I did not know that friends and co workers of pregnant women and daddies do 'baby showers' for them! In Singapore, orang kata lenggang perut kan? How ignorant of me when I was invited to a baby shower few years back…didn’t know that it was even suppose to be a surprise. No……did not tell the preggy husband/wife that we're going to have a baby shower party in the office, at company's time…to eat a cake, open presents and having a good time…don’t forget them favors either!
Now, I am always the contact point to either make banners or cards or even send email for the surprise party…if not me, then my lovely co worker Monica. We both have the artsy skill to unfortunately be appointed by the co workers to do the set up.
So today…baby shower for our co worker, Erick. Wife is due in December. First time daddy, very very the anxious! Monica did the setup and I helped with doing some cards for the co workers, including myself, who cant afford to buy a card hahaha.
This baby shower is the 3rd one we had this year….all for daddies. You know how men are, they tear up the presents, look at the baby clothes, say thanks and then throw all the clothes in one big pile and stuff them into a huge bag…so messy and so cannot tahan. So the ladies would let the daddies open the gifts, then we take them back and fold them back into the lovely pretty bags.
I told the co workers, when I get preggy, make sure the baby shower is the 'talk of the town'! You see, you can't do your own baby shower…your friends and relatives will have to do it for you, preferably a surprise one. If you do your own baby shower, noone will attend…its more like a 'popularity' thingy. You know what I mean!
And the same concept goes with the Bridal Shower as well…only that bridal shower is wilder!
Now, I am always the contact point to either make banners or cards or even send email for the surprise party…if not me, then my lovely co worker Monica. We both have the artsy skill to unfortunately be appointed by the co workers to do the set up.
So today…baby shower for our co worker, Erick. Wife is due in December. First time daddy, very very the anxious! Monica did the setup and I helped with doing some cards for the co workers, including myself, who cant afford to buy a card hahaha.
This baby shower is the 3rd one we had this year….all for daddies. You know how men are, they tear up the presents, look at the baby clothes, say thanks and then throw all the clothes in one big pile and stuff them into a huge bag…so messy and so cannot tahan. So the ladies would let the daddies open the gifts, then we take them back and fold them back into the lovely pretty bags.
I told the co workers, when I get preggy, make sure the baby shower is the 'talk of the town'! You see, you can't do your own baby shower…your friends and relatives will have to do it for you, preferably a surprise one. If you do your own baby shower, noone will attend…its more like a 'popularity' thingy. You know what I mean!
And the same concept goes with the Bridal Shower as well…only that bridal shower is wilder!
Baby Shower setup
Erick opening gifts
5 comments:
Baby shower... only ever see them on those American TV progs. I guess orang Melayu have something similar, kan? After the baby is born. Do the Americans have another "shower" after the baby is born?
Nice nice!! :D
Yea, not really a tradition here for pre-birth. Post-birth, yep. So what happens if something, like still-birth, knock on wood, happens? Stuff like that happens. Gifts are returned? Or they get to keep them? I guess that's why we do the post-birth baby shower...
The gifts do make the parents look forward to the arrival of the baby though :)
thaaniya, there wont be any shower when the baby is born. thats when the mom will be busy getting used to the baby. also not a tradition to visit the mom and baby when they're at home. they need privacy. so when they're ready, they will come and take the baby to the office. basically, their next thing for the baby would be the christianing or for us muslims, cukur jambul?
anonymous, the baby showers are mostly done when the mom is almost due...like on the 7 and a half mth or maybe a few days before shes due. that means that 90% the baby is safe. hmmm, stillborn, i have nvr heard of stillborn babies for a long time, thanks to great technology and amnio!
mummy shower? good question! the answer is no. shower with the mommy? kau nih dewa, nak kena dgn aku tau!
hello meow, welcome to my blog! bila lagi i? hmmm, kalau ada rezeki tahun depan kot? not trying yet hahaha. well, at least when i am dieting, i start scaling the weight 23 lbs lighter rather than scaling 23 lbs heavier kan?
Emmm, when I read the tittle..thot that your baby shower....:-)))
AM, no dahling, not my baby shower yet. maybe coming soon ker, akan datang ker hehehe.
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