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Off topic: Need babyshower ideas......
| Fri, 06-02-2006 - 9:28am |
Hello everyone! As I have posted on here before, my older sister is finally pregnant(YAH!) and is having a boy (Nicholas) in October. I just found out today that she is thinking that she would like people to not wrap the gifts, but instead each person bring a jar of baby food instead. Does anyone know of a cute poem to put in the invitations to say this?? I have done a few searches on the net but have come up empty. I have done the book thing before, but never the baby food thing!
Any help you can give would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
Theresa
Mom to:
Brendan Ryan (4 years old)
Aaron Michael (will be 3 in 2 months!)
Joshua Vincent (11 weeks on Saturday)

Congrats to your sister, Theresa (and to you on becoming an aunt!). ;) So far my kids are the only ones in my family ... can't wait until they have little cousins to play with (or at this rate, babysit LOL).
As to the baby food shower idea, I've never heard of that one either. Books or even a diaper shower, but baby food's a new one to me. I just checked the dates on some of Devanie's food and it seems to have a shelf life of about two years, if that helps (I read the pp before replying). It is true, though, that the baby won't even eat solids until at least four months (closer to six if there are allergy concerns), so that's probably six to eight months after it's purchased for the shower, not to mention if it's already been on the shelf a bit. And that's assuming all the baby food is stage 1 (and since those jars are smaller I'll bet many would buy stage 2 or 3, which baby wouldn't be ready for for even longer). Not trying to discourage her, but just some things to consider. ;)
You could probably come up with a cute poem to put on the invitations yourself, since it seems impossible to find one online (I just did a quick search and couldn't find one either LOL). Just make sure it's very clear that the guests don't have to bring any other gift and that it will be a baby food shower (and even then, expect a few non-baby-food gift-givers). Some people just don't like being "told" what to bring ... I noticed this with my older relatives who refused to even shop at a store with a baby registry. LOL I'm sure if it's clear on the invitation most guests will comply, though. ;)
Hope my babbling helps somehow.
~Kelli
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I had thought about the shelf life of the food, and considered telling her some other options, but if you remember any of my previous posts about my sister, you will know that she is not open to anything else that we have to say! She is unwilling to hear any thoughts but her own.......my Mom said she has always been that way since she was a young girl. I really liked the idea about the diaper shower, very good idea! Maybe I will forward these thoughts onto my Mom and see if she will get anywhere with her.
But its a "normal" baby shower--she still is registering for gifts, but instead of people speding money on wrapping paper, she would like nothing wrapped and to use that money to buy 1 jar of baby food each. Does that sound too strange? Not sure where she got the idea from.....
Theresa
Forgot about your posts about your sister. LOL And I totally misunderstood about the baby-food-instead-of-wrapping-paper thing, but thinking back I do remember reading that (duh ... blame mommy-brain LOL). Now I've definitely never heard of that type of shower! Wonder where she got that idea?
I liked the diaper shower idea as well -- after all, think how much we spend on those things in the first few months alone (not to mention if you have more than one in diapers, like we do!). My mom was supposedly throwing this type of welcome-home shower for Aila (because we like to do a small shower for each baby rather than just the first one ... only fair, and gifts are optional, KWIM?), but it was supposed to be this weekend and, well, no shower in sight. My sister was offering to help out the other day and my mom got mad at her for asking about it and said she was to busy with my brother's wedding to "waste her time" with a shower too. :( Ok, so I'm venting a bit, but my hormones are still a little crazy so I was pretty upset. Promise I won't hijack the thread any more. LOL
~Kelli
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