How do you organize a baby shower?

1. The question for many is: what is a baby shower anyway? It is a custom that came to Western Europe from America. The maternity party is popular in the Netherlands, but the baby shower is gaining ground. Not the baby, but the pregnant woman is in the picture. How do you organize a baby shower and especially when?

Baby shower opposite maternity party

1. A maternity party is a custom that has long been established in the Netherlands from America. Three to six weeks after birth, usually on weekends, a party is held in honor of the birth of the baby. The intention is that the majority of the maternity visits will come by instead of all the individual visits during the weeks.

With whom do you celebrate the baby shower?

1. The baby shower is especially fun to celebrate with friends, but family is also often invited. In principle, often only women are invited. Men are actually not welcome, but nowadays more and more men are invited. Yet men are significantly in the minority at a baby shower, so whether the man is happy to be there is the question. The baby shower is often organized by the girlfriends as a surprise for the pregnant woman. The pregnant woman also organizes a baby shower herself and invites her friends and family.

Organizing a baby shower: ideas and tips

1. Preferably, the baby shower is organized secretly for the expectant mother. Let her do as little as possible herself, it is after all a party to put her in the limelight. Send the invitations on time. Make sure the party is organized between the fifth and seventh months of pregnancy. These are the months when the pregnant woman feels her best and the critical period is already over. Ask the guests if they want to wear a certain color or colors of clothing to the baby shower. Make sure the pregnant woman is wearing a completely different color. This puts her in the center of attention.

When things go wrong

1. No one assumes it and no one wants this too, but sometimes things go wrong with the baby. If things go wrong before the baby shower is organized, it will be canceled. It is not nice for the sad mother to receive baby things as a gift when she has just lost her child. Feel free to visit the sad woman. Comfort her where necessary. If things go wrong after the baby shower, do not ask for gifts or money back. Let the woman decide for herself what to do with it. She can keep it for another pregnancy or give it away. This is her own choice. Again, don't forget to comfort and assist her in a difficult time. To prevent this kind of situation as much as possible, it is therefore advisable to never organize a baby shower before the five months of pregnancy. The chance that things will go wrong after three months of pregnancy decreases sharply and after five months the chance is even smaller.

2. No one assumes and no one wants this too, but sometimes things go wrong with the baby. If things go wrong before the baby shower is organized, it will be canceled. It is not nice for the sad mother to receive baby things as a present when she has just lost her child. Feel free to visit the sad woman. Comfort her where necessary. If things go wrong after the baby shower, do not ask for gifts or money back. Let the woman decide for herself what to do with it. She can keep it for another pregnancy or give it away. This is her own choice. Again, don't forget to comfort and assist her in a difficult time. To prevent this kind of situation as much as possible, it is therefore advisable to never organize a baby shower before the five months of pregnancy. The chance that things will go wrong after three months of pregnancy decreases sharply and after five months the chance is even smaller.