Comments on: Showering a Baby

By: Deborah Godfrey

Deborah Godfrey — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:30:02 +0000

At my daughter’s first baby shower, we also played the game where we paired up; the person on the right could only use her right hand; the person on the left could only use the left hand. we had to diaper and fully dress the baby doll. We laughed until we cried! I think it was more fun than any shower game I have ever played. I believe a shower should be a total exhilarating experience! Laughter is so good for the soul!

By: Amy

Amy — Sat, 12 May 2007 23:02:53 +0000

I second the diaper cake. My BF gave me one at my shower – something like 196 size 2 diapers. A God send…

By: jane

jane — Mon, 07 May 2007 19:01:34 +0000

I like the decorate diapers with Sharpies activity– with funny things to make the mom or dad laugh when they are changing diapers. I’ve also heard of nursery rhyme pictionary, I think that could be a fun one too, depending on the crowd.

By: Antique Mommy

Antique Mommy — Sat, 05 May 2007 00:33:57 +0000

The thing that makes a baby shower for me is NO GAMES! Please don’t make me work beyond properly alternating my oooh! with my aaah!

By: Candace

Candace — Fri, 04 May 2007 21:30:03 +0000

How about a diaper cake? It is for decoration and is way to cute. I have a picture I will post on my blog if you want to look at it.

As for the debate about showers I think every baby should be celebrated so even if you don’t have a “shower” have a party!!!

By: Katherine

Katherine — Fri, 04 May 2007 14:45:10 +0000

I guess this is more of an activity, but it can be fun like a game — at my shower the host had everyone write a piece of advice for the baby. As in “this is what you need to know to survive / live / thrive in the Daring family”. So, people could be sentimental, sarcastic or just down right silly! Lots of fun, and she used cute paper so they were ready to go in a scrapbook. To make it more like a game – I got to pick my favorite piece of advice, and that person won a prize.

By: SM

SM — Fri, 04 May 2007 07:04:31 +0000

oops! My bad! i am kinda dense these days.Sorry!

By: Poppa2B

Poppa2B — Fri, 04 May 2007 04:28:01 +0000

Just had an idea for a game. Have a game where the mother to be reads the baby word and the guests guess (ouch) what the word is. Ma-pallow means marshmellow, Wook means Look, Dare means there…

By: Poppa2B

Poppa2B — Fri, 04 May 2007 04:12:02 +0000

WOW! I’ve never been to a shower but after reading all this I get the idea that it’s almost anything goes just as long as the mother to be has a good time and the guests don’t get board. I like DYM’s idea of less is more (K.I.S.S.) sounds like the way to go.
I haven’t read anything about what the father to be is suppose to do during the party, especially if there aren’t any other guys that show up. If I had to spend a few hours at a party where I’m the only guy I’d end up wearing a diaper, drooling and using words like, “Ma-pallow” and “Wook.”
The BBQ idea sounds pretty good.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Thu, 03 May 2007 23:30:44 +0000

A couple of games that I haven’t seen mentioned…

- the string cutting game w/a twist – you have the guests guess & cut how much string will go around the mom-to-be and then after they’ve all got their pieces you tell them it’s to go around the mom’s chest.

- put small, new baby items (nail clippers, pacifier, bottle brush, etc) into socks (one item per sock) and lay them out on the floor. Guests have to take off their shoes and go around feeling the filled socks with their stocking feet and try to guess what’s in each sock. When it’s over the mom-to-be gets to keep all the items.

- Ask for 3 volunteers and then give them each a baby bottle filled with water. The first one to drink all the water in their bottle is the winner!