Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are expecting their fourth child via gestational carrier, which is how they brought Chicago West into the world. E! News said that the baby was due in May, and I actually believe that this will be the last Kardashian-West kid. If Kim ever divorces Kanye, she might have a baby with her new husband, but for now, I think Fourth West will be it. They’ll have a perfectly symmetrical family then – two girls and two boys, and they will have lined it up so it’s girl-boy-girl-boy. We haven’t heard anything about potential names, but I think the same old options are up in the air… Tru West, Quatro West, Calabasas West, you get the idea. Think something with one syllable, with branding potential.
Anyway, the Four West won’t be here for months, but Kim and Kanye are already nesting and preparing for him. You would think that they already have all of the baby necessities – after all, Chicago isn’t even out of diapers yet, for the love of God. But according to People’s source, Kim and Kanye don’t DO hand-me-downs for their kids. And they’re even doing a baby shower for Quatro West. That is so tacky and wasteful.
Only the freshest duds will do for Kanye and Kim Kardashian West‘s little one on the way. Five days after PEOPLE confirmed the rapper, 41, and reality star, 38, are expecting their fourth child, a source says they are “in nesting mode” — and likely have a lot to buy before baby arrives.
“They don’t really do hand-me-downs, so each baby is like their first,” the insider explains to PEOPLE of the couple — who are already parents to Chicago, 1 this month, Saint, 3, and North, 5½ — adding that they donate the used clothes to charity.
“They’re buying everything they need for him, and Kanye insists they go top-of-the-line for everything. So they’ve been shopping. Kanye is a big online shopper,” the source continues of the Yeezy designer. “When he can’t sleep, he gets online and buys whatever he wants. A lot of what they’re getting, they order online. They’re going to have everything the baby needs pretty soon. And the rest of the family is big on getting gifts, too,” the source reveals. “This baby is going to have everything he needs.”
Family and friends will be able to honor the couple with gifts soon enough: a source told PEOPLE last week Kardashian West is planning an upcoming shower.
“Kim plans on having a baby shower for No. 4 too,” the source told PEOPLE of their bundle of joy, who’s reportedly due in the spring, via surrogate. “They are looking forward to another baby.”
Apparently, the whole “baby shower for the second/third/fourth baby” is one of those hot-button topics in the Mommy Wars. I look at it through the perspective of a baby shower guest – I would buy something really nice for a first-time mom’s baby shower. But if I was asked to a baby shower for someone’s third or fourth baby, that gift is coming from Walmart. Sorry not sorry. Especially if the parents are wealthy like Kim and Kanye – they already have a son, and Saint’s barely-worn baby clothes will still look fresh on new baby Calabasas “Cala” West. They already have baby buggies and bottles and and all of that, and if not, they can and should buy it for themselves instead of making all of their friends just buy them more sh-t. A glut of mindless consumerism, ugh.
Here are some photos of KimYe in Miami over the weekend:
Photos courtesy of Instagram, Backgrid.
Its totally gross and wasteful, but it’s Kim?
You just expect it of her now.
I know people who aren’t 1/100 rich as Kimye and do exactly the same thing, even refusing to pass the old clothes to relatives who would be ok with hand me downs. As much as I find it tacky, it’s exactly who they are.
LOL @ exactly who they are. Right! If it’s your 3rd or 4th child, I’ll give you a gift card and keep it moving.
These people are utterly obscene, avaricious, wasteful show-offs. They make me sick, no matter how cute their children are. Ugh.
Yes, just because you can, doesn’t mean you should. It’s really not a great message to be passing on to your children.
What if his family became organic minimalist eco warriors. I’d start watching their schiZle
Lol, I might actually find them in some way interesting if that happened!
I have a cousin that’s had three baby boys over the last six years. She had a baby shower for each one and even had a registry list done for each. I went to the first and brought her a quilt and a mobile. I went to the second shower and brought a pair of pjs from Costco, she was not pleased and pointed out in front of everybody that it wasn’t on her registry. Safe to say I never went to the third shower and I only go visit the kids when their grandmother (my aunt) is babysitting.
Kim and Kanye have loads of money and I’m sure everyone that goes to the showers does too so whatever. Money could be spent somewhere better but who am I to judge
Your cousin sounds awful! Yikes.
She was fine until she married a loser. They keep popping out kids and expecting everyone else to do the work, his entitled attitude rubbed off on her.
What is it with cousins? I have three on my mother’s side that all married “up” and proceeded to become obnoxious (or just more obnoxious!) – their new spouses included. I spent way too much time and money at various engagement parties, weddings and baby showers. Thankfully all the children they each had are quite grown up now.
Well…it’s nice for whatever charity they’re donating the barely-used designer baby stuff to.
Yeah I’m not super upset with it because of that aspect. If they’re donating the clothes (which guaranteed are really nice baby clothes) they’re putting that towards someone in need. Which is great.
I mean, stores are selling clothes, people in need are getting baby clothes donated… not the worst thing she’s done.
these are the kardashians – when did they ever really do something for charity? they do a lot of press releases but the veracity is rarely checked. remember when she auctioned off her clothes for the philippine typhoon victims in 2013? it eventually came out that she kept 90 percent of the profits from the campaign and would only donate 10 percent to help. america, when will we ever learn? these people are all for show. in this time of the trump presidency should we still take everything we read at face value? especially information from a kardashian insider?
Remember, she donated 10% of the proceeds from items that were given to her for free.
But you can still donate stuff to charities once it was used by all your kids! That’s why it’s wasteful, a baby outgrows everything way before it’s worn out, even after 4 kids, it’s still going to be really good (especially since they prob only wear their stuff once or twice). And no kid (or adult, really) needs designer clothes, they just need soft fabrics they can wiggle and play in.
Saying “but charity” is just as silly as creating a lot of waste and then saying “but I recycle”: the goal is to reduce as much as possible and then to mitigate the waste you still create.
The rumors I’ve heard is that they sell all the used clothes online. As well as a lot of the free stuff they get. So I don’t think the clothes are being donated. They also have been donating money to that megachurch. I think it’s hillside or something?
@whatabout Kourtney has been spotted at Hillsong but from what I know they have their own church Kris helped start up I think. I forget what it’s called but it’s in Agoura Hills
Chloee yes! That’s what it’s called.
Ohh I forgot about that church kris helped start. That’s the place they donate money too.
I know the Kardashian’s sell their stuff thru various sites like 1stdibs and other high end places for things like clothes and accessories. They use eBay to sell tons of junk they get sent for free. It’s a huge part of their assistants job.
Just reread the article.
I suppose I have similar feelings about gender reveal parties (especially if they are a separate big event with a big guest list). Makes me cringe and it is not my style, but if someone’s friends and family are willing to show up, sure.
I never get those gender reveal parties, are people expected to bring gifts? Remember the guy in Arizona that started a forest fire at his babies gender reveal party? He has to pay like a million dollars for that. Bet he regrets throwing that frivolous party
I’ve never been to one where you bring gifts. Is that a common thing? We had one for this baby (our second) and it was just an excuse to have friends over and eat pizza and cupcakes lol
Pizza and cupcakes! Now that’s a party!
I was invited to one that expected gifts. I couldn’t go but sent a small gift since it was their first and I knew there wouldn’t be a lot of people there. I later had to ask if the gift ever arrived to get any acknowledgement of it.
Last year I went to the 1 year bday party, brought 2 gifts plus something handmade and time consuming, and never got a thank you of any kind.
I will not be attending anything else for that kid, I can tell you right now.
I threw a new age baby shower w my other single GF. The “healer” wouldn’t let us do most parts of the event because we hadn’t had babies yet. We had to wait in the kitchen!! I made such sh*thouse fun of those aHolez from that day on. All the work and the non-Breeder peasants had to wait it out in the pantry. Pwhahahaha
I had a friend do a gender reveal party for her first kid. She insisted no gifts but it was one of those things where you felt obligated to bring one. Since they didn’t have a registry I just got her a gift card to Target so she could pick out whatever she wanted for her baby. She was very happy about it and I got a nice thank you note a few weeks later. Then a few months later she DID have a baby shower (after saying she wouldn’t have one) but I didn’t go and I didn’t get her a gift. It was also the same week I came back from a work trip abroad dealing with bed bugs (I wish that experience on on no one!!) and I would have had to travel out of state anyways so I had a good excuse not to go.
Sadly this same friend just lost her husband before Christmas and her baby is not even a year old… I traveled out of state for the funeral. Tragic all around. 🙁
My cousin is using a surrogate that is across the country, and they cant be present for the ultrasound to determine gender. They are having a gender reveal party with close friends and family to celebrate. I love that idea. It allows them to participate in some of the excitement of finding out, considering she csnt have a baby herself. As long as it’s a celebration and not a way to fish for gifts, I’m all for them. I think they’re fun!
@EMC- how is the whole cross country thing working out for them? If the rest of my pregnancy and delivery goes smoothly, I am considering being a surrogate for a friend who lives half way across the country from me and we’ve been lightly chatting about the logistics of it.
I would have loved to be a surrogate for a cousin of mine who can’t have children. I planned it for after I had my second child but my pregnancy ended in a devestating miscarriage at 19 weeks. No more babies for me and not doing the surrogate thing. Miscarriages are too hard and I don’t want to risk another one. I was sad at first but it’s kind of a weight off my shoulders.
@HelloSunshine- so far so good. I think they are going to rent an Airbnb for the few weeks proceeding and following the anticipated delivery date to ensure they’re their for the birth. Otherwise it’s not the ideal situation, but it’s so difficult to find a good match they were willing to sacrifice and plan for traveling to their surrogate.
I hope this posts in the right place, btw!
Please be aware that these are biological sex reveals NOT gender reveals. Language like this erases trans identities and perpetuates a binary system.
One of the many reasons I loathe them tbh.
Oh for cryin out loud not everything has to be a politically correct ass kiss, Gender reveal is NOT offensive!
At birth you only have biological sex as your gender. Babies aren’t political and certainly aren’t making decisions about their gender! They are what they are.
“Sex reveal party” doesn’t quite have the same ring to it.
I don’t have an issue with baby showers for every child. Every parent should celebrate however they see fit. I don’t even care about gender reveals either. Those weren’t popular in 2004 when I was pregnant. We found out the old fashioned way by ultrasound but if a gender reveal party makes parents happy that’s fantastic! I just hope Kim and Kanye donate or auction off some of their children’s designer clothes for charity. Not all of the pieces of course but some that don’t have sentimental value.
I tend to agree about showers for each kid. Now, a registry for each one not so much (unless, like a friend of mine, you get that surprise baby years after you thought you were done). I had a shower, or what’s commonly referred to as a “sprinkle”, for my second baby. I didn’t have a registry but I did have a small party (gifts optional). Just because she wasn’t the firstborn didn’t mean her impending birth was somehow less special and shouldn’t be celebrated. The only thing I can say about the K-W’s is I hope they at least donate the “old” baby clothes, furniture, accessories…to charity or something like that.
Haha I remember when the “old fashioned way” was when the baby was born!
Yeah every generation does their own thing with weddings and babies and whatever, life changes. I don’t mind showing up and giving a gift as long as guests are taken care of, a full meal served and libations! But I think a wedding gift, good gift for first baby, and graduation gift is sufficient as far as life events go for friends and family – the rest is optional imo and no one should be offended by gender reveal parties or obligated to attend.
Hmmm I thought it as pretty normal for people to have multiple baby showers?
Also…I’d expect they are donating things from their older kids to charity…
And that there was my act of charity for the day lol
Yikes. How incredibly wasteful. My next baby is due soon and the only thing baby is getting new is a car seat lol everything else is being used from my first and then given to friends as they have more kids and mine outgrow stuff.
We are having a second baby shower but it’s a no gift kind of deal. Just Want to see everyone before I’m sleeping even less lol
Several of my friend had a baby shower for each kid. But there where mainly non reuseable things on the wish list like nappies, babywipes ect.
I never had a shower for my baby girl who is 9 months old. I’m pregnant with a baby boy now and I’m definitely going to have him rocking some pink onesies of his sisters
That’s just grotesque; have you seen the way they dressed their babies anyway, it’s so unisex! Everything Saint AND Chicago are wearing and have worn would be perfect for the new baby. Look at the ROYALS; when Charlotte was a baby, she frequently seen wearing George’s clothes from the 2014 Australia New Zealand Tour and now Louis will wear them.
Umm, you’re using the ‘royals’ as a foil to the Kardashian/Wests? As far as grotesque conspicuous consumption goes, I don’t know that the royals are any better. At least the Kardashian/Jenner/Wests ‘earned’ their wealth, rather than handouts from the tax payer and inherited estates.
As a British Taxpayer, I hear you and you are completely correct. It’s just the whole ” But according to People’s source, Kim and Kanye don’t DO hand-me-downs for their kids.” really got to me.
Throwing your own shower for your fourth baby, who is only a year younger than your third child is extremely tacky. But that’s Kim.
My mother’s family doesn’t do baby showers, considers them bad luck. We wait until the baby is here.
With my first (and ultrasounds weren’t good enough at the time to reveal the gender of the child), my in-laws had planned a baby shower for 2 weeks before I was due and I ended up having her before the shower. So they had it afterwards and was so much better.
Some potential names: Four West, Dagyr West, Kash West, Phaze West, Vase West, West West, Lamp West, Hat West…honestly they’d have to go with something utterly normal like John West to even be edgy anymore.
I’d put my bet on Kash.
As a joke, my husband and I nicknamed our first child “Froggy” while I still pregnant. My well meaning mother in law took it to the extreme by throwing us a Frog themed baby shower and almost everything we received was green or had a frog on it. (Not our plan or intent)
We decided that the name for our second child should be “Cash” 😉
Wild West
Old West. Last West. Boy West. Baby West. Or simply WEST!
East West. South West. Old West. Wild West. Mae West (or May Mest). Go West. Best West. Trump West. MAGA West. DJT West. Barron West. Beelzelbub West. Martyr West. God West.
@Babadook John West would acually be a very cool name I think
What about Sinna (or Cinna) West (like Saint’s alter ego)? Adonai? Baruch? Something sorta religious-sounding.
He’ll be named Ratings West. Poor baby.
I know a lot of people who have showers for their 3+ child but they usually aren’t as big. It’s more about acknowledging the baby than gifts. As long as Kim and Kanye donate the old clothes I don’t care.
there is an equally annoying flip side to this. my SIL is obsessed with **never** buying anything new for her kids to the point where i feel bad for them. she has the means but it is her badge of honor to only give them hand me downs and banged up shit from swaps. her daughters wear hand me downs that have been through 4 previous kids in the family. she brags about it and shames me for buying new things for my daughter. she also turns her nose up at gifts if they aren’t from higher end stores b/c “you can’t hand it down” – except she’s never bought them anything new. i get eye rolls for buying my kid’s daycare clothes at kohls and old navy b/c they get so trashed i couldn’t even donate them in good conscience – why would i want to hand them down?
it was supposed to be hilarious that when they installed the car seat for their 3rd baby that the foam “disintegrated” and they actually went to the store to ask if they could replace the foam instead of replace the 7 year old, twice used carseat (mfg recommends they only last 5 years max) even though they are extremely wealthy. they’d rather go through song and dance of using something old to brag about it than ensure the safety of their kid.
i always buy her kids new things and she never dresses them in it.
Yeah nothing wrong with wearing hand me downs and what not but that’s pretty extreme. I can’t imagine not going to a store and picking out nice little outfits for my kids, especially if you can afford to.
The car seat thing infuriates me. I hate these kinds of people.
It’s great to re-purpose things where you can… but there seems to be some weird sanctimonious aspect to it that doesn’t seem healthy at all. It also really sucks for the youngest kids involved if it’s ONLY ever done that way.
its totally sanctimonious. she loves to brag about never having anything new as if she is above needing “things”. furthermore its not my job to sustain her choices. i’m not buying her toddler $40 jeans so she can hand them down to a friend or resell them or trade them. its rich that she snubs my perfectly nice gifts as some type of garbage.
This post reminds me of a show about shopping addiction I watched a while ago. One of the people on it was obsessed with thrifting, which she saw as acceptable since it was all second hand and ‘environmentally friendly’ or whatever, but the host pointed out that it’s just another kind of consumerism. It’s best to buy good quality, lasting stuff, whether it’s new or used, and avoid excess shopping.
I wouldn’t mind doing a shower with NO gifts but gifts at every shower is redic.
When I had my second we had a baby sprinkle. My first was a boy and my second was a girl so I got mostly diapers and a few clothes which is really all I needed. My kids are 13 months apart so the stuff from my first was still fairly new. To each her own, I guess.
I never had a baby shower because my honeymoon baby arrived less than a year after my wedding shower. It felt wrong to ask for more gifts, which is what a shower really is. The funny thing is, though, that so many people sent gifts after the baby was born. Even people I barely knew. I conclude that most people are genuinely happy for the arrival of the first baby. Only close relatives and friends sent anything for baby #2, which was more than I expected. These Kardashian-Wests are so tacky
Their attention now comes for ‘he’s crazy’ or another baby..don’t see either ending.
So along with buying things for the new baby, did Kim also buy a new face? She looks “new”
It looks bad, doesn’t it? Looks worse in pics on DM
I can’t get past the odd ratio of waist to hips – it’s like cartoon proportions. Why would she change your body shape like that, and does anyone find that attractive?
The etiquette I was taught was that if you had children very close together in age you should *theoretically* still have the major stuff you need and having another baby shower is tacky and asking too much of other people. When the kid is born, people will usually come with gifts anyway. However, if you had a baby like 5 or 6 years and over to where you had already gotten rid of all of your baby stuff, then you could get away with a baby shower
My daughter had a baby shower for babies 2 & 3 (twins) but that was from her in-laws (their first). I didn’t feel right to have one from my side as we had done that for her first baby (even though it was 5 years earlier) and there were plenty of hand me downs. People from my side still bought gifts once the babies were born. But we also didn’t throw showers for any babies past #1 for any of my girls.
My mindset is first time baby, second baby of a different gender and if there was a huge space in between children multiple baby showers are fine. I find it wasteful otherwise but to each their own. I would expect nothing less from Kim and Kanye.
I just hate sitting through the showers haha. I’m happy to send gifts, sign a memory book or onesie or whatever… but sitting through the exact same games for a couple of hours is just so boring. But I’ve also just gone through a big round of friend/family births, so I think I’m just all babied out. Love seeing the little guys and gals once they’re born, though.
That is my same philosophy too. My SIL had a huge shower for her first and when she was pregnant with another girl two years later her obnoxiously extra friend threw her another big baby shower and my SIL made a huge registry. I conveniently had a work training that day (that I may have signed up for after I got the invite- I’m petty). If it were a sprinkle and she just wanted gift cards or diapers sure.
They’re trashy, shi—y people and parents so this is par for the course. Here’s hoping this family’s relevance falls off a cliff in 2019. I didn’t always dislike them so intensely but they and the awful values they promote have well and truly worn out their welcome. Be gone!
If they don’t expect gifts from people that can’t afford it and donate the old stuff then I don’t see a problem. I’m guessing their friends have the $$ to spend on gifts.
If you want to know what God thinks of money, look at the people he gave it to.
These people are so f*cking tacky.
Yeah because that’s how they got all their money, God. 🙄
I have 2 boys less than 2 years apart. My MIL flipped when I said I was glad it was another boy so he can wear all his brothers hand me downs. My husband’s family buy us new clothes all the time so that number 2 doesn’t have to suffer the indignity of second hand clothes. As if a baby/toddler cares. It’s so wasteful. I wish they would save their money and invest it for him or save it for a big ticket item like a new carseat that we actually need.
It’s their money, whatever. At least they’re donating all the old items. And you know all the people at the shower are rich af. When it comes to regular people, I’m all for celebrating a new baby! But maybe say gifts not necessary or if you must, small gifts only, we have everything we need. My family and my in-laws would still insist on buying things, just as I would for the people I’m really close to. I don’t know, I’m not against celebrating a new little one on the way. It’s the expectation that people should buy you baby equipment when you’ve done this before.
How about Trump West?
They make the economy go round!!! Who cares? Stores profit, baby stuff donated to charity each time…not like they can take the money with them!
I’m fine with a shower for each baby, but who plans their own shower? So so tacky
I can’t bring myself to be outraged. They donate the old stuff and buying new stuff puts money into the economy, not to mention the publicity and such that comes to a designer or company when these outfits show up to instagram.
yup. they donate to charity like the trump foundation. the kardashians are as much help to the economy as ivanka.
They have millions and millions of dollars and are obsessed with fame and their looks. I would be surprised if they didn’t buy new stuff every time. Its not like theyre exactly known for being frugal, you know?
Shower discussions always make me think of that Sex and the City episode where Carrie calculates how much money she’s spent celebrating other people’s life choices. I’m sure the Kardashian-West friends and family are too rich to care but asking people to still pony up by kid #4 is just tacky as h—l. Sorry, but there’s definitely a point where your friends and family can be happy and excited for you and your life changes but not have to show that excitement monetarily.
This!
I totally recall that SATC episode and jokingly bring it up to all of my married friends, as I never got married and so got shorted a bridal shower and wedding gifts loll
They need to donate all the gifts they get from each shower they have. I get wanting to come together to celebrate a new baby but none of those Kardashian/Jenner girls need baby showers where people buy them brand new stuff all the time.
How did she get those huge wide hips ? Was that done by fat transfer ? Same as her butt ?
She probably got new hip injections after she was done with her weight loss.
Their money, their choice.
I have heard differing opinions on the concept of baby showers after the first baby. I know a lot of older people in the family think it is tacky and should not be done with subsequent pregnancies. But I have heard a few people that think each baby should be celebrated. My older girls were two years apart so we recycled everything with the 2nd. I am currently 26 weeks pregnant with our 3rd baby. It has been 10 years since we had a baby in the house. We have absolutely nothing because we did not think we were having anymore. In fact, I was so sure I was finished having babies I scheduled a tubal and it was at the pre-op appointment I found out I was pregnant. Imagine the shock! I think a baby shower would be nice but it is not something I am expecting.
I guess I see nothing wrong with Kim doing this. Money is obviously not an issue and if she is really donating the baby items to charity I think that is a good thing.
I am glad the children look happy in the Christmas photos for once. They are so beautiful!
If I were in their position, I’d maybe have a little party for friends and family to celebrate, and ask them to make donations (to legit charities) in lieu of gifts. One baby shower for the first is fine, but beyond that, for people of means, is tacky.
But all these people care about is money, gifts, and selfies, so I’m not at all surprised.
There’s definitely not going to be a “Tru West” given that Khloe’s daughter is named True.
My last two children are 2.5yrs apart. I refused another shower (it was my third boy) and there were lots of hand me downs. Babies don’t care. These two are greedy and grasping, anyone surprised by that?
They sum up everything that’s wrong with society, wasteful, mindless consumerism with no thought to the limited resources the planet has. They have no thought for the future or for people who will be affected first by their rampant consumerism. The only positive is they give their old stuff to charity but the shouldn’t need to even get rid of it!
And dear god those hips are such a mess…
In that first photo, she looks as old as Cher and her proportions don’t even look human.
The crowd they hang with probably won’t think it’s tacky and wasteful.
If she hanged out with Celebitches then she’d know.
Am I the only one who thinks Kim dressed North to resemble Beyonce? The outfit, the hair, the lipstick, the pose?
“Kanye is a big online shopper,” the source continues of the Yeezy designer. “When he can’t sleep, he gets online and buys whatever he wants.”
This old song – by Chicagoan Steve Goodman, a brilliant songwriter & guitarist who died way too young, popped into my head. Maybe it’s time for Kanye or someone to do a remix/update.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HnqtGjHJjs8