Comments on: Baby “Sprinkle” Etiquette

By: Lee

Lee — Sun, 09 Aug 2020 18:14:08 +0000

In reply to Doreen. I would just do a small gift. Something small of the registry or a children's Bible or something of that nature. That's just me personally.

By: Doreen

Doreen — Sun, 09 Aug 2020 17:14:14 +0000

I am invited to a drive by baby sprinkle. It is a second baby and I see the guest list as well over 100 people along with a registry. What are your thoughts?

By: Frustrated

Frustrated — Mon, 20 Jan 2020 02:01:38 +0000

In reply to Lee. Lee, thank you for your comment. This encourages me greatly, and I will continue my habit of bringing something small to sprinkles.

By: Lee

Lee — Sun, 19 Jan 2020 23:12:40 +0000

In reply to Frustrated. Even though it may be the norm in your circles (and seemingly in the younger generations) I am holding firm to my stance that a sprinkle is not an all out shower. Aside from very specific cases, I don't think a mom needs to be showered the same as she was the first time she had a baby. It's unnecessary and borders entitlement. I think it's time to address this issue again! I will do my best to try to stop the tides that are turning in that direction. But to answer your question, yes I give a smaller gift if invited to a sprinkle.

By: Frustrated

Frustrated — Fri, 17 Jan 2020 21:23:10 +0000

I know this comment comes years later, but I wanted to voice my frustration. I have attended several sprinkles in the last few months and have noted that there is no difference, as far as expectations for attendees, between a sprinkle and a baby shower. The only difference is that if the event is held at a restaurant, then I am expected to chip in as a guest. I usually bring a beautiful hardback book with a ribbon and have been embarrassed when the hostess opens gifts. Mine is notably the smallest and “cheapest,” and I am always the only one who does not bring a full-on shower gift. I am very happy to celebrate my friends and their babies, but I feel frustrated that there are no rules. Etiquette is supposed to help avoid embarrassment, but with no clear rules of anything, we are simply reduced to a crass society. Lee, do you truly follow these sprinkle rules of no gifts or only one book amongst your own friends?

By: Coraline

Coraline — Fri, 05 Apr 2019 17:55:29 +0000

In reply to S donusie.

Yes it should be absolutely acceptable, but it’s not your friends’ and family’s obligation to financially support you. I always give new babies a gift, because they need so much and i want to. but the attitude that you are having a shower because you’re financially burdened, why did you decide to have a kid if you cant afford it? yes accidents happen, but to demand a gift giving shower is greedy. its no one else’s choice but yours to have multiple kids. talk to your doc about birth control if you cannot afford them without handouts.

mind you, i enjoy baby showers and support them fully. its the entitled attitude i have issue with.

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 03:49:19 +0000

Yessss!!! This has to be quite possibly one of my main pet peeves! My two were spaced almost 5 years apart, different genders, and if someone mentioned this I kindly replied No Thank You. If someone wants to give your baby something theynwill do it anyways after they receive an announcement, but the idea of inviting them to basically another shower is ridiculous to me. So thankful for someon like you who abides to rules or etiquette not for unecessary reasons, but for the sake of maintaining gratefulness, thankfulness, and tact.

By: Tony Tong

Tony Tong — Thu, 26 Oct 2017 02:54:00 +0000

As a foreigner, I just know about baby shower party, thank you for your post, now I know the sprinkle party, between families.
Tony ~ happyinvitation.com ~

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By: Terry L Murphy

Terry L Murphy — Wed, 21 Jun 2017 01:19:18 +0000

Dear me. So someone came up with the kind idea to celebrate a new mom, pregnant with her second, third or fourth child, with a low-key celebration of love and support. Your suggestions and photos are just lovely — but I must tell you that two years later (I’m typing this in June 2017), our society has turned a “Sprinkle” into just one more cog in the materialistic, consumer-obsessed machine that drives our current culture. Sprinkles are now common — often thrown by family members — and gifts are expected. Am I surprised — no.