12-02-2009, 04:12 PM
I guess things have changed a lot. Back in the olden days, the shower for the first baby was an exciting affair. When the second child was on the way, you were on your own, with the assumption being there were "leftovers" from the first child. Of course that was normally true. After the birth of the second (or third or fourth), people would bring gifts for the baby at the time they came to see it, but there was no big hoopla of a baby shower.