What was the best part of your baby shower?
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And the worst?
I'm hosting a shower for a friend and I need ideas... |
Anonymous
| i loved everything about it. i really liked opening my presents in front of everyone - i'm kind of a shy person and it was easier opening stuff for another person than it would normally be for myself. |
Anonymous
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Best part: having friends from different parts of my life meet each other and become friends themselves.
Worst: opening presents and watching everyone pretend to be interested. Halfway through I suggested they continue talking and eating, and I just made a point of getting the attention of the particular gift giver and thanking her. |
Anonymous
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So. Bluntly...ask your friend what she wants. I am a no games no stupid diaper themed "treats" kind on girl. And I agree opening 30 presents while people stared at me would have been a special kind of torture. But I have friends who would feel they missed a rite of passage if there hadn't been a guess the mothers weight contest or a match the baby to the celebrity poster.
Don't assume you know her preferences either. Really specifically ask her. |
Anonymous
I loved having friends and family meet each other. I went around the room and introduced everyone and gave a short blurb about how we met or a funny story. It made me happy having everyone finally meet each other. It was also nice just to sit down and have other people get me stuff 
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Anonymous
Aww, nice mom, lucky baby! |
Anonymous
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Food!!!!
I don't love the present opening but it's the whole point of the thing. |
Anonymous
| Leaving. |
Anonymous
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Best: Spending a beautiful day outside with my favorite friends and family. Also, the hostesses abided my wishes that there be no "chocolate poop diaper" or "guess that baby food" flavor games.
Worst: Opening gifts...I know you have to, and I know it's the whole purpose of a shower, it just made me feel awkward. |
Anonymous
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Favorite part: we went spa-ing and it was so relaxing and really just a spa day with my friends and relatives. That was the whole afternoon. Then we met up with the guys for dinner and dh and I opened presents there.
Least favorite part: when my aunt tried to tell me it wasn't a real baby shower because there were no games and corny things. My mom shut her down. |
Anonymous
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Had brunch and mimosas for guests (OJ for me )...loved walking around and chatting with folks, munching food. My divorced but very friendly parents stood up and gave a beautiful co-toast. No games, I thanks everyone for their gifts and opened them at home with just family.
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Anonymous
| No games. |
Anonymous
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Best: food and cupcakes
Not so best: party games. Ask your guest of honor if she wants games. Some people love them, some don't. Favorite: My host had a journal out and asked people to write their best bit of parenting advice. I really liked that. |
Anonymous
I'm sorry about your experience but do you mind sharing why you hated it? I already asked her what she likes and she threw my shower so I already have an idea about what her preferences are. I'm just trying to come up with something different. For example I saw a tree made with the fingerprints of all the guests as the leaves, they signed and left a message for the baby. Then mom made a butterfly with the footprints to go with it. She's very crafty so I thought she'd like it. Thank you all for your responses. |
Anonymous
Was it the best or worst? I'm the OP. DH and I love trivia kind of games. Our host threw a couple's shower and organize a baby trivia. Guys vs girls. It was so much fun! My child is almost 4 and when we get together we still talk about it. There were questions like "how many diapers a newborn wets a day" or "how many bones does a newborn have" it was really cool and we all had fun. |