For a shower, a naming, a blessing or a first visit — whatever your family calls the day a new child is welcomed.

Description

The people who plan baby showers usually get one thing wrong: they plan the party they’d want, not the one a heavily pregnant or newly exhausted parent can actually cope with.

This planner is written from the other direction.

It prompts you to ask the parents what they actually want rather than assuming. It has you set aside a quiet room for feeding, changing or resting. It plans seating with space for prams and car seats, checks the venue is warm and step-free, and pushes you toward food a tired parent can eat one-handed. It asks you to agree in advance how long the visit will last — and to have a plan for ending it early if the parents are flagging.

It also handles the part everyone forgets until it’s too late: a proper gift tracker recording what arrived and from whom, so thank-yous can actually be written afterwards instead of guessed at three months later.

Works equally for a shower, a naming ceremony, a blessing or a first family visit — no religious assumptions anywhere, and dietary planning that covers halal, kosher, vegetarian and allergies as standard.

The 14 pages Cover · How to Use · The Essentials · Vision & Style · Countdown: Early Plans · Countdown: The Final Stretch · Budget Planner · Guest List · Suppliers & Contacts · Food & Dietary Needs · Run of Day · Décor & Atmosphere · Gifts & Thank-Yous · Notes