Baby Showers and Babies’ Names
When the news of the expected baby is known, someone may plan to give a baby shower. Although this type of shower is held ________ often than it used to be, it is a happy time.
There should be only one baby shower, not several, and it should not be planned ________ one month before the expected date. Traditionally the baby shower was held by close ________ and relatives at lunch or during the afternoon on a weekday. _______ so many women work today, more and more showers are on weekends. Usually they are held only for the ______ baby.
When a baby shower is held, guests always bring gifts with them. Gifts do not need to be expensive, but should be ________ useful. If people give a friend a nice baby shower gift, they do not have to send ______ gift at the time of the baby’s birth.
Besides a baby shower, choosing a baby’s name is also very important. Usually long before the baby is born, its name has been _________, argued over, changed, argued over again, and finally agreed ______. For Americans, naming a boy after his father or a girl after her mother is an honorable thing. Of course,the boy or the girl also _______ a nickname that is different from the parents’. Giving the child a different middle name can help to avoid this problem, too.