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Don’t Stress About Baby Showers
I thought you’d like to read a post I wrote for MummyPages as you’d be surprised about how many people stress about whether to hold a Baby Shower or not! First time Mums-to-be need reassurance and encouragement. Especially as the due date draws near and knowing her loved ones, friends and family are all pulling together to make her day a memorable one with a Baby Shower can be a great source of comfort.
Baby Showers are all about concentrating on the expectant mother, expressing love and friendship and bringing happiness into her life at this point in time. Fun, joy and laughter should be the focus . . . so let’s banish the stress!
Baby Showers have become very popular here in Ireland and the number of Irish women embracing the concept has grown rapidly. This isn’t surprising. Ireland has the highest birth rate in Europe. Last year 42% of the babies born were to first time Mums. Baby Showers are a way of helping out first time Mums with items they need for their new arrival. Although gift giving has long been part of our Irish tradition. Some expectant Mums stress over being “showered” with presents.
The idea of asking for gifts or expecting to receive them goes against the grain for many of us. It’s considered to be greedy. Talk of rampant consumerism also rears its ugly head. Apart from the fact that lots of us love to buy presents for the baby – and the Mum-to-be. I think we are forgetting what a Baby Shower is all about.
Receiving gifts is nice but what makes a Baby Shower really special are the people who gather together to support the Mum-to-be. Celebrating her pregnancy. Sharing her excitement about the imminent arrival of an adorable new baby. Spending precious time together, giving handy advice and offering tips. Telling stories and enjoying each other’s company are worth more than any gift.
You don’t have to have gifts if you don’t want to. Hold a Gift-Free Baby Shower and let your guests know on the invitation by telling them the only gift you need is the pleasure of their company. A nice idea is to ask everyone to bring a wish, poem, photograph, letter, favourite quote, memory or blessing that can be put into a scrapbook. After all, Baby Showers create wonderful memories so why not make a keep-sake out of them? What do you think?
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