subject: Secrets For Setting Up Terrific Baby Showers [print this page] Baby showers are parties thrown for friends that are pregnant. This tradition has significantly changed over the course of the years and has steadily become more and more elaborate and planned.
Baby showers can give rise to an expectant mom feel extra self-assured in the fact that her friends are all pulling for her and providing moral and financial support. Usually the baby shower is organized by non-relatives.
Inviting the Guests
Who should you invite? Typically, the guest list will only include those nearest and dearest to the expectant mother. It wouldnt harm if she gets a first look at the guest list so that she can suggest who ought to be invited. If you are planning a surprise baby shower, you will have to do a a small amount of investigation on who should be attending instead of running the list through the expectant mother.
If the child is not a firstborn, you may opt to keep the number of guests down to the closest to the mother. Firstborn baby showers are likely to have a larger guest list since it is, after all, the mothers first time.
The thing to remember is that the nature of baby showers is closeness. So, for any baby shower celebration, try making the gathering one of intimate friends.
You could use informal ways to invite these guests: email, phone and others. Invitation cards and other letters are the best method, however, as they offer a tangible, traceable confirmation of invitation. Plus, it is the most certain and formal way to invite a person and in many cultures the only way.
What About the Blokes
The nature of the party is in all probability going to be inclined towards the female side; if the organizers of the party have a provision for this, then inviting guys would be okay. It also depends on the guys, since the party may well stay on topics such as pregnancy, kids, and other motherly subjects, they might not be that excited to join up. All in all, it is dependent on the preference of the organizers.
Venue
Anyplace! As long as it can keep with the placid and enjoyable nature of the occasion, any place would be fine. The more common places on baby shower lists are backyards, formal halls, restaurants, and in the end any space that has the facilities to make a baby shower successful. Just make sure the venue is not crowded and stressful to the mother-to-be. It also pays to make certain the venue is set long ahead of the actual baby shower takes place.
When to Throw a Baby Shower
Generally this is one or two months prior to her due date. The baby shower is the ideal time to get your friend baby needs and things she might not have had time to buy so far. It has to be well-timed though not too close to the due date, and not to far as to whittle down the excitement.
Baby showers are a pleasant surprise to expecting mothers. It takes a lot of the stress of expecting a child off of their minds and offers a means for friends to confirm support and concern (and of course, baby gifts) to expecting friends.
A correctly coordinated baby shower will be really appreciated and forever remembered by mothers long after they have delivered their children.
