It's often a challenge to decide just who to invite to your baby shower. Do you know what the proper etiquette is and how you can 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.
When you made your decision on the type of shower you are going to be hosting, what you need to do is ensure that your invitations are precisely worded and would include things like "children welcome" or "women only" and so on based on your decision. You also need to make sure that if you are planning a specific theme, then this is included in your invitations as well just like any special instructions such as what to bring, directions to the party location, and how to dress. This will save you countless 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.
Alternatively, if you are a friend or family member planning the only shower, it's a thoughtful idea to make a call to the prospective mother to be's employer to find out who should be invited from her workplace.
In most cases, the contact information for her friends and work associates is something her husband should be able to give you.
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.
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.
When you made your decision on the type of shower you are going to be hosting, what you need to do is ensure that your invitations are precisely worded and would include things like "children welcome" or "women only" and so on based on your decision. You also need to make sure that if you are planning a specific theme, then this is included in your invitations as well just like any special instructions such as what to bring, directions to the party location, and how to dress. This will save you countless 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.
Alternatively, if you are a friend or family member planning the only shower, it's a thoughtful idea to make a call to the prospective mother to be's employer to find out who should be invited from her workplace.
In most cases, the contact information for her friends and work associates is something her husband should be able to give you.
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.