Tips for arranging baby shows and gender reveal

Babyshower

How popular it is with baby showers today is difficult to answer. But the trend seems to have found here from the other side of the Atlantic in the late 00s and when Swedish trade analyzes data from Google Trends they can state that it has been a steadily increasing interest since 2011. Then we Swedes began to search for the word and phenomena strongly linked to it-as a diaper cake. In the 2020s, interest peaked and now we do not seem to be looking for it as often. Maybe it has to do with the phenomenon becoming increasingly accepted?

A baby show is usually held at the end of pregnancy, often after week 30, and traditionally as a surprise. But remember that it should not be so late that the mother risks getting food. On the guest list, only women and the party are about overwhelming the baby – and the mother – with all the little new life may need.

Jack and Jill shows

If you instead want a common baby show where both parents are noticed, and where male friends and family members are also invited, it is called a jack and jill shows. Like the baby show, it is often a surprise and still has the baby in focus.

Gender Reveal

Just like a jack and jill shows, both family, friends and children are often invited, regardless of gender into a gender reveal party. The trend is reasonably new in Sweden and during the party the idea is that in festive forms you reveal « the child’s gender. A gender reveal party is usually held sometime after the routine ultrasound in week 20 and sometimes the parents know before what gender the child has while the guests do not know and are surprised at the party, in other cases the guests know but not the parents and often both the parents and the guests are in some way surprised during the celebration.

Mom shows

Does it feel like there is already a lot of focus on the child? The trend of « mom shows » shifes the focus from the little child to the mother. During such a celebration, it is instead about the future mother and helping her prepare for the fourth trimester – the first time with the child. Sure, here are also welcomed, but then to the mother, and it is instead as much about gathering the future mother’s closest family and friends and talking about the coming time, sharing her own peppery stories and showing how to be there to support her when the family is expanded.

Dadchelor Party

Just as there is a celebration for the prospective mother, a « Dadchelor party » directs himself on the father. Here it is instead the father’s closest friends and family who meet to celebrate the future father.

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