Modern Baby Shower Vs Traditional Baby Shower

Baby showers have changed over time. A modern baby shower can be radically different from a traditional baby shower if you choose.

Many people are starting to use baby showers as an opportunity to set up their postpartum support and solutions rather than the old fashion collecting of stuff. It’s all about making it work for you!

What Happens At A Traditional Baby Shower?

Ok, so once upon a time a baby shower was a ladies-only affair, and it pretty much always went like this:

Step 1: A female friend or family member organizes the shower on your behalf.

Step 2: In your later stages of pregnancy, your women pals rock up and bestow gifts upon you – mostly gifts that are useful for baby (or not so useful!) like onesies, cuddle toys and rattles in shades of either pink, blue or neutral (if the gender is unknown).

Step 3: Open your gift haul while everyone watches. Ooh-ing and aah-ing are mandatory.

Step 4: You heave a quiet sigh of relief when everyone leaves and slump on the couch to recover. Hopefully your organizer tidies up for you at this point!

Step 5: In the coming days, you quietly return anything to the store that you don’t need or you already have, or you re-gift the unwanted bits. And then baby comes and you quickly learn there are so many more practical things you could have been given that would have been so much more helpful during the period right after your baby was born.

How is a Modern Baby Shower Different?

The great news is that a modern baby shower bends the “rules” quite a lot. In fact, throw the rules out the window!

I like to think of the baby shower as a way to ease your overwhelm and make your transition to parenthood easier. We can make a baby shower work for us!

I’d love to share my ideas on how to turn the traditional approach to baby showers upside-down so that you actually get some things you want and need. Really helpful things that can ease your overwhelm, fatigue and your to-do list so that you can get on with the important task of birthing a brand new person!

Your Guide to a Modern Baby Shower

I am so excited to offer you a complementary guide on how to turn the traditional approach to baby showers upside-down so that you actually get some things you want and need.

I’ve included some really helpful things that can ease your overwhelm, fatigue and your to-do list so that you can get on with the important task of birthing a brand new person!

I’m going to share with you my awesome tips like:

Tip 1: Don’t be afraid to create the baby shower that YOU want.

Tip 2: Babies don’t need much stuff.

Tip 3: Ask for support instead of stuff.

Tip 4: Enlist your “mother’s maids”.

Tip 5: “Crossing the threshold” ceremony.

Tip 6: Pampering and healing services gifts.

Tip 7: Food, food, FOOD! Don’t forget that you and your partner need to eat!

Get the Guide: Rethinking The Baby Shower

For all my best tips, ideas and inspiration for your modern baby shower, grab my free guide, Rethinking the Baby Shower right here.

Need Guidance Transitioning to Parenthood?

Having a baby really is one of the most exciting times in your life.

It is likely that you have already made big shifts and have started making plans to transition your life to parenthood. You’ve made changes to the way you eat and sleep. You’ve begun to plan what you need to do to make sure that this new little being gets the best you have to give.

This can be a joyful process. But planning for the arrival of your newest family member can be a really stressful time too.

It doesn’t have to be.

Hi, I’m Corinne Gutstadt.

I created The 730 Project to meet your family at the beginning and share my experience, education and expertise in a way that satisfies your questions and sets you up for success.