question re: baby showers
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Topic: question re: baby showers
Posted By: Tastic
Subject: question re: baby showers
Date Posted: 29 December 2006 at 10:10pm
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I was going to hold one of these when I was pregnant with Aidan, but since Ive had him already my question is...
Can I still have one? I didn't have one with Bailey and was really looking forward to it! Trish |
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Posted By: kezplanet
Date Posted: 29 December 2006 at 10:24pm
I dont see why not .... given the circumstances!! Any reason to have a break and a bit of a laugh is a good reason!! ------------- Kerryn, Mum to Ashlyn(29/3/04), Anastasia(1/11/05) & Abigail (24/02/09) |
Posted By: 11111
Date Posted: 29 December 2006 at 10:36pm
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I can't see why not I really feel like I missed out I never had one with either of my boy's. I think you totally deserve to chill out relax a little with some good friend's. ------------- Deborah Mum to:   
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Posted By: kezplanet
Date Posted: 29 December 2006 at 10:42pm
I never had one with my girls, doesn't seem to be as big over here as it was in Sydney, never mind maybe with #3 ------------- Kerryn, Mum to Ashlyn(29/3/04), Anastasia(1/11/05) & Abigail (24/02/09) |
Posted By: Rachael21
Date Posted: 30 December 2006 at 9:32am
| Yeah you so can I've heard of people having them after bubs was born |
Posted By: james
Date Posted: 30 December 2006 at 10:04am
i dont see why not trish and you will still need things for bubs and it gives you r friendsandfam a way to help you out  ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 30 December 2006 at 11:45am
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Trish, a friend of mine had her baby shower after she had her first as she didn't know what she was having and wanted thing for the sex of the baby. I found it a lot easier to get her something that way, and we got to met him as well. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 30 December 2006 at 11:51am
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You could always have a baby shower in the sense of welcome home Aidan, either just before (like a usual baby shower is just before birth) or soon after you do get him home if you want to show him off to everyone. -------------  |
Posted By: lil_miss
Date Posted: 30 December 2006 at 1:07pm
Perhaps even tie it in with the date he would have been born? :)
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Posted By: busymum
Date Posted: 30 December 2006 at 1:32pm
"Happy Due Date Aidan!" lol Good idea  ------------- |
Posted By: caraMel
Date Posted: 30 December 2006 at 10:03pm
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Yeah one of my friends also had an early Bub and had her baby shower after he got home.
Go for it Trish, they are so fun! ------------- Mel, Mummy to E: 6, B: 4 and: 
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 11:11am
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Yah...I dont see why not!!
Go for it!!  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 03 January 2007 at 1:53pm
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I totally agree....no reason not to hold a celebration of some kind - whether it is called a shower or not. He deserves to be celebrated!!!
I found this on another site too - someone asked the same question for a baby of a friend of theirs and they wanted to host a shower and werent sure whether to or not or if it was too late... answer - "No, it is not too late. What if it was an oveseas adoption and it took six months of paperwork and travel? What if it was a set of quintuplets born four weeks premature and kept in the hospital for two months? What if you were in a military marriage and you couldn't get home from Europe for a full year? See? There are many good reasons for having a baby shower based on your schedule, and not on a set time frame before or after birth. The only thing you must be sure to do, is to have the invitations clearly state when the baby was born - so people who might want to buy clothes don't buy too small." Trish ours is going to state no newborn clothing cause one she is set up already and too she is likely to be too big for it...same possibly for Aidan when he comes home? also can a friend or family member host it for you - i cant imagine you need the stress of people calling and asking what you want / need etc...and someone else could then do that for you..im using my mum to do that job and guide people.... |
Posted By: Vixsta
Date Posted: 05 January 2007 at 12:15pm
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Yes of course you can and we have decided to have a baby shower BBQ as its Ivans baby to and i dont see why he should have to miss out just because its labled as a girly thing so we have decided on a BBQ and inviting everyone rather than just girls why should it be just girls ? its for the baby rather than the mum anyways and well Aidan is still to come home and your friends would love the opertunity to pamper you at this stage im sure !!
Go for it ill be there ------------- 
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Posted By: MyMinis
Date Posted: 06 January 2007 at 2:46pm
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Go for it chick
I never had one with Haleigh, but that was mainly because I was in a new town where I knew noone. I would love one this time round for this baby, they seem like so much fun. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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