All about Baby shower

[belle_v2g]

no hard and fast rule with baby showers, either your friends or family can host it, or even the couple. initially, we don't have plans of having one kase katamad mag organise. tapos a friend of ours said she'll organise one for us. eh nahiya naman ako so sabi ko i'll help na rin. mine will be held on my 37th week na kase i'm working parin til my 36th week. nagstart na rin akong mag plan ng gagawin, may invitations na nga rin haha! mag baby registry rin ako but most items kase esp. the expensive and big items ones meron na kami so puro swaddles, linens, blankets and toys na lang nilagay ko.

[chelgeneroso]

I had 3 baby showers. From Office - scheduled kasi lunch time ginawa, from friends - surprise baby shower and from family - scheduled din kasi daw baka manganak na ako.
Every week ang sched ng party, i was 35 weeks pregnant
Ang hiningi lang nila sa akin ay wish list ng gifts. Kaya super kumpleto ko ang gamit ni baby. tsaka ang wish list ko ay more on sa mga nauubos na gamit ni baby like body wash and diapers. mga lampin and sando. Ang dinala ko lang ay tokens for everybody. as a way of thanking them for their time and effort.
I really feel special and loved that time.

i made a photoboook compilation of all tyhe baby showers as a memento of the events.

[premiemommy]

hi mga sis. medyo tamad ako mag backread kase baka wala din dun ang mga tanung sa isip ko,kaya i just wanna ask ano ba ginagawa sa baby shower hehe? paano ba pinag hahandaan ito?

[simang]

^usually sis friends or family mo an maghahanda for your baby shower. Pero lately some couples do host their own baby shower and invite lang nila yung mga friends and family nila. Pwedeng may games na baby related, and snacks for everyone. May gift registry din so the guests will have an idea kung anong gift ang dadalhin nila for baby. Kadalasan ginagawa sya pag medyo malapit na manganak

[bluish_mommy]

Merong etiquette with this sort of thing, na you don't host your own baby shower. It is considered inappropriate to host your own........ although well, sa panahon ngayon ng pagiging practical, hindi naman siguro issue yan sa madami. Pero some will still take offense kasi strictly speaking ill-mannered to host your own shower.

true! this will be one awkward moment kung ikaw pa maghohost ng sariling baby shower. if I will be invited to this by the one who's pregnant, i will be offended definitely. tsaka hindi talaga maganda, it's like you're collecting gifts from people. mas masarap ang feeling pag friends mo talaga ang nag-effort w/o your knowledge at all. I just recently had one shower from my super close friends, they really prepared for everything, even mga games, souvenirs, lahat as in, i felt so loved and cared for, ramdam ko talagang they wished me well and happy for my pregnancy.

[[-c-h-a-]]

there are several reasons why the couple would opt to host their own baby shower

I considered hosting my own too because number 1, I don't want my friends to spend for it, 2 maistorbo pa sila sa planning and 3, I wanted to control who to invite

I didn't want to invite a lot of guests because ayaw na ayaw ko maisip ng kahit sino na gusto lang namin ng gifts. We could've gotten all our baby's needs pero we were literally asked by our relatives to stop buying kasi wala na raw sila mareregalo (so we stopped ourselves from buying a stockpile of nappies). Na in the first place, ayoko naman sila mag abala pa. Just come, eat, and celebrate our baby's arrival. Yun lang yun.

Maybe in our case, we shouldn't call it a baby "shower" then kasi I literally didn't want to be showered with gifts... nahihiya kasi ako when people fuss over me. I don't handle it well.

[SakuraBride]

I also considered hosting a baby shower dahil sa buyo ng mga friends. Gusto nila ako mag-baby shower para daw may gifts si baby. Nahiya naman ako kase ayaw ko isipin ng mga tao na nanghihingi lang ako ng gifts, kaya di ko na tinuloy. Complete naman na gamit ni baby kahit pano. hehe

[Mommychinita18]

I am excited na for my baby shower this coming April 18. Complete na ang gamit ni baby, but my friends (lucky to have non judgmental friends) insisted on it, happy happy lang. Nakakatuwa kasi ang nilagay ko sa gift registry ay small things lang like diaper clips, socks since complete na naman ang gamit ni baby. Gusto lang nila ng picture with my tummy (na hindi masyadong malaki until now at 35weeks).

I prepared games and special prizes for them din. Pica pica para di magtampo un mga friends na hindi kukuhanin na ninang/ninong. ♥ Kaya mga sis, dont hesitate to host your own baby shower kasi there is nothing wrong about it, perception lang natin yun pumipigil at yun iisipin ng ibang tao. Do what makes you and your baby happy, let's celebrate! cheers! ♥☺

[SakuraBride]

Sayang talaga, di na ko makapag-asikaso eh. Nakabili na ko ng pang-DIY giveaways ko for the baby shower sana. Sayang. hehe... Pero naisip ko, pwede ko pa naman gamitin yun sa binyag.

IMHO, ok lang siguro maghost ng baby shower ang couple, ganon ginawa nila Juday and Ryan di ba? Hinde naman naten iisipin na after lang sila sa gifts. hahaha

[mommytobe2016]

I personally dont see anything wrong naman with couples hosting their own baby showers. One was intimate, the other was not that extravagant but there was a lot of people talaga. The intimate baby shower was done by a close friend from work, as in sobrang kaunti lang kami and she did ask for a specific gift. To which I appreciated kasi at least nakatulong ako sa kailangan nila. The other one was from a HS friend, she didnt mention what she needed or wanted, the shower actually was like her way of announcing the pregnancy to the world and at the same time celebrating it. I havent attended one that was not organized by the couple so I couldnt say much about it. Yung akin lang is napansin kong, yung mga inimbita sa both baby showers are really people close to the couple, and yung mga kinuhang ninong or ninang for the baby. I just feel blessed to be a part of their pregnancy journey.