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4 TIPS FOR PLANNING A BABY SHOWER

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When you are in charge of planning a baby shower, there are a lot of details that need to be thought of and taken care of. The baby shower host is usually a friend or relative close to the expectant mother and her family.

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Planning a baby shower, whether it is a surprise shower or the mom-to-be is in on the planning can be a daunting task – after all, you want everything to be perfect!  We’ve got 4 tips for planning a baby shower and a great timeline suggestion!

4 TIPS FOR PLANNING A BABY SHOWER

DON’T WAIT – planning in advance can help keep things under control. If it’s not a surprise for the mom-to-be, this will allow her to be relaxed and ready to enjoy her special day. If the shower is a surprise shower, it will give you enough time to calmly inquire about certain aspects of the party.

LOCATION, DATE, TIME & GUEST LIST – details like location, date, time and guest list, should be figured out as quickly as possible. These details should be arranged approximately 10 WEEKS before the baby shower date. After all, you want to make sure that the location you want works with the dates you have available.

ACTIVITIES – think about the guest list and what kind of group activities and games would be acceptable. If you know you will have a more conservative group, make sure that the games you are planning are not too outrageous. In addition to games, sending the invitations and planning the food menu should happen 6 WEEKS before the baby shower date.

DECORATIONS & PARTY FAVORS – Is the guest of honor having a girl? Or a boy? Everyone loves a decked out baby shower with pinks and purples for girls and blues for boys. If the gender of the baby is a surprise, stick with neutral colors like green and yellow. (Better yet, throw a gender reveal baby shower!)  Either way, you will want to make sure you can find beautiful decorations about 4 WEEKS before the baby shower. This would also be a good time to put figure out party favors and to make sure any food that needs to be ordered is ordered.

Finally about 1 WEEK before the party, you will want to confirm the RSVPs, and do the last minute grocery shopping.

If you are gathering money for large group baby shower gifts, Best Buy has some great baby shower gift ideas during their BEST BUY BABY SALE! The Best Buy Baby Sale is taking place from February 17 to March 9.

FISHER PRICE 4-in-1 ROCK N GLIDE SOOTHER – Your baby will love the smooth and soothing motion of the Fisher Price 4-in-1 Rock ‘n Glide soother. It’s like being cradled and rocked in mom’s arms, and offers music, nature sounds, rotating seat, and optional soothing vibrations.

Fisher Price 4-in-1 Rock n Glide soother

SUMMER INFANT DIGITAL BABY MONITOR – Keep an eye on your baby or toddler with this digital baby monitor. This digital baby monitor features 2-way communication so parents can talk to baby. The 5″ color LCD video screen, comes with black and white night vision so you can see baby even with the lights off!

Summer Infant Digital Baby Monitor

MAMAS & PAPAS ARMADILLO STANDARD STROLLER – The Armadillo standard stroller is compact and built for your child’s comfort and safety. This compact stroller has a 5-point safety harness, locking swivel wheels, a large storage area, full canopy, and reclining seat.

Mamas & Papas Armadillo Standard Stroller

FISHER PRICE STARLIGHT MUSICAL MOBILE – Help soothe your sweet baby to sleep with the Fisher-Price Starlight musical mobile. This mobile plays up to 30 minutes of lullabies, classical music, and calming nature sounds to lull your baby to sleep.

Fisher Price Starlight Musical Mobile

HALO INVENTIONS SLEEP SACK – The HALO SleepSack is a wearable blanket that replaces loose blankets in the crib. This cozy, blanket cannot be kicked off, keeping your baby warm throughout the night, allowing for a comfortable night’s sleep.

Halo Inventions Sleep Sack

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Best Buy Baby Samplers Club

Planning a baby shower can be a huge, daunting task, but with these 4 TIPS FOR PLANNING A BABY SHOWER and a great timeline suggestion, you can plan the best baby shower!

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1 CANADIAN Mommy Moment reader will WIN a #BestBuyBabyShower Prize Pack featuring the above products – valued at $1,000!

*giveaway not open to residents of Quebec due to the regulations of that province*

To enter, leave a blog post comment telling us which one of the prizes you are most excited to win.

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  2. So very hard to pick just one of the items but I am totally loving the MAMAS & PAPAS ARMADILLO STANDARD STROLLER <3

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  10. The Mamas and Papas stroller would be amazing! I’ve loved every product we have bought from the brand, such clean design, and our daughter loves them!

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  15. I would love the Rock and Glide Soother. My sister loves it for her daughter. She says it frees up her hands to do other work around the house. Would love it for my baby.

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  21. I absolutely love that stroller.. would be perfect for grandsons and granddaughters! Would also make a great gift for my pregnant friend!

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  27. I think the dogital video camera baby monitor is one of the best inventions ever. Now parents do not have to rymun in every time there is a sound, they can just look at the monitor and feel reassured. AMAZING!!!

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  29. I just had a new baby 3 weeks ago and one thing we don’t have is a video monitor. I would love the summer infant one

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  44. How can I pick just one but I must so it’s the The Armadillo standard stroller, though I would like to point out that I love all of these 🙂

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  59. I would be excited to win the Summer Infant digital baby monitor – it is a major upgrade from the hand-me-down that we used with my first child.

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  71. The MAMAS & PAPAS ARMADILLO STANDARD STROLLER would be perfect for my friend who is expecting. She would love all the items in this prize!

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  73. I am most excited about the stroller. I am a walker and would love to take my grand baby walking around town in this beautiful stroller

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  81. Even though they are all super fantastic i will say the Summer Infant Digital Baby Monitor – the peace of mind is priceless !

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  89. I’m excited to win the MAMAS & PAPAS ARMADILLO STANDARD STROLLER. I currently have a BEAST of a jogging stroller, which is great for jogging, but terrible for doing anything else – especially in confined spaced (doctor’s offices, farmers markets, etc). This stroller would solve all of my space issues, but still give me lots of storage!

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  90. I would love the stroller.. I would love all of it really! haha my sister and I are both expecting in June so we could REALLY benefit from this! thanks for the opportunity 🙂

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  93. It’s a toss up between the rock and glide soother or the Digital Baby Monitor. Although I am excited to win any item on this list.

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  106. It is very hard to choose just one item from these amazing items. If I had to choose I would pick the armadillo standard stroller. I would put this to very good use!

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  110. I’m most excited about the Fisher Price 4-in-1 Rock ‘n Glide Soother. It would be amazing to have to help soothe a crying baby when your hands are full with another child.

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  111. As a first time grand-Mom..yes I’m a grandmother!!! I’m excited to talk long walks with the MAMAS & PAPAS ARMADILLO STANDARD STROLLER 🙂

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  115. I am most excited about the Summer Infant Digital Baby Monitor. This would be the perfect gift for my friend who is expecting her first child!

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  123. I would be most excited for the monitor. We don’t have #2 on the way yet, but we would like to within a year, and we only have and old audio monitor. The visual aspect would be nice!

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  133. My daughter is expecting her first baby and we would be most excited to win the stroller and the baby monitor. Things have definitely come a long way since my last baby sixteen years ago! I love all of these new products and would consider all of them very essential for new mothers!

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  149. I am most excited about the summer infant baby monitor. A baby monitor is at the top of my shopping list as we prepare for our little ones arrival!

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  153. MAMAS & PAPAS ARMADILLO STANDARD STROLLER is what Im most excited about. I will soon be a grandma for the first time and I want to help my son and his wife as I was a single mom and I know its hard

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  180. I would be most excited to have baby in that beautiful, safe, stroller!! It would be great getting my sis out (she has MS) and it would get baby outside as well… Nature is beautiful! Enjoy it

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  186. I would absolutely love to win the summer infant video monitor. I didn’t have one with my first baby and it would have made a world of difference to be able to look in on him and have the peace of mind of knowing he is ok!

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  194. i would be most excited to win MAMAS & PAPAS ARMADILLO STANDARD STROLLER, not for myself, but for the grands I am waiting for!

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  202. I am most excited about the Summer Infant Digital Baby Monitor. When I am babysitting my youngest grandson it would save me many trips up and down stairs to check on him when he is sleeping. I have so many nieces and nephews having their first babies over the next few months so any of the prizes you have shown would be great gifts for them.

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  206. I’m looking for a new stroller for my August baby! The MAMAS & PAPAS ARMADILLO STANDARD STROLLER looks really nice!

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  208. It’s probably one of the most overlooked items on the list but I’d love to win the Halo Sleepsack. Putting baby to sleep in a SAFE environment is so important…everything else comes second. Love that Halo always prints “back is best” on their sleepsacks as a gentle reminder for how baby should sleep while keeping them warm and cozy – just the right temp. NO Messy blankets to get tangled in which means THIS MAMA CAN SLEEP!!

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  211. I just had our first baby 3 weeks so all these products seem so amazing, but I am most excited about the MAMAS & PAPAS ARMADILLO STANDARD STROLLER! This stroller looks truly amazing!

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  214. Wow, I would be excited to try any/all of them! The first thing would be the SUMMER INFANT DIGITAL BABY MONITOR! 🙂

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  217. I am most excited about the mamas and papas armadillo standard stroller. All the 0rizes are really nice. Thank you.

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  218. The Mamas and Papas Armadillo standard stroller would definitely be the most exciting thing to win from this amazing prize pack for my family although everything is AWESOME!

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