As many of you know by now, my sister is pregnant and expecting a baby girl this summer. I am beyond excited to be an aunt, and I can not wait to meet the beautiful little girl... but there is a lot that I am learning about all things "baby" that is very new to me.
An example of this would be baby shower games. There are some games that sound like they could be OK, involving things like measuring the belly of the pregnant mom, and creating a "time capsule" for the baby that she can open when she is older and see items from the year she was born. But I also learned that there are some games that don't sound quite so fun.. in fact they don't sound like a good idea in any way. Here are a few examples that came from Baby Shower 101:
1) Who Can Make The Mother-To-Be's Baby With this game you give guests baby magazines and they are supposed to cut out different baby "qualities" and put together a picture of what they think the Mother-To-Be's baby will look like. My thought: giving the Mother-To-Be "Frankenstein"-ish pictures of what her baby may look like is probably not a good idea.
2) Pin The Sperm on the Egg The description of the game from the website describes it as the following: Just like the old fashion game of pin the tail on the donkey, this new and exciting version will thrill your friends and family at your next baby shower! My thought: this just sounds creepy and unnecessary, and not at all something I want to experience with family. After all, this is how the baby was created in the first place.
Here is a picture of the actual game. At least the egg got gussied up for the occasion and put on some lipstick:
3) How Well Do You Know Mommy-To-Be This game sounded promising by the name, and I figured I could win this one (I am the sister after all!). But then I read the rules: Have each woman guess what features she wants most on the baby from either her or her husband (Daddy-To-Be). An example of this idea is found below:
| Attribute | Mommy | Daddy |
| Eyes | X | |
| Ears | X | |
| Nose | X | |
| Legs | X | |
| Hair | X | |
| Smile | X | |
| Intelligence | X | |
| Humor | X | |
| Other | X |
My thought: this could end very, very badly if everyone unknowingly decides that the Mother-To-Be wants the baby to get the intelligence from the father. Or the humor. Or the nose. Or the hair. (You get my point) And I'm thinking that "other" would have to be specified, that's a pretty broad category in terms of attributes. There are some "other" things that I think we all really hope the baby girl doesn't have.
Thankfully, my sister's baby shower is being thrown by her best friend and my mom. Both of these wonderful women have great taste, and I expect only the classiest of classy baby showers from them. But if not, at least I will have prepared myself for the worst.
