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[quote=Anonymous]I would skip the virtual baby shower before the baby is born, specifically because of the gift issue. What you could do instead is schedule a virtual sip and see where people could login to see the baby over zoom, maybe a month after his or arrival to give the new parents some time to settle in. You could also coordinate with guests to have gifts sent ahead of time (during the month or so between when the baby is born and when the zoom is scheduled) so that the new parents could open during the zoom.

But, if you or the mom to be aren’t hung up on having a a video shower and the whole shebang, you could get a list of names and addresses of those closest to her, and design and send each an invitation to send some love to the mom to be over the miles — include a small card they can fill out with their best advice for the new parents; one where they guess the baby’s birthdate, weight, height and sex (if unknown), and an addressed, stamped envelope to mail their responses back. You can also include the new parents mailing address and a link to a registry if they have one. You can send all of this out before the baby comes, and give people time to shop and send their cards back; just tell the parents to be not to open anything until after baby arrives. Or, you can wait until baby comes and then send it out and have it be a little bit after the fact.

I have had a baby while living on a different continent from my family and friends and understand how hard it can be not to be able to celebrate in typical fashion. It’s really nice to make an effort to do something for your friend who is probably feeling a bit more lonely and emotional during this big phase in her life being so far from loved ones. Good for you for being there for her! (Ps — for the posters who will come here and whine about it all being a gift grab, forget them. People who are close to the parents are going to want to buy a gift for the baby! If the mom does not want gifts, just do the advice card and the stats guessing game. Believe me, she doesn’t “just” want presents. She wants to feel cared for and thought of being so far from family and friends and have her baby celebrated even if she doesn’t have anybody there who will be able to come hold the baby or meet them right away).[/quote]

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