If can often be a challenging task to try to decide who to invite to your baby shower. What is the proper etiquette and how do you avoid hurting someone’s feelings?
When you are trying to determine your guest list, defining your target group is important. You may want to host the traditional women only gathering but at the same time, you may also include children. Inviting couples or even complete families is becoming increasingly popular today.
Make sure that when you decide on the type of shower you are going to be hosting, your invitations are precisely worded such as “women only” or “children welcome” and so on based on your decision. If you are planning a specific theme make sure this is included on your invitations as well as any special instructions such as what to bring, how to dress, and directions to the party location. By doing this, you will be saved from countless of telephone inquiries regarding the specifics of your shower plans.
Asking your invited guests to RSVP is a must and remember, about 20-25% of those who have confirmed will likely fail to attend for a variety of different reasons.
Baby Showers held at an office, social club or church have a pre-determined guest list of co-workers, club members or fellow church members but make sure that you find out if your shower is the only one being held for the mom to be. If it is, then you may want to extend invitations to her personal friends and family. In order to find out if there are additional showers planned, it may take some discreet probing.
It would be a thoughtful idea to make a call to the prospective future mother’s employer in order to find out who should be invited from her workplace if you are a friend or family member who is planning the only shower.
Her husband in most cases should be able to give you the contact information of her friends and work associates.
Remember that you should also extend invites to the mom’s family as well as her husband’s family if your shower is the sole party planned.
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