Lately, I've had a change of mind on that little rule of etiquette. I think every baby should be celebrated no matter how many children the parents have. Life is precious and if we Christians don't celebrate it, who will? In our day and time, with abortion rampant, we need to be very vocal about the precious gift of life. There doesn't have to be a huge par with lots of presents, but some celebration seems to be very appropriate.
In the past couple of months, I was so happy to participate in celebrating with two different moms that was each having her fifth child. One is my sister-in-law, Anna, who gave birth in May to her fifth boy. We celebrated Eli's birth by going out to lunch with all of the sisters and getting pedicures just before she gave birth.The other shower was a friend in church. The hostess had a book shower. All the decorations, food, and gifts were about children's books. It was creative, fun, involved all of the children and paid proper tribute to a new life. I love this picture of Desiree surrounded by lots of children, some her own, some were not.
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yes indeed! Our church had a strict rule that every child gets a shower. It is really helpful for the mom expecting her first or fourth child. When I had my first it was fall. My second was spring, therefore they couldn't wear much of the same early sized clothes. By the time the third boy came the clothes were weeded through as many were stained or worn out. Now with the third it's a girl. I have had people suggest I make her a tomboy and reuse much of the boys clothes, but I guarantee if it was the other way around they would not be a asking me to dress a boy girly. so I went through and found the unisex stuff and everything we buy for her will be pink for sure ;) love celebrating every baby's birth.
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