that I've attended were of that nature (though sometimes people brought blankets and things). Those things are always needed, first.  Second, for the showers I've attended, we are talking a small group of friends, small gifts, [b]celebrating[/b] mom and baby. I don't care if it is the first or the fourth. I don't see that there is anything tacky about it. 
(FWIW, I only have one DC so have not had a second shower; indeed, my first was super small).

What a bunch of delicate flowers some of you are. Honestly . . . [/quote]

My circle of friends includes mothers of 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 children.  We have a shower for every new baby.  It is a time to celebrate friendship, motherhood, and a new life.  We treat the mom-to-be to lunch or breakfast, and the presents are small treats for the mother (chocolate, massage oil, bath salts) or small treats for the baby (a diaper cake, a gift card to Target we all contribute to).  Sometimes, if several women are expecting at the same time, we have a shower for all of them at once, and just pass a card around.  When the babies are born, we arrange for a meal drop-off for at least the first two weeks, and often the meal is accompanied by another small gift.

I guess, possibly, if the shower includes a registry for expensive items, that could be tacky, but that is not the definition of shower that I know.  A shower is a time to share birth stories and sisterhood.  I love them, for baby #1 or #12 or whatever![/quote]

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