NWR: Baby Shower For Sixth Kid

redoryx · May 2015

My sister lives OOT near some extended family and was invited to the baby shower for my cousin. It's their sixth kid and they already know it's a girl, which they have four of already.

My sister is smart and declining. Because, seriously. WTF.

mrsdee15 · May 2015

Yeah if I was invited to that I'd be like

If the second shower is a "sprinkle," what is the sixth? A droplet?

Edited to add a comma that was missing and it bothered me.

sophhabobopha · May 2015

chibiyui · May 2015

Ugh. At least she's not throwing it herself?

larrygaga · May 2015

Well when you have that many kids it's obviously not your fault and everyone else needs to support it!

redoryx · May 2015

chibiyui said:
Ugh. At least she's not throwing it herself?

She's not -- my aunt and other cousin are.

They are Catholic and don't use any form of birth control so this cousin will now have six kids and her other sister has, gah, I want to say six or seven. So, again, it's not like she doesn't have full on access to hand me downs.

KatWAG · May 2015

redoryx said:

chibiyui said:
Ugh. At least she's not throwing it herself?
She's not -- my aunt and other cousin are.

They are Catholic and don't use any form of birth control so this cousin will now have six kids and her other sister has, gah, I want to say six or seven. So, again, it's not like she doesn't have full on access to hand me downs.

Not to start this whole debate again, but birth control isn't the only way to prevent pregnancy.

redoryx · May 2015

KatWAG said:

redoryx said:

chibiyui said:
Ugh. At least she's not throwing it herself?
She's not -- my aunt and other cousin are.

They are Catholic and don't use any form of birth control so this cousin will now have six kids and her other sister has, gah, I want to say six or seven. So, again, it's not like she doesn't have full on access to hand me downs.
Not to start this whole debate again, but birth control isn't the only way to prevent pregnancy.

I wasn't speaking necessarily about medical birth control. What I meant to say was they don't do anything to actively prevent pregnancy.

banana468 · May 2015

Is this a full on shower or a sprinkle??

I know in my family, we celebrate every birth but no one thinks that mom gets to register - and she definitely doesn't get to pull the "where's a crib when we need one?" kind of BS.

charlottesmom0626 · May 2015

ugh. Entitlement.

My aunt is throwing a shower for my cousin; this time its a boy (her first was a girl) and they are 6 years apart; so I can sort of get it, but I still side-eyed my mom when she told me about it.

redoryx · May 2015

banana468 said:
Is this a full on shower or a sprinkle??

I know in my family, we celebrate every birth but no one thinks that mom gets to register - and she definitely doesn't get to pull the "where's a crib when we need one?" kind of BS.

I spoke to my sister -- the one who actually received the invitation -- and it does seem like it's being billed as a full on shower.

chibiyui · May 2015

redoryx said:

banana468 said:
Is this a full on shower or a sprinkle??

I know in my family, we celebrate every birth but no one thinks that mom gets to register - and she definitely doesn't get to pull the "where's a crib when we need one?" kind of BS.
I spoke to my sister -- the one who actually received the invitation -- and it does seem like it's being billed as a full on shower.

Ick.

That said, I think this is becoming the new normal. Good Lord on the Bump it seems every other poster is throwing their own shower and throwing their own 2nd+ kid shower.

And when people do disagree they're all "Don't listen to them, IT'S YOUR SPECIAL DAY"

Baby shower. Your. Special. Day.

BouxRadley · May 2015

Y'know people are having so many "your special days" it's hard to keep track anymore. Wedding, baby shower, baby number 2 shower, baby number 7 shower... I could go on but I'm bored already.

KatWAG · May 2015

BouxRadley said:
Y'know people are having so many "your special days" it's hard to keep track anymore. Wedding, baby shower, baby number 2 shower, baby number 7 shower... I could go on but I'm bored already.

Don't forget gender reveals!

BouxRadley · May 2015

KatWAG said:

BouxRadley said:
Y'know people are having so many "your special days" it's hard to keep track anymore. Wedding, baby shower, baby number 2 shower, baby number 7 shower... I could go on but I'm bored already.
Don't forget gender reveals!

I totally did, thank you. But I experienced one once where there was gender reveal party and then a subsequent "It's a Girl!" party. Gag.

[Deleted User] · May 2015

BouxRadley said:

KatWAG said:

BouxRadley said:
Y'know people are having so many "your special days" it's hard to keep track anymore. Wedding, baby shower, baby number 2 shower, baby number 7 shower... I could go on but I'm bored already.
Don't forget gender reveals!
I totally did, thank you. But I experienced one once where there was gender reveal party and then a subsequent "It's a Girl!" party. Gag.

Who goes to all these parties? I imagine it's the same six aunts in the room every time.

BouxRadley · May 2015

adk19 said:

BouxRadley said:

KatWAG said:

BouxRadley said:
Y'know people are having so many "your special days" it's hard to keep track anymore. Wedding, baby shower, baby number 2 shower, baby number 7 shower... I could go on but I'm bored already.
Don't forget gender reveals!
I totally did, thank you. But I experienced one once where there was gender reveal party and then a subsequent "It's a Girl!" party. Gag.
Who goes to all these parties? I imagine it's the same six aunts in the room every time.

Essentially. However, I've found that the free mimosas and moscato punches make them surprisingly more tolerable.

ETA: Those same six aunts usually always give the same six onesies / baby blankets each time, too.

Snaps816 · May 2015

KatWAG said:

BouxRadley said:
Y'know people are having so many "your special days" it's hard to keep track anymore. Wedding, baby shower, baby number 2 shower, baby number 7 shower... I could go on but I'm bored already.
Don't forget gender reveals!

And then over-the-top birthday parties for the kids. From ages 1-4 the kid is so young he or she has no idea what's happening, and it's all just adults standing around shoving gifts at a kid who gets bored opening them. From age 5 on, the kid would rather be with his or her buddies and the bouncy house/pool etc; and is indifferent to the adults in the room. Lesson to be learned here: you don't need to invite your adult friends and everyone in your town to your kid's birthday party. It's tacky.

Saw this with my niece. I love her, dearly, but the birthday parties my in-laws throw for her are all about them and not about the kid. The kids barely even have any fun! The sad thing is, her birthday is in January so these Sunday afternoon birthday parties are always during the football playoffs and none of the adults want to be there at all.

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