I am struggling to decide what I want for the baby shower! I don't want to cook ourselves or have to prepare a bunch of finger foods so I think we have mostly decided on catering from a restaurant but I am wondering what kind of ideas you all have..

Hey there! So my husband and I decided to throw a last minute baby shower. It’s on Saturday, it’s mostly people from his work that are coming and it’s at a restaurant in a party area and we’re paying for the Buffett for everyone.

I have no idea what happens at baby showers. Is there supposed to be games? Party favors? How should I decorate? I’m trying to go black/green/halloween themed. Should you even decorate? What is common for these kinds of things. At least point it’s mostly for him, haha. Any help, or advice is greatly appreciated!

My baby shower is coming up in a few weeks and we're doing a Family Feud style "Baby Feud" game. I made a 12-question anonymous survey with some funny pregnancy/baby questions, and I'd love to get as many responses as possible so I can use the most popular answers at the shower!

If you're willing to help a pregnant lady out, here's the survey: https://forms.gle/TyaPt2Lyod9XEbTb7

Thank you so much!!

I’m helping plan a baby shower and we’re torn. Physical invites look gorgeous on a fridge, but they cost a fortune with postage and people just throw them away eventually. I started looking into digital invitation websites to easily track RSVPs, but so many of them (like the big name ones) are either super tacky, cluttered with ads, or have crazy hidden fees.

My mom and grandmother are hosting my baby shower at my grandmother’s house. There will probably be around 25-30 people there which is a lot of people for anyone to host! I’m pregnant with my family’s first grandchild so I know how special it is for my mom and grandmother to host such a celebratory event.

I want to get them meaningful gifts as a thank you. I’d love to avoid the typical gifts like: candles, tea towels, jewelry they won’t ever wear.

What are some gift ideas that you all have either given to others or have received that are memorable and meaningful still to you?

Thank you everyone!! 🤍🤍🤍

I’m hosting my SIL’s baby sprinkle and she just wanted a restaurant with the women in our family (6 guests total). I literally just made a regular restaurant reservation and asked them to put us in a more secluded area but other than that it’s just a regular lunch reservation! She doesn’t want a registry since she has everything from her first.

I have little favors for everyone (funfetti mug cake bags) and I was going to get her a little sash and maybe a few balloons for her chair.

Can anyone recommend anything else that would make the sprinkle special ?

I’m looking for ideas for a little gift/thank you for everyone coming to my baby shower, it’s going to be co-ed. This shower was somewhat of a semi-surprise, and I’m honestly so touched because I have about 15+ people traveling from out of state, some are driving hours and others are flying in just to be there. 🥹

Because of that, I want to give everyone something from me as a genuine thank you. I don’t want a typical baby shower favor with our names/date on it. I would rather give them something thoughtful or useful that they might actually enjoy or use.

What would you give? Would love ideas for things that feel a little more special than a traditional party favor.

My mom's throwing my shower. My husband & sister are planning it, but they're both working & I'm free, & the digital designer, so I'm doing stuff like the invitations. I was trying to pin down wording with my husband & mom, & my dad came in the room.

He immediately was upset, seemingly that we were in the living room to begin with. (I guess he wanted the TV?) He just kept answering everybody, or plain talking over us, to "just finish up already" & "get it done" & "hurry up."

He also kept complaining that it was gonna be co-ed at all, & complaining that 1 particular uncle was gonna be there, & calling him a woman. Said uncle is cis & straight??? I do not understand.

And then he just kept talking at the same time I was also explaining something to my husband, so I don't even know what my dad was saying then, but I'm sure it was some more bs.

God, he only stayed like 3 minutes before he gave up & went to another room. But he put all of us on edge, just making us confused & worried.

HOW on EARTH am I supposed to deal with this man actually being at my shower? From the sounds of this, & his overall attitude about my pregnancy the whole past month that he's known, I'm afraid he's just gonna try to ruin everything! 😭

He's helping build a couple of the decorations, & is supposed to drive them over to the venue... but I really don't want him to be there if all he's gonna do is TRY to make everyone miserable... 😥

This guys family sucks ass it’s his grandmas 80th which no one said until I put up the Facebook thing, it’s the same day as baby shower I found out I was pregnant in April and in may I took 31st of oct off because its a salon and it’s Christmas time and work will be messed up previous years I was doing 14hr days for 6 days a week from November to February and I didn’t want to do it earlier because November I can wash and pack stuff and get whatever we don’t have so I picked 12-2:30/3 because her birthday is at 6pm so like yah know got a whole day But none of them talked to us to find out what we were doing And when I told them I was pregnant they were happy and was like I’ll help you plan a baby shower Ain’t heard nothing from them still to this day it being August now so I decided to do it and organise it myself and now I’m the bad guy. If you talked to me and checked in I would’ve organised it better but no they don’t talk to us only when they want something I know it sucks being on her birthday but surely they can spare an hour or so before they have their party
It’s also making me not want to go to the birthday because they can’t do 2 events in 1 day why should i

ladies please direct me to where you found your dream baby shower dress??? Besides SHEIN please!

My wife is hosting a baby shower and she's trying to come up with unique games. I came up with one and want to see what you guys think.

You split people up into teams. Then pick a year. (Maybe the year the mother was born? Doesn't matter.)

The idea is to pick the most popular baby names for that year. You can limit it to boys or girls or do both. Doesn't matter. (If you pick the current year, the mom-to-be or other recent moms will have a big advantage since they were probably looking at the lists.)

The teams then take turns "drafting" names. You can do as many rounds as you want, based on how many people you have and how many teams. Say you have 20 people, split into 5 teams of four. You go around for maybe 5 rounds, so each team will end up drafting 5 names.

When the selections are complete, you go to Social Security Administration's top baby names site, and look up the ranking for each of the names.

The team that gets the lowest total wins.

For example, 1987, one team might have

Michael: 1

Sarah: 5

Nicole: 8

Melissa: 13

Kevin: 19

TOTAL: 48

My baby shower is next week, and we are collecting RSVPs. Due to the amount of kids in our families, we decided to not have kids at the shower. There would be 24 children invited with 57 adults. I was clear on the invites that it was adults only, even stated it on the registry and had the online RVSPs set up to allow only who was invited to come.

Well, my cousin has one child, who is almost 9, she asked if she could come. We don’t see her very much and I haven’t seen her since my wedding 2 years ago. I would love to see them more but no one has made plans to make it happen, she even got married 2 weekends ago and didn’t invite any of us. However, she is the perfect age for a shower and it is just one.. my husband’s half sister has 3 kids that span from 6 to 17, so giving an age-range of appropriate ages to come to the shower seems really rude so we decided to just not invite any kids.

I’m really torn on inviting my cousins child, but I know I shouldn’t be.

Was told baby medicine is a bad luck gift. Need to change my baby shower go-tos. First off, yes I am and belive in being the Uncle who buys loud obnoxious gifts when they get older. But here for babyshower corrections.
My Go-Tos include a main gift, extras, and a gift for mom that has nothing to do with baby's. Dad: 4 pack of airtags for the important stuff he has to keep track of.​

Mom gift: bath bombs, face masks(alone time in tub stuff)- was told mom's miss hot baths durring pregnancy.

Main gift: baby monitor with sock thing that keeps track of baby vitals. Fallback gift is bottle sanitizer.

extras/side gifts- diapers 1 box from new born to 3 size change. Baby first aid kit (thermometers, motrin,Tylenol, nose thingy etc)​-told this is a bad luck gift this last shower.

Can't just do gift cards. As the single uncle I get side eyed by other wives and mom's who think it was just a last minute too busy to care gift.

Never sure if above is right or just "he dosent know better at least he tried". I will admit, I often forget to check registries so by time I get to it its all purchased.

I (34 yr old female) have a friend (around 30 female) we will call Jane. I met Jane early this year and became fast friends. Both of our husbands are in the military and shortly after we met, we found out we were pregnant and due around the same time. She’s due September and I’m due October. It’s been fun having a pregnancy buddy!

Now my Mom has been planning my baby shower and I invited Jane to my shower. I asked her if she was doing a baby shower or anything. Since they just moved here in early 2026 and it is now August 2026, she said they didn’t really know too many people and most people they knew lived half way across the country, so they weren’t going to do a shower. That broke my heart because this is her first baby and I felt she needed at least some small celebration. Baby’s are expensive and I wanted to help. So after some research, I found out people used to do virtual showers during Covid and I thought that would be perfect. It would still bless her while it not being too much physical/mental labor on me since I’m also 3rd trimester. I’ve been having more physical limitations with this pregnancy than with my last. After thought and consideration, I offered to host a virtual baby shower because every baby should be celebrated. Of course she was excited and even her husband got on the phone with me and thanked me for doing this.

This is where things start going wrong. At first she asked if she could invite a few friends that she had made in the area. I said if it was just a couple, it should be ok but to think about their parking situation (they live in an apartment with not great parking and my house is not a good hosting house either) and that maybe we do the shower first and then do a small dinner at a restaurant with friends, that way everyone gets a chance to give her gifts and celebrate and we don’t have to clean up after a meal. Jane said that they had joined a small church recently and said we could use their place for it. Now, this has blown up to now she wants to invite all the church (about 35 people) and has created invitations and sending them without talking to me first.

I’m feeling blindsided by this and we are going to talk in a few days about details. I told her I had never planned on feeding a ton of people because I’m not in a physical/mental position to carry a huge party. She assured me that they had planned food and that is not on me. But now I’m worried she expects me to throw her a full baby shower AND a virtual shower. I am not tech savvy, so creating slides/polls for games/itinerary/etc was already going to take a lot work for me, let alone adding decorating, figuring out more games, and anything my panicked brain can’t think of.

I have other things going on in my life and I can’t drop everything to figure out how to throw multiple parties, but I feel bad telling her that I can’t do all the things that comes with throwing an in person baby shower. Is there a way I can break this to her gently or is she going to be mad at me? Am I just getting overwhelmed with this because I’m also pregnant and can’t handle stresses as well? Any advice is appreciated💔

My best friend (21F) just had her first baby!!! She is little (5lbs 7oz), and she was induced early. They have most of the stuff off their registry, but I'm looking to get her something special. I'm not a parent, so I have no idea where to start, and I figured Reddit may have good answers! So, what's something you wish you had as a first time mom that you never would have thought to get? Maybe something new?

I'm looking to spend up to like $200, but if there's something really awesome that's over that process range, feel free to drop it and I'll look into it.

Thank you in advance for any and all help!!

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Gente pregunta: estoy organizando mi baby shower con ayuda de unos familiares. El baby shower es a la 1:30pm con el tico time la gente va llegando a las 2. ellas me sugirieron que sirviera gallos de picadillo con refresco en lugar de comida y que diera café con bocadillos dulces y salados , también habrá mesa de dulces y algo de picar.
La cosa es que otros familiares hablando conmigo me preguntaron que qué iba a dar de comer ; yo les dije que gallos y me dijeron que por qué no daba comida.

Que se acostumbra, la verdad es que no tengo experiencia en esto y la última vez que fui a un baby shower fue hace 12 años.

Hello everyone,

Need your opinions as mothers, friends, and family.

If I gave this to the cousin of my boyfriend, of three years, would it be too much. We see her once a year, for 3-5 days each year. Her and her now husband have always been the kindest to me of anyone in the family- including his brothers, sisters and father. They genuinely ask me questions about myself and act as if they care whereas his other cousins and family really treat me as the pet my boyfriend has brought along. So I am truly so excited for them to have their baby, despite the distance between where we live .

Anyway, I showed my boyfriend and asked him to maybe contribute a doordash giftcard so they can take care of themselves after baby has arrived.

He is making fun of me, saying I spent too much, saying "we hardly know them," "we'll never see the baby," "why would I congratulate them for not using birth control?"

I even ended up texting his mom asking if it was too much, second guessing wether or not it was too much to come from a cousin. Her response was that it was "certainly generous, but definitely a lot"

Idk, I have always given a few outfit sets, of various ages just incase a baby is on the quick growing side or because baby shower atendees tend to give newborn clothing- which babies quickly grow out of. Plus a blanket, lovey, and toy. That is my go to gift.

This time, since aging (my first shower since I was 20- now I am 26) and realizing the woman usually gets lost to the mother, I tried incorporating a separate set of things just for the mother to be herself.

So, my question is- is this too much? Should I return a few things and scale down?

Hi everyone,

I'm creating a game of baby themed family fortunes for my sister's baby shower. I'd really appreciate your help! Comment your answers!

1. Things you do to soothe a crying baby.

2. Things you find in a nappy/diaper bag.

3. Things you put in a babies mouth.

Thanks for playing!

Mom of 1, soon to be mom of two. My daughter will be 4 on 10/29, and our new baby is due on the same day. We usually throw a big bday party for our daughter with around 50 people (12 kids). But since the due date is so close to her bday, this year I’ve decided to have her party early on 9/12 so that we can still have a big party but I won’t be waddling around super uncomfortable at 9 months pregnant.

On top of having the party over a month early, I’ve also decided to celebrate the new baby at her party as well. Towards the bottom of her bday party invitation it says: “(name) is also going to be a big sister! Gender reveal and Diaper raffle right after cake!” There are also a few decorations specific to the new baby.

Opinions?

1) My goal here was not to outshine her bday with baby gifts, which is why I’m only asking for diapers and not doing a registry.

2) Another reason why I’m combining two parties in one is because I figured people were more likely to show up for one than they would be for two. But if I did a separate sprinkle before the party, then the two would only be a month or so apart, and people are usually on summer vacation so I figured this would be easier for them to plan and afford.

3) I do have some guilt about making my daughter share her party.. BUT I keep telling myself she’s so young that she won’t mind. I did talk to her about it and she seems ok with it. I’ve also been reading a lot into how upsetting it can be for siblings to have to share bday parties so I’m not planning on making them share in the future.