Baby Shower Etiquette

For any lady it’s a wonderful feeling to be a mother. Celebration starts from months for the new member of the family. Family members do lots of preparation for the welcome of the new member and they also want that the new member should get the blessings of all elder family members. For this purpose a special ceremony is organized which is known as Baby Shower.

All these preparation should go in a well defined manner so that any step should not be missed. The very first step is to give or send invitations. A list of invitees needs to be prepared first. For this special invitation cards can be printed and if some presents are needed than they can also be send with the invitation letter. The gifts should also be appropriate and should suit the function to be held. The invitation letters should be sent at least three weeks before from the date of ceremony so that the guests will be able to make them free from any other engagement.

There are also other ways to send invitations and one of them is sending e-mails. But using e-mail can be a little problematic as everyone may not be in touch of internet as others are. So sending printed invitation letters can be a better way for making invitations.

All the guests should be treated very well and the guests and guest of honor should also be on time and glorify the occasion. Making contacts at this technological age is not difficult at all. The hostess should make every effort to make the guest feel good. The gifts should be placed at right place and the gifts should be appropriately wrapped and should look good to attract the guest and guest of honor.

The guests should be welcomed personally by the hostess and they should be introduced to other guests too so that they will feel the function as a good get to gather.

The function will move on with games and other interesting events. If the mother or mother in law of the, to be mother is handling the arrangements then they should take whole responsibility of making the guests feel at home. It should also be seen that every guest is participating in the games and enjoying the party too.

The gifts presented to the, to be mother can be opened at the time of shower too. Two persons are needed to help to the, to be mother one should give her opened gifts and other should note down the name of the person who has gifted the particular gift. The gifts should be shown to each and every guest so that they can also have a look on it. Special thanks should be given to every guest for their gifts.

After the closing of ceremony special thanks should be given to the hostess by the guest of honor for arranging such a beautiful day for them. Thank you letters should be delivered to all guests as soon as possible. This is how a good Baby Shower ceremony got completed.