Nicole Sullivan Celebrates Her Baby Shower

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She’s almost there! With just two weeks to go until her due date on the 25th of this month, Nicole Sullivan celebrated the upcoming arrival of her second son with a baby shower.

Held on Saturday in Los Angeles, the party was hosted by Jayneoni Moore and sponsored by Happy Heinys.

Nicole, 39, received gifts from Skip Hop, Orbit Baby and Serena and Lily.

The new addition will join big brother Dashel Pierce, 2, the Rita Rocks star’s first child with husband Jason Packham.

Nicole is wearing Rachel Pally’s Sleeveless Empire Waist Maternity Dress in Midnight ($275).

Comments

I dont know if it’s just this photo but she looks like she is still carrying high. Hopefully she will drop in the next two weeks otherwise from the looks of things the baby will be a little late

- Ashley on August 11th, 2009

I love Nicole; esp. when she was on “Mad Tv”! I have two sons, too! It’s wonderful!

- Joy on August 11th, 2009

I’m just curious, why does she need another baby shower, especially if she’s having another boy? I’m assuming she had one with her first and it’s not like this one’s a girl and she needs new stuff, so what’s the point? I’m not trying to be critical, I’m just wondering since I thought people only had baby showers with their first child. And especially if it’s another boy….

- Erika on August 11th, 2009

Wow, shes carrying really high i definitely think shell be delivering late

& erika ive never heard of people only having just the first baby shower and not another one. to be honest everyone i know have had a baby shower per pregnancy

- Ashley on August 11th, 2009

BEAUTIFUL bump! She looks gorgeous!

- momto3 on August 11th, 2009

Erika, I feel the same as you it’s a little tacky to have multiple showers for children close in age and of the same sex. I am going to a baby shower this weekend for a couples 3rd boy in 4 years! And they are registered for basic stuff; a high chair, swing, car seat, etc… I just feel they should already have all of this.

- Ashley on August 11th, 2009

The 2nd Ashley (there were 2 lol):
I agree, that they should have the supplies. I don’t have kids yet, but my mother had a baby shower just with me, not with my brother or sister. The only time I think it is truly justified is if the 2 kids are several years apart. Or they lost all of their stuff in some kind of fire/flood disaster. But other than that, it is tacky to ask for more stuff.

- Erika on August 11th, 2009

Having a shower for each child seems to be more of a celebrity thing. They seem to be sponsored by baby item companies, maybe to get their products out there and seen by others.

Most “normal”, non-celebs usually only have one shower, usually for your first child, unless you’re having a child with a different person than you did with your first, then it’s more “accepted” to have a second shower, or as someone else said, there is a large gap between the time you had your last child. My SIL is pregnant with her second child, 11 years after her first, and with a different husband, and it is his first child, so we are going to have a shower for her, because she doesn’t have all her baby stuff anymore, and seeing as how it’s her hubby’s first time around.

I think that it is a lot to ask normal people who aren’t rich, just regular middle-class folks, to come to a baby shower for every child. I guess though, when you’re a celeb or have a ton of money, you don’t stress about buying a gift for someone every time they have a child. I wouldn’t mind doing it if I had endless income, either. In my world though, I don’t think that it is feasible to do that.

- momto3 on August 11th, 2009

Just a note that you usually don’t drop with the second child until you go into labor. I’d say she’s carrying just fine.

- Nicole on August 11th, 2009

I loved her on Mad Tv..so funny

Regarding babyshowers, my circle of friends and my family all have a baby shower per child and is fine with us. I love babyshowers and I am most likely going to buy them a gift anyway because I love them, so might as well make a party

- XOXO on August 11th, 2009

I love Nicole on Rita Rocks (and King of Queens) and can’t wait to see what she names her second baby.

- Lynn on August 11th, 2009

Thanks for the info. Nicole I didn’t know that it was common to not really drop with the 2nd child until labor. Good to know

- Ashley on August 11th, 2009

I don’t really care either way on whether you should have a shower for each kid or not — seems like it varies between friends and families. (I won’t — the showers my friends throw are amazing and elaborate and I would never expect more than one!!) But anyway, I DO NOT understand how people are saying you should be able to have a second shower if your kids are far apart — do people just throw away their strollers and high chairs, etc.? My mom kept all of that and you have no idea how handy it is for the grandkids (not to mention that she had my brother 10 years after me). I don’t have to lug anything over to her house and she’s always ready for tiny visitors! It just seems wasteful to me to get rid of all of that. I completely understand loaning things out, but it is yours, so ask for it back if you have another kid!!!!!! How ridiculous to assume your friends and family will buy you another because YOU got rid of the perfectly good first one they bought you. Sorry, I just will never understand our wasteful consumer culture. Never have, never will…

- mmh on August 11th, 2009

I have two sons that are 3 yrs apart. I had a baby shower for each one. We liked the idea of celebrating the impending arrival with our close friends and family. We kept the same crib, changing table, swing, etc and just registered for a few essentials. I don’t see anything wrong with having a shower for each child. They all deserve a celebration!

Nicole’s son is only 2 so it is possible that he still uses his crib, stroller, etc and she probably needs a second set of many things. Just my thoughts…

- HeatherR on August 11th, 2009

Everyone I know has a baby shower for each baby. I don’t see what the big deal is, unless you’re Michelle Duggar. But they’re not extravagant or over the top. Most of the time, they’re parties thrown at a house with sandwiches, games, and prizes. It’s a nice way to get together with the parents-to-be to celebrate the impending arrival. Who says you have to buy super expensive gifts? I usually give the shower recipient an outfit bought from Target and a cute baby toy or blanket. Even if my best friend was on her 7th son in 8 years, I’d still be more than happy to attend her baby shower and celebrate the new life about to be brought into the world.

- shalay on August 11th, 2009

mmh:

I only have one daughter and she is 6 years old, I got rid of her stroller/highchair/swing/crib and all baby related items (except the bassinet since it was mine when I was a baby and I love it). I did not throw away the items I simply gave them to another person, I gave them to my sister friend, she was a single, teenage parent and did not have the money to buy those items so I gave her mine. If I am fortune it enough to have more children I want new stuff, not only because I am sure by the time I have another child new, nicer stuff will be on the market but becuase I just want to and can afford it.

Why keep all this big bulky items if you can give them to some one that needs them more than you?

Some people dont assume that our friends and family will buy us expensive stuff, in my case I buy gifts that I can afford and I didnt expect people to buy me expensive items, they bought me what they could afford at the time and I bought the rest.

- XOXO on August 11th, 2009

mmh – It’s not always a matter of parent’s being wasteful. Maybe they gave the items to a family that was less fortunate and was unable to afford those items (which we all know can be quite expensive) themselves. They might then find themselves surprised by another pregnancy years later when they thought they were done and need new stuff again. In which case they are being charitable, not wasteful! (This happened with a family friend of ours. They have a 8 or 9 year old daughter and a 6 or 7 year old daughter. They are due in a few months -yes, it was a shock- in a few months.) Maybe, like someone else mentioned, their things were destroyed in a natural disaster/fire of some sort. Then they need new things. There’s another set of family friends who are married and have a 14 month old and a 1 month old. The newborn uses his older sister’s old car seat, but the 14 month old is still in her crib, still uses a high chair, etc. So they need practically a new set of everything!

I think it’s nice for the new baby to have some things that are ‘only’ theirs, too. Not to have EVERYTHING handed down from an older sibling. Plus, for my family, it’s just another reason for the family to get together and have fun!!

- Sarah M. on August 11th, 2009

I love nicole and dash is so cute. Also everyone I know has had a baby shower per child. The first child we have gifts and stuff of couse, the following baby showers unless its another sex its usually cake, games, and just have a good time because we know she is going to be busy after the birth. Its kind of just a fun celebration and get together to celebrate the baby. There is nothing Tacky about it.

- sage on August 11th, 2009

No one is commenting on the fact that her shower was sponsored by Happy Heinys? I think that’s pretty cool, assuming she’s a cloth-diapering mama!

- Sarah on August 11th, 2009

I’m not going to keep all my baby stuff when I’m done having kids! I’ll give it to friends or freecycle it (AWESOME organization, btw!). mmh, why do you assume people throw their stuff out? not sure if you know or not, but safety regulations change all the time. my mom saved my crib and things, but now that i have a baby of my own i know that crib is not safe enough to put him in, even though it was top of the line 25 years ago. so, rather than it sitting in our basement, it could have provided other kids with a crib for awhile. now, it’s not good for much of anything, and she had to borrow a play pen when we went to visit her.

- MZ on August 11th, 2009

I never heard of this rule that you only have 1 shower.the other children aren’t important? You don’t have to spend a lot to have a shower for each child. Have done it many times for friends I care about so I don’t understand this criticism.

- Rachelsun on August 12th, 2009

I actually saw Nicole Sullivan a couple of weeks ago when I went to Disneyland!

- Melissa on August 12th, 2009

MZ- Exactly! When there’s a large gap between babies, some of the gear from the first baby simply isn’t going to be safe for the second. For example, if you have your second baby 11 years after the first, odds are that the 11-year-old’s old carseat isn’t going to be safe for the new baby.

Oh, and your experience with the crib sounds about identical to my mom’s experience when she had my older sibling. My paternal grandmother had saved the crib that my dad and his siblings had used, and intended to use it for my older sibling when my family came to visit her and my grandfather. Well, my mother took one look at that crib and knew it wasn’t safe. Not only did it date back to the 1950s (and thus probably had slats that were too far apart), but it had a lot of wear and tear, was rickity, and was just unsafe. In fact, after taking a good look at the crib herself, my grandmother actually apologized to my mom for suggesting it be used for my older sibling!

Anyway, I also want to point out another reason parents may not have all the stuff from the first baby when there’s a big gap between babies. Perhaps they gave the stuff to Goodwill, Salvation Army, or a similar thrift store. In that case, I don’t see it as being wasteful at all!

- CelebBabyLover on August 12th, 2009

Ashley #1 – it’s actually against the rules of etiquette to have a second shower for a baby that’s the same sex and less than 5 years younger than the current baby of the family.

Nicole – I dropped long before I was in labor with my second. It didn’t look like I had dropped because my kiddo was 22 inches at birth and 9 lbs 13 oz, but I had definitely dropped because I could breathe better and actually eat a meal (although people LOVED to argue with me that I hadn’t.)

- Rebecca on August 12th, 2009

Here is the Rachel Pally dress she is wearing from A Pea in the Pod:
http://www.apeainthepod.com/Product.asp?product_Id=254940023&MasterCategory_Id=MC3

- Michelle M on August 12th, 2009

Wow, congrats to Nicloe! I didn’t even know she was expecting again! Her first son is so adorable : ) I miss her on ‘King of Queens’ and ‘Mad TV’.

- Patrice on August 12th, 2009

who is jayneoni a friend a family member someone who did it for free and wanted to be mentioned?? I am tired of this just being about press! Really.. Shame on them! I would love to hear about the shower her friends and family etc.. but to just simply put what items she was gifted this it out of control and loosing my respect! I know this is celebrity baby blog but we are not fools who will just go by something cause it is what Nicole has!

- bonnie on August 12th, 2009

I never had a baby shower with my first child. I was in the military and stationed thousands of miles from my family. I had a few gifts mailed to me but it was up to me to buy everything I needed/wanted. When I got out of the military and didn’t need the things anymore, the apartment my husband and I lived in didn’t have the storage space for all the baby items. We didn’t want to pay for a storage building where it could possibly be destroyed…so my sister knew someone who was having a baby soon and it was passed that way. Also, my younger nephew was a couple years younger than my oldest son and I passed along all of my son’s clothes to my nephew–actually still do. With our second baby, I had a baby shower that was thrown by coworkers. It was just small, simple. We ordered pizza and had chips/dip, cake, juice. We still have the bigger items from our second child. But clothes we have passed down to a friend and also have donated items to Salvation Army. Baby showers don’t have to be outrageously expensive. But where I’m from it’s pretty common to have a shower per baby…it’s just to celebrate each child.

- Carol on August 12th, 2009

I think the baby shower debate is a question of culture rather that etiquette. Where I come from you don’t even register for gifts, if someone wants to help out with some of the bigger items (usually an grandparent, close relatives, very good friends) the’ll ask you what you want/need. Other give a small present to welcome the new child and to congratulate the new parents. I have chipped in to buy a high chair for a friend and I bough my cousin a baby carrier since she was really going to need a good one but couldn’t really afford to buy it herself, most other children get home made blankets and/or booties but it has nothing to do with a party. I was actually quite shocked the first time I got invited to an american baby shower and saw the items on the registry. Afterwards I have realized that it’s normal to register for quite epensive items like strollers and furniture. While I see the need for someone whose children have a very small or very large age gap (where they would either still use some of the items and need addtional items like a double stroller or might have given it all avay thinking that they were done) to get new baby equipment, and I see the need for financial assistance, I think the registries quite often go too far, don’t buy a pink stroller if ypu can’t see pushing a boy in it in the future! That rant aside, I can se that a shower fills a function and having additional baby showers is more a question of wether you see them as celebrating the parents entry into parenthood (only one baby shower) or a celebration of the baby (one for each baby). In any case, You shouldn’t organize it yoursel nor demand it, that I think is more tacky than having several baby showers.

- MiB on August 28th, 2009

Rebecca Says:

Ashley #1 – it’s actually against the rules of etiquette to have a second shower for a baby that’s the same sex and less than 5 years younger than the current baby of the family

I didn’t know there were rules….

I had a baby shower with my second child, not my first. With my second I had started my career, was working with a completely new group of people, and had moved.

A lot of celebs have a 1st or 2nd baby shower and then donate the items they recieved to charities.

One comment on keeping stuff for grandchildren…safety.

Many items like high chairs and even car seats have experation dates on them. This was new to me when I was prego for the second time….

- Karen on October 21st, 2009