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Bizzy 
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 Posted: 19 September 2007 at 8:24am |
 jaz wrote:
I had one for my second but not my first (12 year gap though). I organised it myself and had it when I was about 8 months pregnant. It was a fun afternoon and a good way to catch up with everyone before the baby was born as I'd had a lot of family committments in the months before the birth so hadn't seen much of my friends. I put on food (kept it simple) and we had some games. I got some nice presents although that wasn't the purpose of the baby shower. |
dont think you would have had time for a baby shower with your first...  lol!
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Jay_R
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Posted: 19 September 2007 at 10:09am |
I had one, which I ended up organising myself, as my friend who'd offered to do it forgot.... 
She chose the date, and I sent out the invitations..... then she never mentioned it again. I left it thinking she was going to surprise me on the day with all the details, but it just NEVER got mentioned.... I couldn't stand it any longer so called her on the Thursday to remind her it was happening in two days time and she was horrified!! So I ended up doing it all myself!
Was a great day though 
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MelanieAndBree
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Posted: 19 September 2007 at 11:41am |
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My best friend organised mine. It was great fun.
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mummy_dee
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Posted: 19 September 2007 at 9:11pm |
I didn't have one with Ollie, which was fine as I didn't really want one. Mainly because people had given us so much stuff already that I didn't want them to feel that had to get us anything - even if I said 'no pressies required' I know people would still feel obliged to bring something. Plus I see my family and friends quite often.
The idea of a 'freezer party' however is really beginning to grow on me ...  I had a friend cook a few times in the first couple of weeks and that was THE best thing anyone gave us!
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Daphne
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jaz
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Posted: 19 September 2007 at 9:20pm |
GandT wrote:
dont think you would have had time for a baby shower with your first... lol! |
My friends wanted to throw me one while Brooke was in SCBU but it felt wrong.
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fattartsrock
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Posted: 19 September 2007 at 9:21pm |
joshierocks wrote:
I had one, which I ended up organising myself, as my friend who'd offered to do it forgot....
She chose the date, and I sent out the invitations..... then she never mentioned it again. I left it thinking she was going to surprise me on the day with all the details, but it just NEVER got mentioned.... I couldn't stand it any longer so called her on the Thursday to remind her it was happening in two days time and she was horrified!! So I ended up doing it all myself!
Was a great day though |
Almost the exact same thing happened to me, a lady wanted to do one for me, and just forgot about it till I nagged her to death about it 2 weeks before J arrived.
I think my hens night is destined for the same damn thing, so I am going to organise it myself, its in 3 weeks.
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The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P
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caitlynsmygirl
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Posted: 19 September 2007 at 11:33pm |
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oooh exciting! hens night!
i had a baby shower, i think mum and i organised it, it was really just another excuse for a get together tho (like you need an excuse) but as i was the first out of my friends to have a baby we didnt really know what we were supposed to do and mostly just talked, but ive since been to many that you play games at
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youngmum
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Posted: 28 September 2007 at 10:20am |
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there are some awesome baby shower ideas out there if you google it! and I say if no-one throws you one but you still want one (its great fun, i've been to a few) then organise one yourself. The games I've seen played involved being blindfolded and sitting in a chair with another blindfolded person standing behind you feeding you baby food - result = a lot of mess! Also a rather gross one is to melt chocolate bars onto nappies and have guests guess what the bars are. yuck! or there is finding nappy pins in rice...all sorts. and lots of themes too, the freezer theme is a great idea.
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buzimumto3boys
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Posted: 28 September 2007 at 4:52pm |
I had baby showers for all 3 of mine... it was organised by other people and was really just an excuse to have a BBQ and have friends around!
It also did help to make everyone more involved in the pregnancy...and we did a presents not necessary thing on the invites as well.
Tho who can resist spoiling a baby!! 
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Bel
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Posted: 28 September 2007 at 5:07pm |
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I had to hint to my sister (who loves organising things like that!) that I wanted one - she decided that I wouldn't want one. We had a great time - perfect for catching up with people you haven't seen for a while...
And the baby gets quite spoilt...
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Mum to two beautiful kids 
Luke (09.11.2007)
Amy (01.04.2009)
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no baby shower?
