Etiquette when visiting after giving birth- specifically presents related
Hello! I live in the US for 8 years now, originally from the middle east. In my culture and country, it is very normal that when you come to visit a family that just had a baby you DO NOT come empty handed. All of our friends nearby (came from the same place) showed up with either a gift or food which was such a blessing and I was so so grateful. Now, we have 2 couples of American friends (with kids!) they came to visit (not for the first time) and of course, again, in my culture, when people come over you host them properly (food etc). They are aware of our hosting style. They issue is that they came completely EMPTY HANDED! which is just beyond to me. I really don't understand that! Especially that for one of them, when they had a baby we brought some food and a gift card and also recently they had a 1 YO party for him and we again brought a present! Is this this behavior common within American culture? I am seriously asking. Very grateful to live here BTW, i just cant wrap my head around such a thing but maybe its a classic case of a cultural difference?