Discover the 4 Top Tips for Planning Great Baby ShowersPosted by Nick Niesen on November 1st, 2010 Baby showers are parties thrown for friends that are pregnant. This practice has significantly changed over the course of the years and has gradually become more and more elaborate and planned. You will be amazed but you are already way ahead of many people as you are seeking out information and with these simple planning tips you are bound to be a Baby Shower Success. So let?s get started. Baby showers can make an expectant mother feel more secure in the fact that her friends are all pulling for her and giving moral and financial support. Usually the baby shower is organized by non-relatives. But today, there is isn?t abnormal to find family members, support group members, church friends and pretty much anyone except the expecting mother. Inviting the Guests 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 tend to have a larger guest list since it is, after all, the mother?s first time. The thing to remember is that the nature of baby showers is intimacy. So, for any baby shower party, 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 way, however, as they provide a tangible, traceable evidence of invitation. Plus, it is the most sure and formal way to invite a person ? and in many cultures ? the only way. What About the Guys Venue When to Throw a Baby Shower 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 properly coordinated baby shower will be greatly appreciated and forever remembered by mothers long after they have delivered their children. Like it? Share it!More by this author |