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Baby Showers are a wonderful way to spend time with your close friends and family and being showered with a lot of Baby Gifts is also good fun. A further great aspect of a Baby Shower is that it is reasonably easy to plan, although deciding exactly when you ought to have your party can occasionally present you with problems.

For first time parents holding your Baby Shower before the birth seems like the perfect solution as you almost certainly will not yet have any baby gear and this is something that you are going to require the moment the baby arrives. However, a baby shower is also the ideal time for friends and family to see the new baby and so having the shower after the birth also makes perfect sense. So, here is some advice which you may find of help when it comes to making a decision about timing.

One advantage of holding your baby shower following the birth of the baby is that your guests are going to know the gender, name and birth statistics of the baby. Knowing these details makes it much easier to select gifts, especially if the gift is something that you want to have engraved. In addition, holding the event a month or so after the birth allows you time to get back to looking your ‘best’.

Holding the party after the birth can also work particularly well when the child is not your first child because usually you will have all of the basics to hand and your guests can concentrate on purchasing essential everyday bits and pieces such as clothing and diapers.

But, holding your shower before the new baby arrives means that you, instead of the new child, can be the focus of attention. Eyes will be focused on you and you will be pampered. Additionally, having looked through your gifts you are still going to have another month or two to shop for those items you still need. A lot of expectant mothers will of course know the gender of their child and have already picked out the decorations for the nursery so that gift giving can still be specific. Planning for your shower before the birth also provides you with something to look forward to at a time when you could well simply be wishing that your pregnancy was over.

Another thing to think about is what you wish to play in the way of unique and different baby shower games. For many people games are a key part of any shower and the games which you choose could well change depending upon whether the party is held before or after the birth of the baby. There is a huge range of games available including such things as a pass the parcel baby shower game and these also have to be considered when thinking about the timing of your baby shower.

Deciding just when to hold your baby shower is really something which has to be done on a case-by-case basis, but you must not delay your decision as no planning can be done until you have come up with a date. If you do decide to hold it before the baby is born then it is a good idea to schedule it during the seventh or eighth month of pregnancy and, if you decide to hold it after the birth, then it is a good idea to wait at least five or six weeks after the birth to allow you time to bond with your new baby.