I ordered decorations from Amazon to decorate the room we were in for the Zoom baby shower. I created a Facebook event where I try to post something every couple of days to keep everyone excited, like updated nursery items or pics of baby just for them to see. We ended up having 22 screens join and most of those had multiple people. We read them out loud and introduced everyone to each other. I can’t believe how many I got back, even from the guys (so funny reading their predictions □). We sent out official paper invites to everyone letting them know that we were doing a virtual baby shower, and I included cute baby prediction cards with the invites just for fun. I literally got everything off of my registry □ I was completely shocked and super excited. And OMG this is my BIGGEST baby shower yet. Decided to do a virtual baby shower since this is our last baby. It was something really special especially because this is my first baby and thought I would not be able to have a shower at all.įourth Baby, BIG Zoom This is my fourth baby and also my fourth boy, so to be honest I wasn’t expecting much. After the window of time passed for drop offs, myself and my husband opened up our gifts in front of my family members who could attend. My SIL also had individual pre-packaged Nothing Bundt Cakes to give out to everyone who showed up as a thank you. My brother, my SIL and my husband all had on gloves and sanitation wipes so when someone would drive by they would take the gifts, wipe them down and put them at the table. She contacted everyone who had RSVP’d to her about my actual shower and gave them a window of time for them to come by to drop off. I was very confused at first, and then I saw that my parents were there as well (practicing physical distancing guidelines) and I was totally surprised. When we pulled up she had a big table and balloon arch set up. I thought my husband and I were just going over to her mom’s house to take some maternity pictures.
Surprise Drive-By My sister-in-law totally surprised me. We asked some Babylist users to share their IRL Covid–safe baby shower alternatives, and we hope you’ll be inspired by all the ways these expecting parents, their families and their friends made the most of the situation and found ways to make their baby showers fun, unique and, most of all, meaningful. If you’re curious about what baby shower options are available to you while things are looking uncertain with the pandemic, it might help you to hear about others’ experiences before making a decision. But many other expecting parents simply aren’t sure what to do now. Covid-19 has caused a lot of expecting parents to reconsider their baby shower plans-some families are having virtual or drive-by showers, some are waiting until their little one arrives to have a Welcome Baby party once they feel things are safe again, and others are flat-out canceling their shower plans altogether.