This event has significantly changed over the course of the years
and has gradually become more and more elaborate and planned.
Baby showers can make an expecting mother fell more secure in the fact that her
friends/peers are all pulling for her and providing moral and financial support.
Usually the baby shower is planned by non relatives, or close friends.
But today, it is common to find family members, support group members,
church friends or anyone except the expecting mother.
INVITING GUESTS:
Who should you invite?
The guest list would include those who are nearest and dearest to the expectant mother.
It would help if she gets to take a look at the guest list, so that she can suggest
who should be invited.Ig you are planning a surprise baby shower, you will have to do
some research on who should be attending, instead of running the list through the expectant mother.
If the child is a first born, showers tend to have a larger list, since, it is, after all,
the mother's first time.
The nature of baby showers is intimacy.
So, for any baby shower, try to make the gathering one of intimate friends.
You may chose to use informal ways to invite guests, such as email,
postcards, and by phone. Invitation cards and other letters are the best way,
as they provide a tangible, traceable evidence of invitation.
It is the most sure and formal way to invite a person, and in many cultures, the only way.
WHAT ABOUT THE GUYS?
Should men be invited to the baby shower too?
The nature of the party is probably going to tend to the feminine side.
If the organizers of the party have made provisions for this,
then inviting men would be fine.
It also depends on the men, since the party may dwell on topics such as,
pregnancy, children, birth and other motherly topics, men may not be excited to join.
VENUE?
Anywhere! As long as there is no distraction from the fun nature of the occasion,
any place would be fine.
The most common places for a baby shower are the backyard, formal halls and restaurants.
Basically, any room that has the amenities to make a baby shower successful.
Just make sure the location is not crowded or stressful, for the mother to be!
It is a good idea to preset the venue long before the event takes place.
WHEN TO THROW A BABY SHOWER?
Normally the best time one to two months before her due date.
It is the perfect time to get your friend baby needs and stuff she may not have had time to purchase yet.
It has to be well timed, not to close to her 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 provides a means for friends to show support and concern (and of course, baby gifts!),
to expecting friends.
A baby shower will be greatly appreciated and remembered by mothers, long after the birth of the baby.
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