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Hi im new to Baby crowd.I live in England and we dont have babyshowers here,i just wondered what happens at them and when do you usually have them?Im due to have my first baby on Aug 6th. ↓
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| Name: Lizzi | Date: Jul 21st, 2006 9:37 PM |
| Now would be a good time or you can wait til the baby comes so everyone can see him/her at the same time! At baby showers,you have a cake,mints,nuts,non-alcoholic drinks. You play games and people win prizes and you get gifts for the baby from everyone who attends! It's usually given for you by a close friend or relative. They're fun! ↑ |
| Name: Lizzi | Date: Jul 21st, 2006 9:39 PM |
| Oh,I forgot decorations! The room where the party is held is usually decorated with balloons and streamers everywhere in colors representing a boy or girl,whichever you are having. ↑ |
| Name: Lizzi | Date: Jul 21st, 2006 9:41 PM |
| One more thing,it's for women only!!!! (At least all the one's I've been to were!) ↑ |
| Name: bigwelshlamb | Date: Jul 21st, 2006 9:45 PM |
| Thanks Lizzi,it sounds great.Maybe i should start that tradition over here.2 of my friends are due at the end of this year,will have to suggest the idea to them too!! ↑ |
| Name: Ashlie | Date: Jul 21st, 2006 10:57 PM |
| Hey bigwelshlamb well at baby showers there are games, and prizes, and food and cake, and punch! You all play the games and whoever wins the games gets a prize. Then you open gifts that everony brought. I am due August 9th with my 1st child and I had my baby shower June 25th, you can also have one afterwards! ↑ |
| Name: EthansMom0213 | Date: Jul 21st, 2006 10:58 PM |
| You can either have a shower now or you can wait until the baby is here like Lizzi said. It's just a gathering that is put together for the mother to be in which her guest bring the baby gifts. Usually you play a few games that have something to do with babies, have a small meal and cake. Most of the time baby showers are more of just a group of women. However you can have a coed shower where you invited the husbands and boyfriend of the female guest. The best way to go about this is to have a BBQ. There alot of fun and can really help cut costs when it comes to having to actually purchase baby items such as bottles and such. ↑ |
| Name: Christina | Date: Jul 22nd, 2006 3:26 PM |
| Hey, yeah everyone pretty much summed it up. Baby shower is just that to celebrate a new life comming into your family. It's traditionally women only, however alot of people in various place around the world are including men and having coed showers. I am due October 15th, my shower isn't till August, but mine is a coed. Partially cuz the majority of my friends and family are male. Besides I'm not too big on all the girly stuff all at once. But You can have finger foods, salads, sandwiches, BBQ's, punch. Preferably non-alcoholic drinks unless you want otherwise for your guests. Games and prizes. It's basically whatever you want. Usual a friend or close family member holds the shower for the mom to be (or parents to be). Good luck and Congrats. ↑ |
| Name: jenNtim | Date: Jul 25th, 2006 1:32 AM |
| ok well one thing that was left out is when you plan a babyshower its usually a SUPRISE for the mom-to-be!!!!!! Not always but all the ones i've been to were and mine was a suprise also ↑ |
| Name: jenNtim | Date: Jul 25th, 2006 1:38 AM |
| and the games are usually baby related....like word searches with baby products like bottles and bibs and cribs..well i think you get the point.....and who ever finishes first wins......now i got a cool game. you get everyone to empty their spare change into a bag (and when your done with it than it will go into a piggy bank for the baby) than you got to get every1 to write down what amount of money they think is in the bag and than have some1 count it, than tell them winner takes all well when the person who is closest with out going over the actual amount you give than a bottle of All laundry detergent (of course they think winner takes all means they get the money but thats the whole fun of the game to trick them) ↑ |
| Name: Christina | Date: Jul 25th, 2006 9:16 PM |
haha i like that game jenNtim, i might do that at my shower.
Yeah showers are usually surprises for the mom to be, I am helping with some things at my shower mostly in planning and whatnot. However my mother in-law is kicking me out of the house the morning of the shower so she and family can set everything up. Which is fine cuz my bf and I are going to pick up my mom and a friend that live like an hour away. I'm starting to get nervous only 19 days till the shower. ↑ |
| Name: granny2be | Date: Jul 25th, 2006 9:24 PM |
| My nephew and his wife had their baby in May and the shower in April. One thing we did (and I thought was neat) was that each guest took a slip of paper and wrote down a special message to go in the babies scrap book. In their case we knew it was a baby boy and what his name would be so the thoughts were actually written to HIM. ↑ |
| Name: EthansMom0213 | Date: Jul 25th, 2006 10:21 PM |
My shower with my first was not a surprise. I actually helped plan it. We also had the guess write a special message to the baby which I have and a suggestion to the parents. After each of the games a few of the messages were read out loud. It was actually a nice touch.
Traditionally the gifts are usually baby product that the guess win and they are usually then given to the mother-to-be at the end of her shower. However, today alot of people are actually purchasing gifts (non-baby items) that the winners can keep for themselve. It is always a nice touch to give all the guest something just to say thank you for coming. At my shower we gave each guest a candle that we wrapped in tulle and attached a little card that said thank you.
For my sister's shower I did her shower in ducks because that was her nursery theme. I took bowls that I filled with water and used blue food coloring to dye it, then I floated rubber ducks in them. For thank you gifts, I gave each guest three unscented ducks soaps.
Also at both my shower and my sister we had each guess chip in $5 or $10 dollars which went towards a large baby gift. Both my sister and I recieved our travel system (stroller and carseat) as a large gift. ↑ |
| Name: KimH | Date: Jul 25th, 2006 11:44 PM |
| Don't forget to measure your belly with toliet paper or yarn and then have the guest try to guess how big you are with a piece of yarn they cut. This is always fun. ↑ |
| Name: Denise | Date: Jul 26th, 2006 12:55 AM |
| Games, Presents, & Cake ↑ |
| Name: bigwelshlamb | Date: Jul 26th, 2006 7:55 PM |
| Baby showers sound great-I cant believe we dont have anything like that over here.Thanks for all your stories,sounds like lots of fun.good luck to you all.x ↑ |
| Name: ladyblueblood | Date: Jul 27th, 2006 11:50 PM |
I think the rule of thumb is to have a baby shower sometime around a month before your due date, and seeing you're due so soon, it may be rough to plan any big shindig (party) in such a short amount of time. I'm due on December 4th, and I'm trying to talk my family into having one for me on Halloween (my favorite holiday).
When I had my first baby, we had rented a confrence room at a local hotel and had cake, mints, sandwiches and lots of chocolate dipped peanut butter cookies. My family made a silly hat for me out of all the ribbons and bows from the packages and made me wear it in a picture. Very Embarassing.
It may be good for you to have sort of a "coming out" party for your baby once he/she arrives, a REAL birth-day party. Everyone will know sizes to purchase, and whether or not to get gifts for a boy or girl, and everyone in attendance will get to see your beautiful baby... and save you money on having to send out birth annoucements. ↑ |
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