Baby Shower

Well I didn't know much about baby showers before, but I certainly do now

Well, presumably all went well, with or without our ideas. I do hope so, nanatobe!

Me too.

It was such a brilliant afternoon, I had organised a lot of games and an afternoon tea with sandwiches and cakes. Of course a glass or two of Prosecco for the non pregnant! It was so lovely for us to celebrate with all the females in our family and friends. Thanks so much for all your ideas and I highly recommend attending if you get invited to one. My niece has one planned in a couple of weeks so looking forward to it now.

lovely glad you had fun, what games did you do in the end?

Thanks for your support notanan. Loved some of your comments? We did some quizzes, guess what's in the nappy (various melted choc bars, fun but looked disgusting). Identify the guest from their baby pic, actually quite hard. The best bit was a video of the dad answering some baby questions, that was hiliarous as he proved clueless. I think I could go into baby shower event planning now.

Well, I've just spotted some ideas for hosting a grandparent shower, so it's a growth market, nanatobe. The same daft games and lovely food and lots of presents, for the older end of the family. One suggestion for gifts is "freezer meals they can pull out and heat up during those first few weeks when they will likely be spending lots of time visiting or helping to care for the little one"

I was thinking "Why have a party for someone who is about to become a grandparent? Surely that would draw the attention of the real star of the show, i.e. the mum-to-be?" but then again, granny-to-be's friends are hardly going to be invited to the baby shower, so why not?