If you wait too late, your baby could end up the guest of honour like mine did! I had my shower planned for 38w3d and he came at 37w3d. I don't think 2 months early is too early. That's when I had my shower for my first.
see, I don't really understand the problem with that.. I've never once been to a baby shower when the baby hasn't been born, for us, part of the joy of the shower is seeing the new baby!
I live in BC, just like you, so it's definitely not an American thing.
I personally don't like my brand new baby at my shower because there are too many people there. It's too overwhelming and too many germs and stuff floating around. Granted, there were 50 people at my first shower (my daughter) and about 35 at my second (my son).
I have a pretty big family, and at the time of my first shower, I had friends from my old work, from clubs I was active in, from school (I was just graduating), from my husband's work, and others that wanted to come. It was abnormally large. Too large for me, in fact. But after I had my first, I stopped working, was done school, lost contact with a bunch of people and stopped being active in the aforementioned clubs... lol... which made for a smaller shower this time.
It was actually really nice having the baby there for this one. He's really chill, and I'm a lot more relaxed this time, so it worked out. My mother really should have planned it earlier, but all was well in the end.
I could see how that could be overwhelming! I think that it would be easier if you had a baby that was easy going, or you were more relaxed.. nothing like attempting breastfeeding in front of a bunch of strangers.. with a brand new baby!
I find it so amusing that the person I made a "must be an american thing" comment to was actually from so close to me.. oh dear.
lol! Go figure. If it makes you feel better, I'm "from" Montreal (a rare non-french person from Montreal omgz), but I've been living here for 11+ years.
heh.. my cousins all grew up in Montreal, and although they may be able to speak french, I've never heard a french word or an accent come out of their mouths. Their dad was a doctor at McGill, I have no idea, but maybe it's a very english part of Quebec, if that's possible ;)
I'm an Island girl all round. Born on the mainland, but most of my life has been on Vancouver Island.
Montreal is about half french and half everything else (including english). The neighbourhoods are fairly segregated by language. I speak fluent french... when I have to. Heheh.
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is it an american thing maybe?
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I personally don't like my brand new baby at my shower because there are too many people there. It's too overwhelming and too many germs and stuff floating around. Granted, there were 50 people at my first shower (my daughter) and about 35 at my second (my son).
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I just like being able to see the babe :)
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It was actually really nice having the baby there for this one. He's really chill, and I'm a lot more relaxed this time, so it worked out. My mother really should have planned it earlier, but all was well in the end.
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I find it so amusing that the person I made a "must be an american thing" comment to was actually from so close to me.. oh dear.
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I'm an Island girl all round. Born on the mainland, but most of my life has been on Vancouver Island.
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