2.) Keep your child involved throughout the pregnancy: Ask your child or children to suggest names for the new arrival.

3.) Remind your child of the “big brother/big sister” role: Let your child or children know of the fun and responsibility of being the older sibling.

4.) Decorate his/her room: The new arrival gets new digs, so make your older child or children feel like they are getting something fresh as well.

5.) Buy him a toy: Hey, if all else fails, bribery usually works!

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2.) Do laundry: Get used to doing laundry around the clock, and start with those dirty socks under the bed or any other dirty clothes that may be lying around.

3.) Stock the shelves: Mom will be busy, so save her some time and energy by buying enough groceries for weeks of home-cooked meals.

4.) Stock up on those newborn essentials: Diapers, food, formula—the house should be filled to the brim with everything the newborn needs.

5.) RELAX: You won’t get much of a chance to breathe once the newborn comes home, so sleep while you can. When baby comes home, take a few minutes, take a deep breath and get ready for the adventure of a lifetime!

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2.) Diaper changing: A daunting task, but you’ll get used to it.

3.) Everything else is secondary: One look at your newborn will have you wondering why you ever cared so much about your favorite football team, or got so upset about office politics.

4.) Time management: With more responsibility and less sleep, you’ll have to be better at it than ever before.

5.) Multi-tasking: Along the same lines, you’ll be doing two things at once a lot more frequently. Get used to being on a conference call while changing a diaper!

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The home of a family member- It’s a rite of passage for a mother to host her daughter’s baby shower. One sister-in-law hosting a shower for the other is a great bonding opportunity as well. Of course, it is stressful to prepare a house for dozens of guests, so things may get a little tense.

The home of a friend – Every mother-to-be has that friend – the one who is great at organizing, loves to host and is told by everyone how she should be a party or wedding planner. She’ll lessen the stress for everyone involved. Unless, of course, someone in the mother-to-be’s family wants to host and this ends up causing more stress than it relieves.

A restaurant - In this scenario, no one in the party has to worry about hosting and everyone can relax and have a good time. This could get a bit pricy, and the party will likely have to fit into a two- or four-hour window, which adds a little unnecessary urgency to the festivities. But getting waited on or offering guests a sumptuous buffet from which they can pick and choose is always a wonderful way to focus more on family and friends and less on all that’s involved in pulling off a successful party.

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Plan! Save your wife some stress by tracking down all the phone numbers, addresses and emails for potential shower guests and send the follow-up reminders. Order everything you’ll need online, like favors from www.favorfavorbaby.com and other party necessities.

Mediate! There’s a good chance tensions will arise between family members or friends wrestling for control of the shower. If you remain impartial, you will be successful at gently delegating responsibility (and learning how to duck).

Cook! Let the ladies concentrate on the planning of the games and the shower festivities by preparing the food. And no, gents, this does not mean calling Domino’s and ordering 12 large pies.

Clean! Your wife is about to burst. The best gift you can give her is a clean house. Which, of course, will turn into a messy one after the shower, but that just gives you another opportunity to curry favor with the mom-to-be!

Get out of the way and go watch football! Hey, it may be the 21^st century, but change sometimes comes slowly (and usually only in between football and baseball seasons).

Here are some recommendations:

• Do your homework - Don’t just take old Aunt Agnes’s word for it – the favors she got at a baby shower in 1976 are probably outdated. Shop around for the favor that you feel best fits your occasion. We humbly like to think our site has not only the best prices, but also makes it easy and convenient to shop for different types of favors by category, such as color, type of favor, or event. Choose a useful gift or one that can be used as a decoration for the home.
• Personalize the favors - If you really want to throw your guests for a loop, write the date backwards like the Europeans do. That way, based on the number of guests that come up to you and tell you you got the date wrong, you’ll know how many actually cared enough to give your favor a second glance. A dirty trick, yes (use only when all other dirty tricks have failed you).  But seriously now, putting your name, the date of the shower, or the appropriate color of the sex of the baby is a nice way to enhance a favor for remembrance’s sake.
• Be creative and nifty - Think outside the box.  Don’t always use the same favors that everyone sticks to, and definitely don’t copy anyone in your family – you’ll never hear the end of the “mother knows best” comments. Be bold and not afraid to try new things.  Feel free to add adorable sentiments from the heart or appropriate boy/girl/season symbols.
• Make sure you get a headcount in advance – Don’t let Grandma Grouch leave yet another family function with all the favors in her purse and tell the other guests that you were too cheap to get enough for everyone but, because she’s such a self-sacrificing soul, she’ll give up hers to anyone who wants it. Manipulation with a pink or blue ribbon attached! Keep in mind how many people bring additional guests, and always keep an eye on the grabbiest guests, to make sure there is enough to go around. You may even want to consider keeping the favors in gift baskets or bags to be distributed at the end of your event, rather than leaving them randomly on tables for guests to find on their own.

Keep in mind that these favors are a thank you to your guests and a nice way to remind friends and family of how much them sharing this special occasion with you means.  Remember that the goal is having fun – don’t over-plan your favors or your baby shower. Most times, just getting together with family and friends make plenty of lasting memories (unless, of course, there’s an open bar – then you definitely need personalized favors)!

We also have “It’s a boy” and “It’s a girl” pens:

Capodimonte History

Established in Naples in 1743 by the Spanish King Charles VII of Napoli and his wife Queen Maria Amalia of Saxony, the Royal Factory of Capodimonte started producing the finest porcelain and ceramic works of art in all of Italy.  Renaissance-inspired chemists, sculptors and decorators all worked at the Capodimonte factory, perfecting the composition of soft paste porcelain and creating amazing works of art that were exhibited in the Museum of Capodimonte. During the Napoleonic Wars, royal interest shifted from art to politics, so the artisans at Capodimonte began creating beautiful decorations and vases for the middle class.  Throughout more than two hundred and fifty years, both royalty and middle class alike have been enthralled by the exquisite craftsmanship of Capodimonte.

Capodimonte Baby Shower Favors

Known for their cups, vases and decorative flower works, Capodimonte also has a line of specialty items for baby showers, christenings, and confirmations. From intricate baby rattles to adorable baby booties, baby cribs to tiny pacifiers, these exquisitely crafted gifts are beautifully rendered in ceramic with a bisque finish and accented by gorgeous handmade roses and gently framing leaves. The interlocking basket weave design for which Capodimonte is famous imbues each porcelain masterpiece with an air of fragile beauty. Every piece is crafted and decorated by the hands of experienced Neopolitan artists.

Your child deserves the very best, so give your guests a truly precious reminder of this joyous occasion. Visit our Capodimonte Favors section to see some of these amazing favors. You’ll just know that your guests will treasure their keepsakes and proudly display them at home for years after your child’s special day.

Noah's Ark baby shower favor candles

A few months ago we added a Noah’s ark candle favor and it turned out to be a big hit. So much so that we just recently expanded the line. The newer items include:

• Place Card Holders
• Place Card Frames
• Bookmarks
• Keychains

Take a look at all our noah’s ark shower favors, you might see something you like!