Recruit others
If you've been asked to host a shower and are overwhelmed with the prospect, it's important to remember that it is not unusual for a mother-to-be to have multiple showers for both sides of the family, co-workers and friends. If you are not up to hosting a huge shower for everyone the mother-to-be knows, you can offer to do it for a smaller group. If the mother-to-be would prefer to have one or two larger showers instead of many smaller ones, you may want to ask someone to help you host. For example, a friend of mine, who was a school teacher, was due in August. She wanted to wait until she was finished with school before having a shower, but she also had several weddings and graduation parties for family and friends throughout the summer. That left only two weekends open before it started getting too close to her due date. She already knew that she needed to travel across the state to her hometown for one shower during one of those weekends. That basically left one weekend to have her other shower for her friends and husband's family. I decided that it wouldn't be too big of an undertaking with a little help. I recruited two other friends and her mother-in-law and we worked together to throw her a great baby shower that everyone enjoyed! There are a few things you need to keep in mind, however, before you ask someone to help you. You'll need to decide if you want to co-host the shower with another person. There are advantages to co-hosting with another person. First of all, you will be able to split the expenses with another person relieving yourself of some of the financial responsibility. You'll also be able to split the planning responsibilities as well as put two (or more) heads together to get tons of great ideas to help the mother-to-be to feel extra special. If you do ask someone to cohost with you, it's important to take a few cautions. Make sure it is someone you can get along with for the duration of the planning process. Not getting along could place extra stress on the mother-to-be (which can defeat the purpose of the shower). Also, decide ahead of time who will take care of what and how much you want to spend. You don't want your co-host going way over your budget and then asking you to pitch in half. You also don't want to end up with two cakes and no food (of course, maybe the mother-to-be would like that). If you've decided that you don't want a co-host, there are other options. Many times, people will offer to bring something when they RSVP. Take them up on it (just have a list of things available that you'd like other people to bring so you can definitively tell them what you need). If you don't want to take the gamble of people offering help, just ask a few people close to the mother-to-be to help you out a little bit. Maybe ask her mother to bring a vegetable tray or her sister-in-law to bring three door prizes. If you are going to solicit help, it's a good idea to keep it to just one or two people and just ask people close to the guest of honor. Another thing to keep in mind is that when you are invited to other showers it's always a nice gesture to offer to bring something when you RSVP to help out that hostess. Finally, be sure to give credit to everyone who helps you out. Before you eat, for example, you could say something like, "And thanks to Mary's mother for bringing the wonderful vegetable tray".
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