Tell Me About Your baby Showers...

I know im getting ahead of myself ... :shhh:

Im wondering who planned your shower?
How long did it go for?
Did you register somewhere?
When did you have it?
How many people did you invite?
What activities did you do?
What food did you serve?

LOL so just a few questions...

There are a lot of interstate people that i would be inviting so i want to get invitations out in the next month or two to give people plenty of time to make travel arrangements if they wish to come. Id like to have a part in planning my own (just so i can do up pretty invitations haha) ... So any info you have would be great :lol:

TIA xo

Im wondering who planned your shower? My friend planned mine with DD. This time we are just having lunch and whoever wants to come can and whoever wants to get something can.
How long did it go for?I had had enough after 2 hours. I was heavily pregnant, sick and had a horrible night I just couldn't wait to have my own house back!
Did you register somewhere? No - just had a poem about needing essential stuff.
When did you have it? 7.5 nearly 8 months pg.
How many people did you invite? hmmmm about 25 i think?
What activities did you do?Pin the dummy on the baby, pin the DH on the sheep (DH is kiwi, was to have a bit of fun involving him LOL), nappy relay.
What food did you serve? slices, little cakes, cheese, fruit, dips.

HTH. xx

LOL at pin DH on the sheep!!!

Thanks so much, huge help. Yeah i think the poem about essentials is a good idea; im going to try and hold out on buying clothes til after the shower hehe :lol:

So far theres 35+ on the list...i know probably not all will be able to make it but i just keep thinking of one person who id like there then it snowballs :doh:

who planned your shower? I did
How long did it go for? All day
Did you register somewhere? No
When did you have it? 6 weeks before EDD
How many people did you invite? about 40
What activities did you do? it was just a casual BBQ with mixed gender. No games
What food did you serve? BBQ, salads, nibbles. Got people to BYO alcohol

Im wondering who planned your shower? My mum and sisters and some friends
How long did it go for? 2-3 hours
Did you register somewhere? nope
When did you have it? After the baby so people could buy gender spacific items
How many people did you invite? 1st one about 40 people second about 30
What activities did you do? Played some really fun games.. Some games are so boring looking online heaps of really fun ones.
What food did you serve? We just had a high tea with nice cakes, nice biscuits, savory items, tea coffee.. 1st one went overboard on food second one.. perfect.. Dont over cater such a huge cost and waste

Just from a planners point of view

who planned your shower? I never had one but have had fun planning 'surprise' ones for loved ones
How long did it go for? 2 - 3 hours
Did you register somewhere? no...I sort of sussed out what the person needed...even suggested cash as a pressy to go towards a big item. We evne had a cloth nappy deomonstrator at one
When did you have it? at mutual friends house
How many people did you invite? 20 approx
What activities did you do?
- ice cubed babies (little babies are frozen in water and given out...first one to 'give birth' is the winner)
- got the pg woman to get up and race each other to put a cloth sqaure nappy on a doll
- had some letter that I pulled out one at a time and made people tell me a baby product with that letter.
- most of the time we chatted and laughed.
What food did you serve? Everyone brought a palte as it was a lunch thing...yummy

All fantastic info here ladies!! Thanks!

Cash is a great idea Maz, i think if i were to go down that path id make it completely annonymous so if people couldnt afford it they wouldnt feel bad IYKWIM? Plus im not too fussed on the actual pressies i just cant wait to get together with all my family & friends & ooo and aahh over the bubba :lol:

I always go overboard with food didi :redface: will try my best not too, am thinking of making it in the arvo so might just do cakes & things like that

Im wondering who planned your shower? My sister in law
How long did it go for? about 2 and a half hours
Did you register somewhere? Nope
When did you have it? I was 37 weeks
How many people did you invite? Approximately 20.
What activities did you do? We did guess how many jelly babies in the bottle, guess the melted chocolate in the nappy (funny watching everyone say it looks like real poo!) Saying letters of the alphabet and you have to say answers to do with pregnancy/babies, whoever has the most letters at the end wins. And how big is the mum to be's belly, measured with string and they guess by cutting string to how long they think it is.
What food did you serve? Chocolates, mini donuts, a platter with dip, carrots, cabana etc, and sandwhiches.

aaaaawwwwwwww i wanna come. You have to tell me the date babes (when its organised)

Im wondering who planned your shower? My mum and me (I did the invitations!)
How long did it go for? About 2-3 hours
Did you register somewhere? Nope, just had it at home
When did you have it? At about 36 weeks
How many people did you invite? Around 30
What activities did you do? Guess how many squares of toilet paper go around my belly, the alphabet game where you have to think of a baby-related word beginning with each letter of the alphabet, can't remember what else! Opening the gifts took a while too.
What food did you serve? My friend's mum made these delicious cupcakes with blue icing and words on them such as "baby" "boy" "2009", etc, also had mini quiches, sandwiches, fruit platters, savoury cheese twists, not sure what else

Im wondering who planned your shower? My aunty - I was dead against having one so it was a surprise. I even visited a friends house just before hand and caught her wrapping the gift - clueless as I am I had no idea it was for me
How long did it go for? about 3 hours
Did you register somewhere? No - she recommened people buy gift cards
When did you have it? 39 weeks
How many people did you invite? 25 turned up no idea how many she invited
What activities did you do? pin the bib on the baby, nappy changing race, spit the dummy competition, guess the arrival date/weight/gender (my 7 year old cousin was spot on with all 3)
What food did you serve? just an assortment of nibblies and cakes

Im wondering who planned your shower? SIL planned both of mine
How long did it go for? 2 - 3 hours
Did you register somewhere? Nope
When did you have it? DS's I had it at my house. DD's we all went to a hotel for High Tea
How many people did you invite? DS I had about 30 people. DD I just had 10 people.
What activities did you do? DS played a few games - guess size of my belly, nursery rhyme riddles, etc. No games for DD as we just ate sweets and drank tea!
What food did you serve? DS served finger foods (spring rolls, sausage rolls, sandwiches, dips, crackers, soft drinks etc). DD we were at a restaurant for High Tea so we all had tea and sweets.

TD Shower will be the June Long Weekend, so Sunday the 13th :lol:

So much helpful information girls! Thanks heaps !! :lol:

I wanna get started on the invitations ASAP hehe :shhh:

I just had mine last weekend (as we didnt have time to plan much lol long story) It was nice enough though and I got ALOT of lovely things



Im wondering who planned your shower? Mum and Me
How long did it go for? It could have gone for hours as women talk TOO much but it went from 2pm - 5pm one Sunday afternoon
Did you register somewhere? Was going to, but didnt have time...my best mate registered hers at Toys 'R' us
When did you have it? Last Sunday (as it was rushed planned as I wasnt going to have one
How many people did you invite? 25 and all 25 came and that was just the basic people i.e relos and close friends
What activities did you do? I did 3 games, and that was enough - I had a triva game all about me i.e my fave colour, where I went to school - We played guess my belly size i.e how round I was and we also had a BIG guess as we dont know sex of Bubs we had a guessing game sex, d.o.b weight at birth, time of birth, boy or girl
What food did you serve? We had assorment of biscuts, chocolates, cakes, yummy home made deserts, sandwiches, fruit, nuts, cheeses and dips. We also had champagne, a non alcoholic fruit punch and assortment of soft drinks and juices

Thanks Cole! :lol: