Planning a baby shower can be a big responsibility. There is a lot to coordinate for the event and every hostess wants to do the best job possible for the Mother-to-be. You want to start the planning stages pretty early, you will have to compile a guest list, decide on a location, possibly coordinate with caterers and if there are guests that have to travel a distance to attend they will need a fair amount of time to get there. With all of this in mind, you want to give yourself at least two months of planning and coordinating before the shower. Even though there is no set protocol for when to have a baby shower, most people choose to hold it about a month before the expected due date. This helps eliminate the chance of the baby coming before the shower party. At this point in the pregnancy, the parents to be are probably in need of a little pick me up, and the shower can give them a welcome boost as they prepare for their new baby.
Having a Welcome Home Celebration
Not everyone wants to have a traditional baby shower. For many reasons they choose to hold off on the celebration until after the baby is born. Sometimes if the pregnancy is high-risk or if the mom-to-be has had a particularly difficult time, they may be inclined to wait. In that case, many hostesses will coordinate a “welcome home” celebration, usually about two weeks to a month after the birth. The concept is the same as a shower, except guests get to see the new baby and since most of the bigger baby accessories will most likely already be purchased, attendees can bring gifts that are the everyday items new parents never seem to have enough of such as diapers, baby wipes and formula. Also if the shower is held before the baby is born, and the parents decided not to find out beforehand the sex of the baby, it is impossible to buy sex-specific or engraved items. Holding a welcome home celebration eliminates that gift buying hurdle.
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