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 ____小题1:____ 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 _____小题2:___ one month before the expected date. Traditionally the baby shower was held by close ____小题3:____ and relatives at lunch or during the afternoon on a weekday. __小题4:_____ so many women work today, more and more showers are on weekends. Usually they are held only for the __小题5:____ baby.

When a baby shower is held, guests always bring gifts with them. Gifts do not need to be expensive, but should be ___小题6:_____ useful. If people give a friend a nice baby shower gift, they do not have to send ___小题7:___ 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 ____小题8:_____, argued over, changed, argued over again, and finally agreed ___小题9:___. 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 ___小题10:____ a nickname that is different from the parents’. Giving the child a different middle name can help to avoid this problem, too.