No kids allowed at the baby shower

I’ve heard of it. Like you said, just ship them a gift if you can’t find someone to watch your kids.

I would just tell them you can’t come because you can’t find someone to watch your kids and send them a gift.

Never heard of it, just send a gift but no need to apologise or offer explanation for not attending.

I’ve never been to a baby shower where kids were there. Where I’m from a baby shower usually consists of adult content games and fun with girls together with food and drinks

@Morgan Yes, I have a 12 year old and I really don't feel like getting the run around for a sitter for a few hours plus my car is still being fixed so it works out. I'll ship them a gift from their registry

@Christina I didn't even attempt to find a sitter for my son because the shower is only a few hours. I'll see them on Thanksgiving and let them know that I will not be attending

@Louise Oh no.. I'm so sorry, that is truly heartbreaking 😔. No complications in this particular situation and I won't question it. I will send them a gift and send well wishes. I just never heard of it. And it's a cousin that I'm close to so I'm sure it was a request from the mother. I definitely respect people's wishes

@Sarah Yes, this is a first for me for a baby shower.

@Jemma Every baby shower I have attended so far was a family event. I only heard from my cousin's mother that they had a preference of no kids and on the invite it did not indicate no children were allowed so that was pretty odd to me. Nevertheless, I'll ship them a gift and chill at home with the kiddo.

Mine was ☺️ it was a co Ed party.

@Tiara nothing wrong with declining the invitation if it doesn’t suit your family life

@Brittany Interesting! It's new to me for baby showers.

@Melissa Same here.. this is a first for me!

I’ve never heard of this but I’m also Hispanic and we always have kids everywhere 😆

@wTiara I definitely think it’s like “new age” and more situational. At the time, we only had 2 friends with kids, None of our combined 7 siblings had kids (they still don’t), etc. Probably would have changed it if there was more. So we just made it into a fun adult party 🤷🏼‍♀️ and the friends who came without their kids were grateful to have a parents day out sort of thing.

We had a beer chugging contest with the men out of baby bottles 😂

@Christa 😅 Well there's that!

@Brittany I figured it would have to be. I'm the only one with a child and he's 12 years old. Any other family members just have children under 2 so now babies are coming everywhere all of a sudden lol. The shower is only a few hours and plus I don't feel like getting the run around to find a sitter. I'm using my mommy free time during Christmas break and doing a mini getaway since my son will be with his dad this year( alternate holiday schedule every year)

This is super weird!

@Tiara totally understandable ! Every family has a different dynamic! Have an amazing time on your mini getaway 🫶🏻

I have never been to a baby shower where children were allowed. I know that some people prefer to have theirs without children and some choose to allow everybody. It’s their party so I guess it’s their preference

@Ariel Indeed it's their preference so I respect it. It's the first time this has happened in my family, however I realized for the 1st time that my cousin is a guy so I feel this was more of a preference for the mother. There's a first for everything. I'll send my gift and just await the arrival of the baby in January.

@Brittany Thank you!☺️

@Sydney So many new ways of doing things these days. Gender reveals/ baby showers have turned into events (adult parties). I was more shocked that it didn't mention it on the invitation, I was told once I was confirming my attendance for my son and I that children were not preferred

@Melissa 😂

@Tiara motherhood will hit her like a ton of bricks if she won’t even let kids at her baby shower

@Sydney I didn't expect this especially since the mother works in a daycare? Maybe she needed to come up with an excuse because her kids from daycare wanted to attend as well 🤔

I had one friend whom I told she may not want to bring her kids because I knew some people would be drinking a lot and that mom is very particular about what her children are exposed to. We did have other children there whose parents are more relaxed. So I suggested that out of respect for her and her parenting choices. So maybe they think it’ll be more of a party and they’re just trying to make sure it won’t be an issue?

@Jessie That I can fully understand however, in this case it wasn't on the invite that no children were allowed and the theme was centered around celebrating the new baby. Maybe they decided on a new direction since the invites were sent out over 1.5 month ago. I didn't find out until I RSVP that there was a preference of no kids at the shower.

I wouldn’t have mentioned anything until people were RSVPing. And mine was centered around the baby but there was still a lot of drinking involved. I don’t think it’s that weird.