Baby Shower Etiquette
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I've been a member of this community for a while now, and my son (that's him in the userpic) was born last July. I should probably pause here to mention that I'm not having another baby... yet! Maybe later in the year :)
I'm here because I have a question for you all about baby shower wording.
See, my friend (let's call her K) from mother's group has found herself pregnant with baby #2. The age difference between her daughter and this new bub will be somewhere in the ballpark of 13 months, depending on exactly when in September #2 decides to make his/her debut. Suffice to to say that #2 was a 'surprise!' baby (particularly as K has PCOS and it apparently took nine months to conceive #1, so the fact that baby #2 was conceived almost immediately afterwards when using contraception and when K thought that she had already ovulated that month makes it something of a 'meant to be' baby - and they're pretty happy, albeit shocked!)
K told me a month or two ago that when she was pregnant with #1, she had to throw her own baby shower. I thought that this was pretty sad, actually (you shouldn't have to do it yourself!), so I offered to throw her one for this new baby.
The thing is, because their first child is still a baby herself, K and her husband basically have most of what they need for the new baby already, especially if it turns out to be another girl. (They're not planning to find out, incidentally, so clothing is a moot point anyway.) What they really need are the 'big ticket' items - another cot, another carseat, a double pram etc.
My question is this: how would you word a baby shower invitation to tell people the above - that they mostly already have what they need for the new baby, so if people are inclined toward giving gifts, a donation towards one of the big things that they do need would actually be the most appreciated?
TL;DR: I need to know how to word my friend's baby shower invitation to ask people to donate money for a pram instead of buying a thousand tiny onesies that they don't need.
I've been a member of this community for a while now, and my son (that's him in the userpic) was born last July. I should probably pause here to mention that I'm not having another baby... yet! Maybe later in the year :)
I'm here because I have a question for you all about baby shower wording.
See, my friend (let's call her K) from mother's group has found herself pregnant with baby #2. The age difference between her daughter and this new bub will be somewhere in the ballpark of 13 months, depending on exactly when in September #2 decides to make his/her debut. Suffice to to say that #2 was a 'surprise!' baby (particularly as K has PCOS and it apparently took nine months to conceive #1, so the fact that baby #2 was conceived almost immediately afterwards when using contraception and when K thought that she had already ovulated that month makes it something of a 'meant to be' baby - and they're pretty happy, albeit shocked!)
K told me a month or two ago that when she was pregnant with #1, she had to throw her own baby shower. I thought that this was pretty sad, actually (you shouldn't have to do it yourself!), so I offered to throw her one for this new baby.
The thing is, because their first child is still a baby herself, K and her husband basically have most of what they need for the new baby already, especially if it turns out to be another girl. (They're not planning to find out, incidentally, so clothing is a moot point anyway.) What they really need are the 'big ticket' items - another cot, another carseat, a double pram etc.
My question is this: how would you word a baby shower invitation to tell people the above - that they mostly already have what they need for the new baby, so if people are inclined toward giving gifts, a donation towards one of the big things that they do need would actually be the most appreciated?
TL;DR: I need to know how to word my friend's baby shower invitation to ask people to donate money for a pram instead of buying a thousand tiny onesies that they don't need.