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  Hello Polite One , I am new to your site, and I just love it!   It has helped me in several instances.  However, I haven’t been able to find an answer to this particular question.  I have always been told that baby showers are given to first-time/new moms , and not typically given for the second and third child.  Is this correct?  What if the first child was a boy and the second is a girl?  I would greatly appreciate your response as I have a friend who is having her second child and I am not sure as to what to do.  She has hinted about a “baby shower”.  I’ve responded that I thought that showers were only for first-time moms, but she said no not if the sexes are different.  Please Help! Thanks! Baby Shower Blues Hello Baby Shower Blues, Welcome!  I'm glad I have helped you in the past.  And you are from Folsom?  I am a native Sacramentan.  This is great.  Most of my questions are from a gre...

  Who Hosts a Bridal Shower Since most bridal showers are gift-giving events, these parties should be hosted carefully.   Friends or a member of the wedding (especially the maid of honor) may host.   It could be a single-gender or co-ed party as well. However, family members should never host, except for a sister if she is also a bridesmaid.   When family hosts, it is considered self-serving and as if begging for gifts.   Hosts should be close friends to the bride.   Friends of the bride’s mother are not a good option if the bride doesn’t know them.   May the bride host her shower? Dear Polite One, Since my wedding is very small – not including all my family and friends – may I invite them to my shower?  No one has offered to host one for me, so I was going to host it myself.  Bride Dear Bride,  A friend or attendant, never the bridal couple, hosts a shower.  It's like asking for gifts for yourself...