Family: Baby Shower for Mom and the Ladies

Baby Shower for Mom and the Ladies

Written by Randy Wilson

Baby Shower for Moms who just wanna have fun! This type of baby shower is not repparttar

only type of shower given today. Traditionally, baby showers have been thrown for mommy-to-be and repparttar 139945

guest list was strictly women.

These days, many families choose to have different types of showers, including back-yard barbecues to include repparttar 139946 men. These are a nice idea since they remember that Daddy is a part of repparttar 139947 new baby’s life, too.

But there is something to be said for a Sunday afternoon gathering of women to ooh and aah over Mommy’s belly without disparaging looks from repparttar 139948 men. One reason to plan a baby shower for mom only.

When you have only women at repparttar 139949 shower, you have repparttar 139950 opportunity to really "girl it up", so to speak, at your baby shower for Mom. You can do really girlie things and not have to worry about repparttar 139951 men being bored or embarrassed.

Here are a few suggestions for making a shower extra-girlish: Have Tea and Cake. Find a few really pretty tea sets and order little delectables like petit fours, tea cakes or maybe bring a cookie basket. Drink your tea like ladies, with pinky finger sticking up!

See if you can find pretty lace doilies for napkins. Pick up some baby shower party favors to go along with your ladies only party. You might even want to fake a British accent, dahling!

At your baby shower for mom and repparttar 139952 ladies only, let them all be pregnant. Maybe purchase some baby shower decorations to match repparttar 139953 pregnant theme. The guys definitely wouldn’t go for this!

Ask each guest to come with a pillow or other make shift stuffing to pretend that she is pregnant, too. Give a prize to repparttar 139954 most authentic pregnant lady (excluding repparttar 139955 guest of honor, of course) at your baby shower for Mom. You can pick up repparttar 139956 prizes at any local party favor store or online party favor supply site.

Let Kids Help

Written by Sue DeFiore

One fantastic way to get your children involved in what they are eating, is to have them help. A great way to start is to let them make up their lunch for repparttar

next day. Obviously you will need to set some guidelines. For example, when I turned 9 I was allowed to make up my own lunch. In my girlfriends’ houses they were 10 and in some others 11. However, we all felt very important and grown up that we were allowed to make up our own lunch. Again, my mom had certain guidelines. We had to pick a lunch meat, fruit or yogurt and bread to put it on (white, wheat, rye or a roll; today wraps are another alternative). As I got older however, I cut down to a half sandwich as I found I didn’t always finish a full sandwich. I continue to eat lunch this way today, a half sandwich and some fruit.

Large meals make people full and sleepy, and they cut down on employee’s productiveness. Think of what large meals do to your children at school. We want our children alert so that they can learn, not falling asleep at their desks, so let’s keep those lunches on repparttar 139902 lighter side. You can do this if you provide them with a good breakfast.

By working beside your children and discussing what they eat for lunch (healthy protein, fruit, veggie and healthy carbs) you are helping them to understand repparttar 139903 importance of whole foods and repparttar 139904 avoidance of junk foods. You are helping them to learn and make smart informed choices and as they get older these good habits will stay with them. They will learn that these types of food will help them feel better and look better, give them more energy. Try to drop repparttar 139905 phrase healthy foods from your vocabulary and let them see that repparttar 139906 food choices they are making will help them feel so much better. Put repparttar 139907 emphasis on how their body is feeling and all repparttar 139908 energy they have rather than “that food is bad for you, why don’t you eat this healthy food”.

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