My Grandmother Has an Exhausting Requirement for My Baby Shower. It’s Just Not Practical.

Care and Feeding July 15, 20261:00 PM Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by Big Cheese/iStock/Getty Images Plus. Care and Feeding is Slate’s parenting advice column. Have a question for Care and Feeding? Submit it here. Dear Care and Feeding, My husband and I are expecting our first child, and my mom and grandmother are full steam ahead on planning our baby shower. The problem is that my grandmother insists on a certain party ritual. My husband and I live about a 15-hour drive away from where my family is based and where the shower will be.This was a huge problem for my bridal shower because my grandmother is a firm believer that gifts are meant to be opened in front of the people who purchased them. She did not allow people to send any wedding gifts to our house, and instead we had to ren