**Baby Showers**
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Topic: **Baby Showers**
Posted By: mumstheword
Subject: **Baby Showers**
Date Posted: 18 August 2005 at 4:31pm
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Hi what do you do at a baby shower??? My sis and a mate are giving me a baby shower in a few weeks since baby could be here in as little as 5weeks, I didnt have one with Caleb as he came early as a surprise... So any ideas would be great, who do you invite?? Felmales only?? or do the guys come to and have a male bonding session out the back with a few beers??? Do you play games or just sit around chatting??? Please please help me I feel so dumb... ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Xander&Harmony
Date Posted: 18 August 2005 at 4:42pm
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its entirely up to u as to wot u want to do but my first shower we played games like gess the bump circumfrence,who's that baby,guess date weight time.my mates one we playd spit the dummy,pin the napy on the baby,fear factor baby style.My 2nd shower was just me n 3 mates havin a movie n munch nite as i had done the whole game one before. how to play games mentioned: bump circumfrence is easy just need loo roll/string or the like,whos the baby is when u get everyone to bring a baby pic of themselves,and u have to try guess whos who.spit the dummy well name says it all,whoeva spits there dummy furtherest wins.fear factor baby style we had a potty(clean and sanitised of corse)filled with lemon jelly and a cooked sausage (wees n poos),and u have to fish the sausage aka poos out using only ur mouth. ------------- BECS http://www.sparklee.com"> 
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Posted By: Xander&Harmony
Date Posted: 18 August 2005 at 4:43pm
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all 3 i attended were females only.I guess the guys could have beers at someone elses place??? ------------- BECS http://www.sparklee.com">
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Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 18 August 2005 at 10:29pm
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theres millions of sites with different games on them
here's the one i used for when i threw a baby shower for my sisters' and also when my sisters threw ones for me. lol http://www.babbee.com/ we did pin the baby on the mummy and printed out a pic of a fetus, backed it with cardboard and then had to pin it on a lifesize drawing of a preggy mummy, we also put cotton balls in a bowl and you had to spoon them into another bowl in a certain amount of time... but you were blind folded... soooo hard, cos they are so light you dunno if you have any on the spoon. other than that... just relax and enjoy the gifts and food. we made it bring a plate. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja 
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 18 August 2005 at 10:53pm
| my one we had to taste and guess baby food. only my friend found this disgusting stuff that I'm sure if only in Japan...liver and tripe...for your five month old???? Salmon and salmon eggs......ick. vowed never to actualkly taste Jake's food. |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 19 August 2005 at 11:49am
| I just had a group of my friends come around and shower me with gifts and eat lots of food! It was great! |
Posted By: mumstheword
Date Posted: 19 August 2005 at 1:10pm
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Thanks heaps for all the ideas!! Is it like a kids birthday???? do you have silly little prizes for the winners??? Mum suggested to get a whole lot of $1 scratchies for the prizes, cheap but fun for adults.. I told mum id be totally bummed if one of my mates won the $10,000 prize, gosh im sellfish.... ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 19 August 2005 at 4:34pm
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hahaha nah fair enough.
whenever i buy a scratchie for someone i have to buy one for myself as well... just in case. and then i usually end up scratching theirs too... just in case.  hehe
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 19 August 2005 at 4:35pm
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but yeah, baby showers are usually like kids birthday parties, if you want them to be.
really up to you. i didn't buy into the american version of the baby shower just because i didn't think my friends would get into it |
Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 19 August 2005 at 11:29pm
| i like the "shower me with gifts" idea |
Posted By: mumstheword
Date Posted: 20 August 2005 at 10:17am
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yeah i like that to, my man asked if he can have his own shower to get stuff for him, i told him next time he was preg id through him the best baby shower ever, he thinks being preg is a breeze, getto stay home and sleep all day, ha ha wouldnt be to bad if I wasnt actually stuck to the couch, id love to leave this house.. just go for a ealk, but no bed rest it is...... i am going mad.... truly guys.. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 20 August 2005 at 4:16pm
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hahaha if he got pregnant and went through the pain of giving birth he could have a million baby showers!!!!
males aye? no idea  
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 23 August 2005 at 5:13pm
I had a surprise baby shower and my hubby was there but otherwise only girls. We did the taste the baby food game  and my best friend wrote a quiz about details on the parents on the baby to be - winner got a prize. Mostly just lots of cake and pressies, it was lovely! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 26 August 2005 at 4:41pm
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I had a baby shower at work yesterday. It was of the afternoon tea and shower me with gifts variety! It was lovely, everyone bought a plate and they'd put together a basket full of little goodies It was sort of a leaving party as well but I finish next week. I get a lunch next week with another lot from work AND another baby shower!! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 26 August 2005 at 4:49pm
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Oh that was nice of them Aimee...I doubt I will get any thing like that....But I know my friends are organising some thing for me....I told them I am too tired to organise any thing after my "house moving".
So how far along do you have to be (usually) to have a baby shower? I mean does it have to be (as an example)at or around 34 weeks .....??? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 26 August 2005 at 5:33pm
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No set time.
I think people like to wait until there is a noticeable bump just so they can pat it and wait for the baby to move! hehe |
Posted By: mum2paris
Date Posted: 26 August 2005 at 8:52pm
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he he, Paris's i was 32 weeks, Ayja's i was 20 weeks cos that was the only time i could have my older sister there too. ------------- Janine and her 2 cool chicks, Paris & Ayja
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 27 August 2005 at 6:53pm
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As far as I know it doesn't matter when. ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 29 August 2005 at 9:14am
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Well My friends have set a date 17th Sep...I will be nearly 34 weeks. I am looking forward to it!!!
But I have decided that no matter what happens, I am not tasting no baby food!!!
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 29 August 2005 at 9:41am
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Yeah I am a bit worried about my second baby shower this week - its more likely to be one with games etc. Im not one for gross foods, esp at the moment, I thnk my morning sickness is coming back ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 29 August 2005 at 9:53am
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Ohhh no....I hope not!!
Well you can use that as a excuse not to try any of the baby food!!! LOL
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 11:34am
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The desserts are delicious and the plain veges are pretty good too, it's just when you get into the baby food with meat that it starts making you gag.
Yuck. |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 12:16pm
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Knowing my friends....they will buy all the meat ones....EWWWWW
I might have to say that I have decided to become a vegetarian from that day.....he he ha ha ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 11:16pm
| ooh, in japan we have fishy ones and ones with liver......i can't even open the can without gagging, so Jake doesn't need that. he loves tofu though. |
Posted By: k&jsmum
Date Posted: 31 August 2005 at 11:28pm
oh i feel so jealous reading about your baby showers
 my friends were planning one but i had the boys early so missed out boohoo oh well if i decide to have more kids then i will just have to have an extra hugh baby shower to make up for it ------------- Marlene Keegan ~ 14 October 2003 Jaidyn ~ 14 October 2003 |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 8:24am
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I had my 2nd baby shower last night - was very tame thank goodness. Just a few people from work with lots of food and pressies! ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 10:38am
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Yah well my MIL was planning a surprise one for me, but when she found out that I was having one (organised by mates)...she decided not to throw me the other.....dammit!!!
Marlene, you should have still insisted on one any way...even after the babies were born...its never too late for food and pressies!! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Anjelmajik
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 11:25am
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im having my first baby shower on the 25th sept... i asked everyone to bring a plate, got some close friends to help with decorations, and made it "girls only". I organised a few activities, ie. i bought a large canvas and some colourful paints and will let everyone do a little masterpiece to hang on babys wall! :)
I also enlisted the help of my best friend to organise some games and name tags etc. RSVPs ar due 4th sept, so that gives about 2 weeks to set up. You really dont have to have anything fancy, or put in that much effort, people will love being invited to celebrate your baby!!
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 01 September 2005 at 10:32pm
| in japan they have the baby shower about two months after the baby is born. |
Posted By: Roksana
Date Posted: 02 September 2005 at 9:00am
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Hey Liz you could have one here before the baby is born....two months after the baby is born fly to Japan for a holiday, have another baby shower and come back....he he ha ha ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: lizzle
Date Posted: 02 September 2005 at 10:41am
| i was thinking that too! |